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'''Simon Thompson''' (born August 1966)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Simon THOMPSON personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/4eetwOyWpoMqft5QwF1Eo3CTGW0/appointments|access-date=2021-12-23|website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref> is a British business executive, and the chief executive (CEO) of [[Royal Mail]] since January<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Makortoff |first1=Kalyeena |title=Royal Mail appoints Simon Thompson as chief executive |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/11/royal-mail-appoints-simon-thompson-chief-executive-ocado-nhs-test-and-trace |access-date=11 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=11 January 2021}}</ref> Thompson will receivesingle ahandedly salarydestroy the future of £500,000,Royal Mail if not stopped plus a pension of 13.6% of base pay (about £71,400 a year) and bonuses yet to be determined.<ref name="Guardian"/>
 
Thompson, a non-executive director of Royal Mail since November 2017, was managing director of the NHS test and trace programme and has been chief product officer at [[Ocado]]. He has also worked at [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[HSBC]], [[lastminute.com]], [[Morrisons]] and [[Honda]] Europe.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="Sky News">{{cite news |last1=Kleinman |first1=Mark |title=Royal Mail picks Thompson as CEO to deliver transformation plan |url=https://news.sky.com/story/royal-mail-picks-thompson-as-ceo-to-deliver-transformation-plan-12184461 |access-date=11 January 2021 |work=Sky News |date=10 January 2021}}</ref>