Simon Robertson Explained

Sir Simon Manwaring Robertson (born 4 March 1941), is a British banker and businessman.^[1]

Biography

Simon Robertson attended Eton College.^{[1] [2] [3]}

He worked for Kleinwort Benson for 34 years, where he eventually served as chairman of the board.^{[1] [2] [4] [5] [6]} He then worked for Goldman Sachs, where he served as President of Goldman Sachs Europe.^{[1] [2] [4] [5] [6]} In 2004, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Rolls-Royce, and he became chairman in January 2005.^{[1] [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]} He also serves on the Boards of Directors of HSBC Holdings, Berry Brothers and Rudd, and The Economist.^{[1] [2] [4] [5] [7] [8] [9]} He has served on the Boards of the London Stock Exchange, Invensys, and Inchcape.^{[1] [4] [5]} He runs Simon Robertson Associates.^{[1] [2] [4] [5] [7]} He is a member of the 30% Club, a group of FTSE-100 Chairmen committed to having at least 30% of their Boardmembers being female.^[10]

He sits on the board of directors of the Royal Opera House, and on the board of trustees of the Eden Project.^{[1] [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [11]} He is a member of White's. He was knighted in 2010.^{[3] [6]} He is a member of the Conservative Party Foundation.^[12] He is reportedly worth £95 million.^[2]

Robertson was knighted in the 2010 Birthday Honours for "services to business".

Notes and References

1. Andrew Cave, 'British business people: The Top 1,000: Industry 20 to 1', in The Daily Telegraph, 29 April 2008 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/supportservices/2954846/British-business-people-The-Top-1000-Industry-20-to-1.html
2. 'HSBC chairman contenders: Sir Simon Robertson', in The Telegraph, 23 Sep 2010 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8019178/HSBC-chairman-contenders-Sir-Simon-Robertson.html
3. Jill Treanor, 'Surprise on the menu for HSBC's chief executive Michael Geoghegan', in The Guardian, 26 September 2010 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/sep/26/hsbc-michael-geoghegan-dinner-surprise
4. http://production.investis.com/rr/investors/background/board/srobertson/ Rolls-Royce biography
5. http://www.rolls-royce.com/about/management/board/robertson.jsp Rolls-Royce Board of Directors biography
6. Peter Marsh, 'Knighthood: Simon Robertson', in The Financial Times, 11 June 2010 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8158b614-758c-11df-86c4-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1iqEUQF4E
7. http://www.economistgroup.com/results_and_governance/board.html The Economist Group Board of Directors
8. http://www.edenproject.com/whats-it-all-about/behind-the-scenes/about-us/whos-who Eden Project Board of Trustees
9. http://www.bbr.com/about/firm-today Berry Bros & Rudd Board of Directors
10. http://www.30percentclub.org.uk/about-us/members/ 30% Club members
11. https://www.roh.org.uk/about/whoswho.aspx Royal Opera House Board of Trustees
12. http://www.theconservativefoundation.co.uk/index.php?page=who&win=members_2011 The Conservative Party Foundation members