Simon Devonshire OBE

Biography

Simon Devonshire has worked for a number of prestigious corporate businesses across a diverse range of industries – from fmcg (Heinz, Spillers); travel (Thomas Cook) retail (The Post Office, Total petrol); and telco (Virgin Media, O2). He was also Non-Executive Director at the Student Loans Company from 2016 -2022.

He ran the B2B division of O2 UK for five years; leading a team of more than 1,000 people; accountable for over €1bn revenue pa. Simon also helped create several start-ups, including www.zopa.com the world’s first lending and borrowing exchange, and the social enterprise One Water.

Simon has a portfolio of business interests including being the Entrepreneur in Residence for the National Physical Laboratory.

Previous roles in government

  • Non-Executive Director