Simon Oakley
Mail@simonoakley.co.uk ©Simon Oakley 2023
The only really bad decisions…are the ones you don’t take…
A full biography? Far too much
has gone on, so here’s the abbreviated version...
I was born on 31st January, 1962, in Loveday Street Maternity Hospital,
Birmingham (no longer in existence). My father was a local GP in Sedgley,
West Midlands and I lived there (High Park Crescent) for a couple of years
or so. My sister, Sally (now Sally England-
After Sedgley, the family moved to Gospel End Village, South Staffordshire,
where I stayed until I left home to work at WRc in 1985. My sister moved
out a couple of years later and then my parents retired and moved to North
Wales where they’ve been ever since. I lived in Marlow, Bucks, when I worked
for WRc. When I got married I moved back to Wolverhampton and started work
in the pharmaceutical industry. I got divorced in 1993 and lived with my
sister for 12 months until I bought a home with partner Jannine in 1994.
Schooling consisted of the Royal Wolverhampton, followed by Mander, Portman
and Woodward in Birmingham and then the University of Birmingham from 1981-
I’ve worked for the Water Research Centre (WRc), Servier Laboratories, Eli
Lilly, Sanofi Pasteur and now Valneva.
My interests include the Wyre Forest, boats, dogs, walking and the outdoors,
local history, exercising when I get the chance and real cider. In no particular
order.