Simon Thompson

Simon Thompson (born August 1966) is a British business executive, who has been the chief executive (CEO) of Royal Mail since January 2021. Thompson's appointment as CEO was announced on 11 January 2021. Thompson will receive a salary of £500,000, plus a pension of 13.6% of base pay (about £71,400 a year) and bonuses yet to be determined. Thompson, a non-executive director of Royal Mail since November 2017, was managing director of the NHS test and trace programme and has been chief product officer at Ocado. He has also worked at Apple, HSBC, lastminute.com, Morrisons and Honda Europe. In May 2023, it was announced that Thompson would step down as head of Royal Mail. In the statement announcing his departure, Mr Thompson said he had been "incredibly proud to lead Royal Mail during this crucial period". The Communication Workers Union had previously called for Thompson to step down.