Simon Peter St John Bowthorpe (born 12 September 1964) is an English chief executive and dressage rider.

[1] Bowthorpe began his career working at Grey Advertising and Young & Rubicam.

[2] In 2001, Bowthorpe left the company to become a championship Spanish dressage rider, winning silver medals at the Madrid finals in 2002 and 2003.

[3] From 2003 to 2008, he was the chief executive officer of Media Force One and subsequently worked as a consultant to some of the world's largest communications groups.

Bowthorpe joined Universal McCann, a creative media agency which belongs to Interpublic Group, as General Manager of the Qatar operation in May 2013.