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Simon Kenyon

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Chief Executive Officer at C. Hoare & Co.
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Simon Kenyon is the CEO of C. Hoare & Co., the UKs oldest privately-owned bank. With a PhD from the University of Oxford, his extensive career includes senior digital, commercial, and private banking roles at Lloyds Banking Group and as a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group, focusing on business strategy and digital transformation.

He has been actively involved in national economic initiatives, notably serving on the UK governments SME Digital Adoption Taskforce to help enhance productivity for small and medium-sized businesses through technology.

Simon is leading an institution founded in 1672 that has served clients such as Samuel Pepys and Jane Austen.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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SME Digital Adoption
Served on the UK government's SME Digital Adoption Taskforce, focused on increasing technology use to boost SME productivity and national GDP.
Banking Modernization
His career at Lloyds and C. Hoare & Co. highlights a focus on digital transformation, data strategy including Gen AI, and evolving customer service.
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Career

Work history

6-2026
Chief Executive Officer
C. Hoare & Co.
9-2025 - 6-2026
Senior Advisor
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
11-2022 - 5-2024
Non Executive Director
Cash Access UK
7-2022 - 6-2025
Managing Director, Digital, Business & Commercial Bank
Lloyds Banking Group
4-2019 - 7-2022
Managing Director, Client Products, Commercial Bank
Lloyds Banking Group
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Welcome to our new CEO, Simon Kenyon - C. Hoare & Co.. Featured in Hoares Bank (official website)
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C Hoare & Co Names New CEO. Featured in WealthBriefing
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Oxford
Master of Philosophy
University of Oxford
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