Simon is the Chief Procurement Officer at National Grid, a role in which he is responsible for ~£10bn of procurement spend across National Grid’s UK & US Business Units. Simon leads a team of 400+ procurement professionals who, in partnership with the business and the supply chain, source and deliver the projects that will transform the grid infrastructure and help underpin the net zero transition. Simon holds a BSc (Honours) First Class in Environmental Biology from the University of Liverpool, UK and he is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS)