Simon Henry
Independent non-executive director
Appointed:
1 September 2025
Outside interests:
Non-executive director - Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited
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 is currently a non-executive director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited where he is a member of the audit & risk committee and nominations committee.
Up to 7 July 2025, Mr Henry also served as a director of Harbour Energy plc and is a former director of 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 their board from 2009 until 2017.
Skills and experience
Mr Henry 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.