Stuart Simpson is a British businessman who was the interim Chief Executive Officer of

Royal Mail , kw, Postya Riel, ga, An Post Ríoga , logo = Royal Mail.svg , logo_size = 250px , type = Public limited company , traded_as = , foundation = , founder = Henry VIII , location = London, England, UK , key_people = * Keith Williams ...

, the UK postal service and courier company between May 2020 and January 2021. He was appointed to this role in 2020. Simpson is also a member of the Transport Services Trade Advisory Group.

Education

Simpson holds a degree in Accounting and Financial Analysis from

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is ...

in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

Professional experience

Simpson first worked at

Arthur Andersen Arthur Andersen was an American accounting firm based in Chicago that provided auditing, tax advising, consulting and other professional services to large corporations. By 2001, it had become one of the world's largest multinational corporat ...

as a Chartered Accountant in Transaction Services and Corporate Recovery. The bulk of his subsequent experience before joining Royal Mail was in the automotive industry in the UK and internationally: working in roles focused in finance, operations, planning and strategy, he joined Rolls-Royce & Bentley Motors in 1994,

Vauxhall Vauxhall ( ) is a district in South West London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Vauxhall was part of Surrey until 1889 when the County of London was created. Named after a medieval manor, "Fox Hall", it became well known for ...

in 1996 and

General Motors The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...

in 1998. He then went to

Saab Saab or SAAB may refer to: Brands and enterprises * Saab Group, a Swedish aerospace and defence company, formerly known as SAAB, and later as Saab AB ** Datasaab, a former computer company, started as spin off from Saab AB * Saab Automobile, a fo ...

in 2001, returned to General Motors in 2003 and then moved to

e2v Teledyne e2v (previously known as e2v) is a manufacturer with its headquarters in England, that designs, develops and manufactures systems and components in healthcare, life sciences, space, transportation, defence and security and industrial mar ...

in 2008. Simpson has held various roles in Royal Mail prior to appointment as interim CEO in 2020. Joining the company in 2009 as Finance Director for Group Operations, he held the Chief Finance Officer role for almost two years before becoming CEO. He was replaced as CEO by Simon Thompson on 11 January 2021.

References

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