Professor Simon Weeks

Professor Simon Weeks provides Non-Executive Director and technology consultancy services. Simon is an Innovate UK Advisory Council member, a Non-Executive Director of the Offshore Wind Generation Partnership and is a member of the UK Government DfT Council of Experts. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford and a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and a Chartered Engineer.​

Previously, Simon was CTO for the Aerospace Technology Institute, technically responsible for the UK’s national aerospace technology strategy and £5Bn+ programme. Before that, he was with Rolls-Royce for 24 years, holding senior engineering roles, including Global Head of Aerospace Research & Technology, Director of Engineering Operations for Aero Engine Controls, Head of Control Systems for Civil aerospace and Technical Director for Eurojet. ​

Simon gained an MA and DPhil in Chemistry from the University of Oxford; His DPhil research was on fuel cell electrochemistry.