Simon Byrne joined ATCO in October 2010 as senior legal counsel and company secretary of ATCO Gas Australia. In late 2013, he was appointed general manager, corporate services & legal at ATCO Australia, and later general counsel while retaining his company secretarial duties across the ATCO Australia companies. After returning from the United Kingdom where he spent 14 years including senior positions as head of legal and company secretary with Thames Water, the largest regulated water and waste utility in the UK serving over 14 million customers in London and the Thames Valley, Mr Byrne worked in private practice with a national law firm in Perth. He is a qualified lawyer and holds Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Law degrees from the University of Western Australia.
