Simon Sheikh

Simon Sheikh
Born	1986 Sydney, NSW
Alma mater	University of New South Wales
Occupation	Community campaigner
Known for	Former National Director of GetUp!
Spouse(s)	Anna Rose

Simon Sheikh (born 1986 in Sydney) was the National Director of the Australian political organisation GetUp! from 2008 to 2012. He was named the New South Wales Young Professional of the Year. and was a delegate to the economics stream of the 2020 summit.

He was born in Sydney, and has ancestry from India, Pakistan, Britain, New Zealand and Australia.

He is the son of Michael Sheikh, an Indian-born Pakistani industrial chemist and inventor and British New Zealander, Rhonda Badham. He attended Camdenville Public School and later gained entry to Fort Street High School. He later studied Economics at the University of New South Wales, while working full-time in the Services Marketing team at Telstra and as a public servant at the NSW Treasury.

Sheikh represented Australia as the youth representative at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Uganda in 2007.

In 2009 he was part of the Sydney Leadership Program run by Social Leadership Australia at The Benevolent Society.

He became National Director of GetUp! in September, 2008, at the age of 22.

He stepped down from being National Director of GetUp! on 27 July 2012, stating that he intended to avoid burnout. GetUp! claims its membership increased from 270,000 to 610,000 during his four-year term. 80,000 people donated to GetUp! in the 12 months up to July 2012. He is succeeded as director by Sam McLean.

Sheikh is managing director of Future Super, an ethical superfund, which he cofounded with Adam Verwey.

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