Šimon Pánek (born 27 December 1967) is the executive director of the Czech humanitarian organisation People in Need (Člověk v tísni), which he co-founded in 1992.

[1] In 1988, Šimon Pánek and Jaromír Štětina organised humanitarian assistance for Armenia, collecting various materials to help people affected by the earthquake.

[1] In 1992, Šimon Pánek co-founded Nadace Lidových novin (The Lidové noviny Foundation), now known as People in Need (PIN).

Pánek was also a foreign policy specialist on the Balkan region and human rights issues abroad in the presidential administration of Václav Havel.

[6] With Marek Benda and Monika Pajerová, Studenti psali revoluci (students wrote a revolution), Praha.