Chris Simpson

EOT Chair and Independent Trustee at several businesses £2m - £40m turnover. Non Exec Director Flint Technology Services – Nov 24 - present Assisted over 200 business owners delivering strategic reviews and paths to exit.

Managing Director at Going Long Consulting Ltd (2012-10 – Present)

• EOT Chair and Independent Trustee at several businesses £2m - £40m turnover.
• Non Exec Director Flint Technology Services – Nov 24 - present
• Assisted over 200 business owners delivering strategic reviews and paths to exit.
• Common sectors covered are Construction, Manufacturing, Professional Services
• Keynote speaker at EOA Conference 2024 and speaker at 2025 and 2026 EOA conference.

Board Chair (Sep 2022-Sep 2025); NED (Sep 2016-Sep 2025) at Worthing Homes (2016-09 – 2025-09)

• Served on Board and Audit and Remuneration committee for this highly regarded £30m t/o Housing (G1,V1/2) Association (IDA 2018 and 2021) with 4800 homes on the south coast.
• Upgraded overall governance and board quality and diversity.
• Significantly improved resident engagement as chair.
• Appointed Chair of Development Committee Nov 2017, Board Chair 2022.
• Member of four-person Treasury sub-committee restructuring £200m loans book.

Associate Lecturer (part time) at Open University (2019-09 – Present)

• Deliver business and management programmes on degree courses and apprenticeships
• Fellow of HEA 2021

UK CEO Netbooster Group at Netbooster Group (2012-01 – 2012-07)

Online Marketing agencies. Netbooster SA Fees 2011 >100m Euros, 550 staff in eleven markets one of the largest international independent digital agencies.

• Managed integration of Guava / TD Search agencies into Netbooster UK.
• >£5m of UK billed fees, although 25% of this work international
• Retained all top 10 clients from both agencies 8 months from transaction e.g. RBS, Argos, Net-A-Porter, Tempur, Confused, Interflora (A transaction bonus stipulation)

VP Search at Tradedoubler Group (2009-01 – 2011-12)

Swedish Listed Marketing Business. Tradedoubler AB Gross profit of 626MSEK 2011 Largest affiliate business in Europe 480 staff in 19 markets.

• Managed sale of business and extraction from parent group with CEO / CFO
• Report of Group CEO, Management Board of company (managed 20% of group staff)
• Created 19 market footprint in 9 months exceeding target of 12 months.

Managing Director at The Searchworks (2008-01 – 2009-01)

Part of Tradedoubler Group

• Full P&L responsibility for agency with >£400m billings and 85 staff in 5 countries
• The business was Google’s largest single customer in Europe in 2008
• Delivered expansion of SEO from <3% of business to 10% in one year
• Delivered overall EBIT target 2008 of £5M

Interim Commercial Director at Probability plc (2006-03 – 2007-02)

Mobile casino operator

• Transformed business from white label to own brand 0-75% in 8 months
• Created ‘Lady Lucks’ brand and ran successful television campaign for under £25k

General Mgr. Offshore Services at Capita Plc (2005-07 – 2006-02)

FTSE 100 Business Process Outsourcing. Report to plc Board Director.

• Sold and delivered transition of BBC television licensing project (100 seats) £2m p.a.
• Member of bids teams for significant consulting and offshoring bids eg Met Police, Prudential, Home Office.
• Built UK and Indian Senior Management team working 30/70 UK/India

Managing Director at Ipoints Ltd (2001-12 – 2003-07)

• Full P&L responsibility for a £2M Turnover company, 24 staff
• Returned the business to cash positive trading and secured offers and eventual buyer.

European Sales Director and Global VP licensing at BEENZ.COM (2000-01 – 2001-09)

• Reported Directly to CEO in US, 16 direct reports in sales and technology roles.

Commercial Director at British Airways AIR MILES (1995-03 – 2000-01)

• Managing Director direct report, controlling annual business unit budget (£40m sales)
• Controlled £1.5M marketing budget and sold largest ever B2B contract of £5m (Bass plc)

Lubricant Sales Manager Scotland and Retail Fuels Northern Ireland at Texaco Ltd (1991 – 1995)

• Won chairman’s award (worldwide) for dealer development work in Northern Ireland

Graduate Scheme at Shell UK Oil (1989 – 1991)

Production Management

• Managed 45 staff on shift at new £50m investment Lubricants plant

BEng in Chemical Engineering with Minerals Engineering – The University of Birmingham (1989)

BA in Modern Languages – The Open University (2015)

MA in English – The Open University (2018)

MEd in linguistics – The Open University (2020)

Postgraduate Certificate in Finance – The Open University (2024 – 2025)