Mr Rupert Simons

Partner, SYSTEMIQ

Rupert Simons is a partner with Systemiq and leads the Nature-Food platform in Europe. He is an expert on regenerative food systems and has led or co-authored reports on net zero in food, soil health, and regenerative agriculture. Rupert has advised governments and the private sector on food, agriculture and climate issues worldwide. He led a team that costed dietary changes for the National Food Strategy and helped set up Regen10 which seeks to improve understanding and reporting of regenerative agriculture. Rupert was previously CEO of the data and transparency organization Publish What You Fund, a country director for the Tony Blair Institute in Liberia and Ethiopia, and engagement manager at McKinsey & Company. He holds an undergraduate degree on Politics and Economics from the university of Oxford and a Master of Public Administration in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School.