Simon Wilson

Simon Wilson is an experienced business development leader with extensive expertise in retail strategy, project management, and operations. With a proven track record as an employee and consultant, he has managed P&L's within different roles, providing increased rigor to process and systems. Simon has worked with some of the UK's leading brands, such as WHSmith, News UK, Borders, and Abellio Greater Anglia, developing and implementing service delivery strategies that achieve measurable results.

Simon has excellent interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills, and the ability to develop mutually beneficial relationships with clients and stakeholders. He is passionate about building and managing successful teams, thrives in highly pressurized environments, is honest, trustworthy, and approachable.

Simon holds a Post Graduate Diploma in International Strategic Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing at the University of East Anglia and a Business Studies degree from St. Godrics College, Hampstead. He has also studied at Newcastle Preparatory School and Queen Elizabeth High School.

Throughout his career, Simon has been a strong leader who can manage all aspects of business unit and program operations, with expertise in leadership, strategic planning, team development, relationship management, customer service, sales, business development, profit generation, policy & procedure development, process & change control, operations, supply chain, performance management, commercial terms negotiation, field sales, print, and digital marketing, and PRINCE2.