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Simon Stevens

The Lord Stevens of Birmingham
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
5 July 2021
Life peerage
Chief Executive of NHS England
In office
1 April 2014 – 31 July 2021
Preceded bySir David Nicholson
Succeeded byAmanda Pritchard
Member of Lambeth London Borough Council for Angell
In office
7 May 1998 – 2 May 2002
Personal details
Born
Simon Laurence Stevens

(1966-08-04) 4 August 1966 (age 58)
Shard End, Birmingham, England
Political partyNone (crossbencher) (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
Labour (1990s-2000s)
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford (MA)
University of Strathclyde (MBA)
AwardsKnight Bachelor

Simon Laurence Stevens, Lord Stevens of Birmingham (born 4 August 1966) is Chair of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency,[1] Chair of Cancer Research UK,[2] Chair of King's College London,[3] and an independent member of the House of Lords. In Parliament he focuses on defence and international relations (particularly maritime issues), science, the environment, health, and higher education policy.[4] Stevens was for seven years previously Chief Executive of NHS England.[5] Earlier in his career he was senior policy adviser to the Prime Minister, a senior executive in the private sector, and worked internationally including in Guyana, Malawi, and the United States.

  1. ^ "New Non-Executive Chair appointed for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency | UK Ship Register". ukshipregister.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ Kituno2023-03-28T10:29:00, Nick. "New job for Simon Stevens". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 22 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Lord Stevens of Birmingham Kt appointed King's Chair of Council | Student news from King's College London". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Focus areas for Lord Stevens of Birmingham - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  5. ^ "NHS England » NHS Chief Sir Simon Stevens to stand down this summer". england.nhs.uk. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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