Simon joined the Board on 12 July 2016 as Group Chief Financial Officer. He is a member of the BT Pensions and Executive Committees.Simon has strong financial acumen as well as strong organisational leadership and engineering experience at leading infrastructure companies.Prior to joining BT, Simon was CFO and a director at BG Group having joined in November 2013. He has also been CFO and served on the boards of AstraZeneca and ScottishPower.Simon has an engineering degree from Cambridge University and an MBA from London Business School.