Mike Simpson

Mike Simpson has been in the lighting profession for over forty years in a variety of design roles and is currently the Global Application Lead at Signify (formerly Philips Lighting). He has worked with professional institutions in developing lighting guides and codes and presented many papers on lighting technology and its application. His work has included the exterior lighting of iconic buildings as well as Olympic venues since London 2012. He is a visiting lecturer on outdoor lighting for the MSc in Light and Architecture at UCL London, and Honorary Fellow of Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance. He is a past President of the Institution of Lighting Engineers, the Society of Light and Lighting and the Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers. In 2016 he was nominated as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.