Simone Finn, Baroness Finn
The Baroness Finn | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Downing Street Chief of Staff | |
| De facto 5 July 2022 – 6 September 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Steve Barclay |
| Succeeded by | Mark Fullbrook |
| Downing Street Deputy Chief of Staff | |
| In office 13 February 2021 – 6 September 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by |
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| Succeeded by | Ruth Porter |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 30 November 2015 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Simone Jari Kubes 10 June 1968 United States |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Alex Finn |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
Simone Jari Finn, Baroness Finn (née Kubes; born 10 June 1968), is a British-American businesswoman and Conservative politician who served as Downing Street Deputy Chief of Staff from February 2021 until the end of the second Johnson Ministry.
A member of the House of Lords since 2015, she is a former government adviser on industrial relations, efficiency and civil service reform. She co-founded Francis Maude Associates, a consultancy firm specialising in government efficiency. She was appointed a non-executive board member for the Cabinet Office in May 2020.