Simon Hopkins
Finance Director
Simon
joined the BHF in January 2010. His role encompasses responsibility
for the charity’s finances as well as related disciplines covering
planning, risk and evaluation of the organisation’s work.
Prior to joining the BHF he held finance director positions in
both the private and public sector. His career to date has spanned
central government, financial services and outsourcing, and has
involved areas ranging from traditional finance and planning to
business development, contract compliance and service
management.
Simon has a degree in Law from Corpus Christi College, Oxford
and qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in London.
Simon attends Board of Trustee and Council meetings and Audit
Committee and is an ex-officio member of Investment and Retail
committees. He is also chair of the BHF staff pension scheme.
Outside BHF he is also a trustee of Action on Smoking and Health
(ASH).
He is married with two sons and enjoys playing tennis, creative
writing and performing classic rock music.