Simon Paul Dingemans (born April 1963)[1] is an English former banker and businessman.
Dingemans was educated at Kent College and Christ Church, Oxford where he gained a master's degree in geography.
[4] Dingemans joined S. G. Warburg & Co. as a graduate trainee, spending 15 years with the firm before moving to Goldman Sachs to run its UK investment banking and European mergers businesses.
[4] Dingemans spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs, becoming head of European mergers and acquisitions, and overseeing £411 billion ($500 billion) of deals, including Vodafone's £112bn merger with Mannesmann in 2000, the private equity takeover of Alliance Boots, and Novartis's $28.1bn (£18.2bn) takeover of Alcon.
[7] In June 2020 Dingemans joined Carlyle Group as a managing director in charge of UK buyouts and overseeing healthcare deals across Europe.