Simon Mackenzie Smith

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Simon Mackenzie Smith

Director since 2026


Simon has a wealth of experience in corporate finance and M&A, with an investment banking career spanning over 35 years. He has advised on some of the UK’s largest mergers and acquisitions including Royal Dutch Shell plc’s $52 billion takeover of BG Group Plc in 2016. Before retiring in 2021, he was chair of Corporate and Investment Banking UK and Ireland at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Simon joined Merrill Lynch in 1996 from Morgan Grenfell. He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in 1985.

Simon is chair of the shipping company TORM plc and a non-executive director of Interpath Advisory Limited. He was chair of Dowlais Group plc from its initial listing in 2023 until its combination with Dauch Corporation in 2026. He is also chair of the children's mental health charity Place2Be.