Simon Greenish is a British Chartered

Civil Engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...

and

museum director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

Greenish studied Engineering at

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

, graduating with a

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in 1971. In 1995, Greenish joined the

Royal Air Force Museum The Royal Air Force Museum is a museum dedicated to the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom. The museum is a non-departmental public body of the Ministry of Defence and is a registered charity. The museum is split into two separate sites: * ...

to lead a £30 million development. In 2005, he became Director of Collections at the museum. In 2006, he was appointed Director of

Bletchley Park Bletchley Park is an English country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes ( Buckinghamshire) that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War. The mansion was constructed during the years following ...

when it was in financial difficulties. He led the initiative to make the Bletchley Park Trust financially secure and raise the awareness of the importance of the site as part of Britain's heritage. He helped to raise £10 million to restore the Bletchley Park site and retired from his post in 2012, to be succeeded by Iain Standen. In 2017, he contributed a chapter to ''

The Turing Guide ''The Turing Guide'', written by Jack Copeland, Jonathan Bowen, Mark Sprevak, Robin Wilson, and others and published in 2017, is a book about the work and life of the British mathematician, philosopher, and early computer scientist, Alan Turi ...

'' on recent developments at Bletchley Park. Greenish was appointed to an MBE in 2013 for services to English Heritage. He also has an honorary degree from the

University of Bedfordshire The University of Bedfordshire is a public research university with campuses in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England. The University has roots from 1882, however, it gained university status in 1993 as the University of Luton. The Universi ...

. He currently resides in

Felmersham Felmersham is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, on the River Great Ouse, about north west of Bedford. As a civil parish, it includes the hamlet of Radwell, and is sometimes known as Felmersham ...

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ...

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Simon Greenish, Bletchley Park Trust CEO
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, 2009 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenish, Simon Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of Grey College, Durham Directors of museums in the United Kingdom Bletchley Park people English civil engineers Members of the Order of the British Empire People associated with the University of Bedfordshire People from Felmersham