Simon Lewis (public relations officer)

British businessman

Simon LewisOBE

Downing Street Director of Communications
In office 16 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Michael Ellam
Succeeded by	Andy Coulson

Personal details
Born	Simon David Lewis (1959-05-06) 6 May 1959 (age 65)
Occupation	Communications advisor, chief executive

Simon David Lewis OBE (born 8 May 1959) is the former chief executive of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe. He was formerly Director of Communications for the former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He previously held this position for the Queen, Vodafone, and Centrica. He attended Whitefield School before studying PPE at Brasenose College, Oxford.

Lewis was appointed an OBE in the 2014 New Year Honours List for public service and services to international education through the Fulbright Commission.

His brother is former Telegraph editor-in-chief, Will Lewis.

Career history

Lewis has held down a number of positions.

September 2010 Chief executive of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe
2009 Downing Street Director of Communications
2004 Group director of corporate affairs, Vodafone
2004 Director of comms and public policy, Centrica
2000 MD Europe, Centrica
1998 Communications secretary to The Queen (secondment)
1996 Director of corporate affairs, British Gas/Centrica
1992 Director of corporate affairs, NatWest
1987 Head of PR, SG Warburg & Co
1986 Head of PR, Social Democratic Party (UK)

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"New Year's Honours lists 2014". Official website of the UK Government. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
Thomas, Andrew (29 June 2009). "Simon says". Communicate Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
"Senior management team, Chief Executive, Simon Lewis OBE". Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME). Retrieved 27 April 2014.
Treanor, Jill (16 September 2010). "Simon Lewis goes from PM's spokesman to banking lobbyist". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
"Ex-Vodafone comms chief Simon Lewis gets nod from Number 10". PR Week. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
Watt, Nicholas (16 June 2009). "Simon Lewis reinvented the royals - now he's working on Gordon Brown". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2014.

Government offices
Preceded byMichael Ellam	Downing Street Director of Communications 2009 - 2010	Succeeded byAndy Coulson

v t e Downing Street directors of communications
Tony Blair	Alastair Campbell (2000–2003) David Hill (2003–2007)
Gordon Brown	Michael Ellam (2007–2009) Simon Lewis (2009–2010)
David Cameron	Andy Coulson (2010–2011) Craig Oliver (2011–2016)
Theresa May	Katie Perrior (2016–2017) Robbie Gibb (2017–2019)
Boris Johnson	Lee Cain (2019–2020) James Slack (2021) Jack Doyle (2021–2022) Guto Harri (2022)
Rishi Sunak	Amber de Botton (2022–2023) Nerissa Chesterfield (2023–2024)
Keir Starmer	Matthew Doyle (2024–)

v t e British Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson
Tony Blair	Alastair Campbell (1997–2001) Godric Smith (2001–2004) Tom Kelly (2004–2007)
Gordon Brown	Michael Ellam (2007–2009) Simon Lewis (2009–2010)
David Cameron	Steve Field (2010–2012) Jean-Christophe Gray (2012–2015) Helen Bower (2015–2016)
Theresa May	Helen Bower (2016–2017) James Slack (2017–2019)
Boris Johnson	James Slack (2019–2021) Jamie Davies (Acting) (2021) Max Blain (2021–present)

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