Simon Bowthorpe is an English chief executive and dressage

Dressage

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 rider.

Early life and education

Simon Peter St.John Bowthorpe was born in 1964 in London, the grandson of industrialist Jack Bowthorpe

Jack Bowthorpe

Jack Bowthorpe CBE was the founder of Spirent plc, one of the United Kingdom's largest telecommunications businesses.-Early life:...

, CBE, founder of Spirent

Spirent

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 PLC. He was educated at Eton College

Eton College

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 and Schiller International University

Schiller International University

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.

Career

Bowthorpe began his career working at Grey Advertising

Grey EMEA

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 and Young & Rubicam

Young & Rubicam

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 in Madrid, Spain. In 1993, he founded talent agency Creative Management Group and at the end of 1994 founded Mediaplus, the first European media agency that allowed clients to buy advertising space with their own goods and services.

In 2001, Bowthorpe left the company to become a championship Spanish dressage rider, winning silver medals at the Madrid finals in 2002 and 2003.

From 2003, he was the Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

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 of Media Force, S.A. and developed the business in the United States and United Kingdom under the Media Force One brand name.

In 2009, he joined B&E Executive Search as a Consultant.

He is the founder of the Old Etonian Scuba Diving Society and a member of the United States Parachute Association

United States Parachute Association

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, the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain,the Professional Association of Diving Instructors

Professional Association of Diving Instructors

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, the Anglo-Arab Horse Breeders' Society and the Royal Spanish Riding Federation.