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ThompsonSimon Thompson
Chairman, Corporate and Financial Group
CIPR
Simon is chairman of the CIPR’s Corporate and Financial Group and is also Head of Corporate Communications and Media Relations at ICAEW, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He specialises in managing corporate image and reputational issues and in his career has worked with companies such as Microsoft. He is also very involved in politics and has worked for the Liberal Democrats and served as both a borough and parish councillor.
PEOPLE
DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Qualifying Round: Berkshire 2016/17
DEBATE: Autonomous vehicles
Regional Final: London South 2015/16
DEBATE: Gender Quotas
Regional Final: London South 2015/16
DEBATE: Gentrification
Qualifying Round: Hampshire 2015/16
DEBATE: Doping in Sport
Qualifying Round: Hampshire 2015/16
DEBATE: Sex Selective Abortion
Qualifying Round: Reading 2015/16
DEBATE: The BBC
Qualifying Round: Reading 2015/16
DEBATE: Doping in Sport
Qualifying Round: Reading 2015/16
DEBATE: Sex Selective Abortion
Qualifying Round: Ealing 2015/16
DEBATE: Gentrification
Qualifying Round: Ealing 2015/16
DEBATE: Religious Freedom
Regional Final: South 2014/15
DEBATE: Voting
Regional Final: South 2014/15
DEBATE: Assisted Dying
Qualifying Round: Lewisham & Southwark 2014/15
DEBATE: Fracking
Qualifying Round: Lewisham & Southwark 2014/15
DEBATE: Security Vs Privacy
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday 27 June:
Oxfordshire Championship at Oxford Union, in partnership with Magdalen College School and Oxford Festival of Arts
Friday 5 July:
North East Championship at Durham Sixth Form Centre
CHAMPIONSHIP ARCHIVE
Find a list of all our previous championship events here.
SUPPORT DEBATING MATTERS
Bernie Whelan, our DM coordinator, is raising money for Debating Matters.
To stage one of our Championships for six to 12 teams costs £6,000. Find out more on Bernie’s
Wonderful fundraising page.