Simon Henry
Independent non-executive director
Appointed:
1 September 2025
Outside interests:
Adviser to the Board of Oxford Flow Ltd
Member of the Board of the Audit Committee Chairs’ Independent Forum
Nationality:
British
Career summary
Simon Henry was a non-executive director of Rio Tinto plc between April 2017 and October 2025 where he was chair of the audit & risk committee and a member of the nominations and sustainability committees. Simon also served as a director of Harbour Energy plc, Lloyds Banking Group plc and PetroChina Ltd.
In an executive career of 35 years with Shell, he held senior finance and management roles internationally and was Chief Financial Officer and a member of the board from 2009 until 2017.
Skills and experience
Simon has both broad experience of the global upstream and downstream energy industry and financial and commercial understanding of global markets, together with extensive and varied board experience, gained across the energy industry internationally.