Simon Walker

Simon Walker is Director General at the Institute of Directors.

07 Sep 2015

Investment

Simon Walker

Let Britain lead the world in revolutionising 21st century finance

At the Institute of Directors, we believe that markets generally perform better when intervention from politicians is kept to a minimum. So it may surprise readers of CapX to hear that we’re calling for a dose of state support to help more of our fledgling start-ups get the investment they need. Market failure is often […]

01 May 2015

Enterprise

Simon Walker

It’s time to smash corporate complacency

I know that the Institute of Directors surprised a few people when we started criticising directors’ pay at some of the UK’s largest companies. The Institute is there to represent these people after all, so shouldn’t we be defending them against such attacks? Our approach even led the Guardian, with whom we have not always seen […]

Simon Walker

Articles

Let Britain lead the world in revolutionising 21st century finance

It’s time to smash corporate complacency