Simon Hepburn MA, PGCert, ACQI
Simon Hepburn became ACE's first Chief Executive, at the end of November 2007. Simon joined ACE from The Children’s Society, where he was an Assistant Director and where he had worked for over twelve years in a range of operational and strategic positions. Prior to joining The Children's Society, he worked in a variety of youth, education and community development roles working with long term unemployed and disaffected groups, supporting them to gain education, employment and training.
Simon was the founder/Director of the Adisa Organisation which specialised in developing strategies to engage disengaged young people and parents.
He is a member of the BBC Charity Appeals Advisory Committee, and is a Trustee Board member at ACEVO, the Association of Chief Executives in Voluntary Organisations. Simon was a visiting lecturer at the University of Greenwich on the MA in Educational Management and Professional Youth Work programmes and was the vice chair of Governors at his daughters school.
