David Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury
Lord Temporal
12 June 1991 – 9 June 2017
Life Peerage
1995–1997
David Alec Gwyn Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury Kt CBE (born 24 July 1939) is a British businessman.
Simon was educated at Christ's Hospital in Horsham, West Sussex.[1] He studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating in 1961, and joined British Petroleum as a management trainee, becoming chief executive of BP Oil International in 1982, managing director of BP in 1985, chief executive from 1992 to 1995 and chairman from 1995 to 1997.[2]
In the early years of his career he spent some time at the elite business school INSEAD. He became Advisor to Unilever and was Chairman of the Belgo-British Conference in 2004.
When Labour won the 1997 elections, he was appointed Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe. Simon had been an industrialist for many years.
Simon was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1991 New Year Honours[3] and knighted in 1995.[4] He was created a life peer as Baron Simon of Highbury, of Canonbury in the London Borough of Islington on 16 May 1997.[5]
He was conferred as an Honorary Senior Fellow of Regent's University London on 26 June 2014.[6]
He retired from the House of Lords on 9 June 2017.[7]
References
- ^ Davidson, Andrew (1 July 2005). "UK: THE DAVIDSON INTERVIEW - DAVID SIMON". www.managementtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Simon of Highbury". Who's Who. Vol. 2022 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "No. 52382". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1990. p. 9.
- ^ "No. 54287". The London Gazette. 12 January 1996. p. 572.
- ^ "No. 54771". The London Gazette. 21 May 1997. p. 5973.
- ^ "Regent's University London".
- ^ "Lord Simon of Highbury". UK Parliament.
External links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
Business positions | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by Robert Horton | Chief Executive of BP 1992–1995 | Succeeded by |
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by | Gentlemen Baron Simon of Highbury | Followed by |
- v
- t
- e
- 1909–1914 Donald Smith
- 1914–1927 Charles Greenway
- 1927–1936 John Cadman
- 1936–1941 John Cadman
- 1941–1954 William Fraser
- 1954–1956 William Fraser
- 1956–1957 Basil Jackson
- 1957–1960 Neville Gass
- 1960–1969 Maurice Bridgeman
- 1969–1975 Eric Drake
- 1975–1981 David Steel
- 1981–1990 Peter Walters
- 1990–1992 Robert Horton
- 1992–1995 David Simon
- 1995–1998 John Browne
- 1998–2001 John Browne
- 2001–2007 John Browne
- 2007–2010 Tony Hayward
- 2010–2020 Bob Dudley
- 2020–2023 Bernard Looney
![]() | This article about a British businessperson born in the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
![]() | This biography of a life peer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e