Lord Simon of Highbury CBE
Lord Simon of Highbury started his career with British Petroleum in 1961 and joined the BP Group Main Board in 1985 where he was Managing Director Finance and COO. He became Group Chief Executive in 1992 and was appointed Chairman in 1995.

In 1997, Lord Simon was appointed to be Minister of State in H.M. Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry as Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe.
He retired from ministerial office and the Lords Front Bench in 1999 to become Advisor
to the Cabinet Office.

He was appointed by President Prodi to be one of the three-man team advising on the impact of enlargement of the European Union.

Board Mandates
Lord Simon is currently Deputy Chairman of the Unilever Group and a Director of the
Suez Group.

He is a Senior Advisor of Morgan Stanley International and an Advisory Board Member of Fitch and of Dana Gas. Lord Simon also sits on the Council of Cambridge University.

Previously, Lord Simon has been a Vice President of the European Round Table of Industrialists and a member of the CBI Presidents Committee. He was also a Non-Executive Director of the Bank of England, RTZ (later renamed to Rio Tinto) and Grand Metropolitan. Lord Simon has been a member of the Advisory Boards of Deutsche Bank, Allianz, Fortis and LEK and a member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen.

Awards
Lord Simon was appointed CBE in 1991, KBE in 1995 and entered the House of Lords
in 1997.