Simon Robey
{{Short description|British investment banker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| name = Simon Robey
| birth_name = Simon Christopher Townsend Robey
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|7|5|df=y}}
| nationality = British
| education = Reed's School
| alma_mater = Magdalen College, Oxford
| occupation = Investment banker
| spouse = Victoria Hull
| children = 3
}}
Sir Simon Christopher Townsend Robey (born 5 July 1960){{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/jcmKuvtm8ceQu-IuwTvDZza8hdc/appointments|title=Simon Christopher Townsend ROBEY - Personal Appointments|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|publisher=Companies House|access-date=2016-06-12}} is a British investment banker and supporter of cultural organisations.{{Cite news|url = https://www.ft.com/content/13e15ad4-6b83-11e6-ae5b-a7cc5dd5a28c | title= The FT's City List: Sir Simon Robey | newspaper= Financial Times | date= September 2016 | publisher = ft.com}}
Early life and education
Robey was adopted as a child and grew up in Cambridge. He has described himself as an 'odd child', with a 'fairly nerdy' upbringing.{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/lend-us-a-tenor-says-royal-opera-house-chairman-8623667.html|title=Lend us a tenor says Royal Opera House chairman|date=May 20, 2013|website=Evening Standard}} He attended Reed's School in Cobham before moving onto Magdalen College, Oxford as a choral scholar to read English.
Business career
Robey worked for several investment banks. Latterly he worked for 25 years at Morgan Stanley,{{Cite news |date=14 December 2019 |title=UK dealmaker Robey tops £100m in pay since leaving Morgan Stanley |newspaper=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3e99239e-1e7f-11ea-b8a1-584213ee7b2b}} becoming co-chairman of global mergers and acquisition.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/business/dealbook/former-morgan-stanley-deal-makers-reunite-on-exchange-merger.html|title=Former Morgan Stanley Deal Makers Reunite on Exchange Merger|last=Raghavan|first=Anita|date=2016-06-02|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-06-19|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/19/robey-warshaw-tiny-bank-brewing-mega-merger|title=The beer's on them: Robey Warshaw, the tiny bank at the heart of a mega-merger|last=Hellier|first=David|date=2015-09-19|website=The Guardian|access-date=2016-06-12}}
In 2013 he joined with Simon Robertson, a former Goldman Sachs banker, to form Robertson Robey Associates. Later in that year Simon Warshaw joined. In 2014 Robertson split from the group, leaving Robey and Warshaw to rebrand the firm as Robey Warshaw, with Robey’s former Morgan Stanley colleague Philip Apostolides also joining the firm.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1087b322-bb51-11e3-b2b7-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?siteedition=uk&_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F1087b322-bb51-11e3-b2b7-00144feabdc0.html%3Fsiteedition%3Duk&_i_referer=&classification=conditional_standard&iab=barrier-app|title=Conscious uncoupling of three Simons forms two new boutiques|last=Schäfer|first=Daniel|date=2014-04-03|newspaper=Financial Times|issn=0307-1766|access-date=2016-06-12}}
Other roles
Robey joined the board of the Royal Opera House on 1 July 2006,{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00480523/officers|title=ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION - Officers|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|publisher=Companies House|access-date=2016-06-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04112266/officers|title=ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENTERPRISES LIMITED - Officers|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|publisher=Companies House|access-date=2016-06-12}} and was its chair from 2008 until 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/about/boards-and-committees|title=Boards and Committees — Royal Opera House|website=www.roh.org.uk|access-date=2016-06-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/lend-us-a-tenor-says-royal-opera-house-chairman-8623667.html|title=Lend us a tenor says Royal Opera House chairman|date=2013-05-20|website=Evening Standard|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-06-12}} In 2016 he also became the chair of Aldeburgh Music (now known as Snape Maltings).
Recognition
Robey was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours for 2016 "for services to Music".{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/birthday-honours-lists-2016|title=Birthday Honours lists 2016 - Publications|date=2016-06-11|website=www.gov.uk|publisher=HM Government|access-date=2016-06-12}}
Personal life
Robey is married to Victoria Hull.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2905549/Business-profile-The-discreet-charm-of-a-City-prodigy.html|title=Business profile: The discreet charm of a City prodigy|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2017-06-19|language=en}} She was previously married to Richard Sharp, BBC chairman and a former investment banker. He has three daughters from his previous marriage, and three step-children from her previous marriage.
He owns Bramfield Hall, a 16th-century, Grade II*-listed building in Suffolk.{{NHLE|num=1377230|desc=Bramfield Hall|grade=II*|accessdate=8 February 2021}} The property had been owned by the Rabett family for 450 years until Robey acquired it.{{cite news |last1=Neate |first1=Rupert |title=Sir Simon Robey: the accidental banker adding George Osborne to the fold |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/02/sir-simon-robey-the-accidental-banker-adding-george-osborne-to-the-fold |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=2 February 2021}}
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