Simon Hall has been working part-time for GGI since 2022 as a principal consultant. Before GGI he worked as transformation director in the North East London ICS, where he led the Covid vaccination programme, delivering 3.6 million jabs to local people.
Simon has 35 years’ experience in the NHS, and local and central government. He is experienced at navigating the balance between system and place, and developed the system response to the NHS Long Term Plan for NE London. Simon currently combines his role at GGI with being interim chief executive at Compass Wellbeing, a community interest company that primarily focuses on delivering on the Marmot Trust ambitions of the East London NHS Foundation Trust.
Simon led transformation programmes across all of north east London including cancer services, maternity, end of life care, children and young people’s health and care, and sustainability. As managing director of Tower Hamlets CCG (2016-18) Simon established governance arrangements for joint commissioning, led the transformation of GP services focused on quality improvement methodology, and led the Tower Hamlets Together Vanguard. During his leadership of the CCG, it achieved an Outstanding rating from NHS England twice, was nominated for 2017 Health Service Journal CCG of the Year, and achieved high rankings for patient and public involvement and staff satisfaction.
Simon has a long history of work around diversity and inclusion, and has been actively involved in a number of voluntary organisations and societies at board level since 1986. After five years as a trustee of Metro, an equality and diversity charity in south east London, Simon is now treasurer and trustee of Galop, the national LGBTQ+ anti-abuse charity. He is also audit chair of a multi-academy (schools) trust, with schools in the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Greenwich. He is also a passionate internationalist and a proud parent.
