Simon is CIO at River Island, one of the UK’s most iconic retail brands with over 250 stores.

Simon is a business orientated technology leader. He has a proven track record, over 25 years, of building high performing technology teams, leading successful digital transformation and partnering across functions to deliver outstanding value and a step change in operational performance and customer experience. He has held leadership roles in several industries and businesses of different sizes and complexities. These include CTO at Sweaty Betty, Digital and Retail Technology Director at Arcadia, food CIO at Sainsbury's, Head of Technology at Sky and Digital Transformation Manager at Royal Mail.”