Sir Simon Christopher Townsend Robey (born 5 July 1960)[1] is a British investment banker and supporter of cultural organisations.
[3] He attended Reed's School in Cobham before moving onto Magdalen College, Oxford as a choral scholar to read English.
Latterly he worked for 25 years at Morgan Stanley,[4] becoming co-chairman of global mergers and acquisition.
[7] Robey joined the board of the Royal Opera House on 1 July 2006,[8][9] and was its chair from 2008 until 2017.
[13] She was previously married to Richard Sharp, BBC chairman and a former investment banker.