Simon Greenish

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Simon Greenish {{postnominals|country=GBR|MBE}} is a British Chartered Civil Engineer and museum director.

File:Bletchley Park Mansion.jpg, where Simon Greenish was Director from 2006 to 2012]]

Greenish studied Engineering at Durham University, graduating with a third in 1971.{{cite web |title=XVIII (ns), supplement |url=http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=bookreader/DU_Gazettes/DUGazette18_3/dg183METS.xml#page/8/mode/2up |website=Durham University Gazette |accessdate=4 October 2018 |language=en}}

In 1995, Greenish joined the Royal Air Force Museum as project manager under its Director General,Dr Michael Fopp who was embarking on a £30 million development.{{cite book| authorlink1=Jack Copeland | last1=Copeland | first1=Jack | authorlink2=Jonathan Bowen | last2=Bowen | first2=Jonathan | last3=Sprevak | first3=Mark | authorlink4=Robin Wilson (mathematician) | last4=Wilson | first4=Robin | display-authors=etal | title=The Turing Guide | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2017 | isbn=978-0198747833 | page=477 | chapter=Notes on Contributors | title-link=The Turing Guide }} In 2005, he became Director of Collections at the museum. In 2006, he was appointed Director of Bletchley Park when it was in financial

difficulties. He led the initiative to make the Bletchley Park Trust financially secure and raise the awareness of the importance of the site as part of Britain's heritage. He helped to raise £10 million to restore the Bletchley Park site and retired from his post in 2012, to be succeeded by Iain Standen.{{cite web| url=http://codemanship.co.uk/parlezuml/blog/?postid=1081 | title=New Bletchley Park CEO, And A Tribute To Simon Greenish | website=codemanship.co.uk | publisher=codemanship | location=UK | first=Jason | last=Gorman | date=16 January 2012 | accessdate=24 January 2018 }} In 2017, he contributed a chapter to The Turing Guide on recent developments at Bletchley Park.{{cite book| authorlink1=Jack Copeland | last1=Copeland | first1=Jack | authorlink2=Jonathan Bowen | last2=Bowen | first2=Jonathan | last3=Sprevak | first3=Mark | authorlink4=Robin Wilson (mathematician) | last4=Wilson | first4=Robin | display-authors=etal | title=The Turing Guide | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2017 | isbn=978-0198747833 | pages=189–196 | chapter=Chapter 19 – Turing's monument | title-link=The Turing Guide }}

Greenish was appointed to an MBE in 2013 for services to English Heritage.{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-22901329 | title=Former director of Bletchley Park Simon Greenish is made MBE | work=BBC News | publisher=BBC | location=UK | date=15 June 2013 | accessdate=24 January 2018 }}{{cite web| url=http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2013-06-14/queens-birthday-honours-bedfordshire/ | title=Queen's Birthday Honours: Bedfordshire | work=ITV Anglia | publisher=ITV | location=UK | date=15 June 2013 | accessdate=24 January 2018 }} He also has an honorary degree from the University of Bedfordshire. He currently resides in Felmersham, Bedfordshire.