Vanessa Simms

Vanessa Simms is an Independent Non Executive Director at Drax. Vanessa has previously worked as the Group CFO at Grainger PLC, the Deputy CFO at Unite Students, and the UK Finance Director at SEGRO plc. Vanessa Simms has also worked as a Financial Controller at Stryker and as a Customer Development Finance Manager at Vodafone.

Vanessa Simms has an MBA from Ashridge Executive Education and a FCCA from BPP Professional Education - London. Vanessa is a Fellow member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.