Simon Paul Dingemans (born April 1963)[1] is an English former banker and businessman. Until May 2019 he was chief financial officer atGlaxoSmithKline. In July 2019 he was appointed chair of theFinancial Reporting Council, and was set to lead its transition into theAudit, Reporting and Governance Authority, but left in May 2020.
Dingemans was educated atKent College andChrist Church, Oxford where he gained a master's degree in geography.[2][3] He was involved in theatre production at theOxford Playhouse.[4]
Dingemans joinedS. G. Warburg & Co. as a graduate trainee, spending 15 years with the firm before moving toGoldman Sachs to run its UK investment banking and European mergers businesses.[4]
Dingemans spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs, becoming head of European mergers and acquisitions, and overseeing £411 billion ($500 billion) of deals, includingVodafone's £112bn merger withMannesmann in 2000, the private equity takeover ofAlliance Boots, andNovartis's $28.1bn (£18.2bn) takeover ofAlcon.[5]
In 2011, he joined GlaxoSmithKline as CFO[5] and served as a member of the main board before stepping down in May 2019. During his eight years at GSK, he oversaw extensive restructuring and re-shaping of the group.[6]
In July 2019Business SecretaryGreg Clark announced that Dingemans had been appointed as the new chair of the Financial Reporting Council, and would lead its transition into the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority.[2] However, he left the role in May 2020, citing conflicts between the part-time role and other positions he was interested in taking.[7]
In June 2020 Dingemans joinedCarlyle Group as a managing director in charge of UK buyouts and overseeing healthcare deals across Europe.[7][8]
Dingemans was chairman of theHundred Group of finance directors between 2014 and 2016.[2] He was appointed a trustee of theDonmar Warehouse theatre in 2018,[9] having previously done theatre production at theOxford Playhouse and also supported theRoyal National Theatre.[4]
He is an investor in wealth management firmNetwealth Investments.[10][11][12]
Dingemans is married with three children. He has participated in triathlons.[3]