Simon Stevens
British health manager and civil servant
Simon Laurence Stevens, Baron Stevens of Birmingham (born 4 August 1966) is Chair of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Chair of Cancer Research UK, Chair of King's College London, 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. Stevens was for seven years previously Chief Executive of NHS England. 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.
Current work
Stevens is Chair of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, which regulates British shipping, the wider UK maritime sector and runs HM Coastguard search and rescue services for the United Kingdom. He is Chair of the governing council of King's College London. He is Chair of Cancer Research UK, the world's largest independent funder of cancer science. He is a crossbench peer.
Early and personal life
Simon Stevens was born in Birmingham, England, the son of a Baptist minister and a university administrator. He was educated at a state comprehensive, St Bartholomew's School in Newbury, Berkshire, and won a scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford, where he was elected president of the Oxford Union.
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