Crispin Simon

Biography

He was Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) for South Asia from February 2018 to March 2020.

Crispin Simon was appointed British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India and Director General of the Department for International Trade, India and South Asia in November 2017.

Crispin has extensive leadership and commercial experience across both the private and public sectors.

He spent 20 years as chief executive of medical technology companies operating in the fields of cardiology, cancer and neurological rehabilitation.

He was formerly a non-executive director of 2 NHS organisations: Trust Development Authority and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

He has also worked for:

  • NM Rothschild
  • McKinsey
  • Bowater
  • Smith and Nephew

Crispin was a trustee of Alive and Kicking, a registered charity manufacturing and donating footballs in Africa.

He has a degree in politics and economics from Lincoln College, University of Oxford.