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| office = Director of WWF (Scotland) | term = {{reign|label=in office|1985|2005}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|9|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Worthing]], [[West Sussex]], [[England]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|09|18|
| death_place = [[Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross|Aberfeldy]], [[Perthshire]], [[Scotland]]
| nationality = British
| occupation = [[Environmentalist]]
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'''Simon Pepper (1947 - 2018)''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|FRSGS}} was Director of the [[World Wildlife Fund]] (Scotland) from 1985 to 2005. He was also Lord [[Rector of the University of St Andrews]] between 2005 and 2008, having been inaugurated on 10 March, and was succeeded by [[Kevin Dunion]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raven |first1=Hugh |title=Simon Pepper obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/21/simon-pepper-obituary |accessdate=2 September 2020 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited |date=2018-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Pepper OBE (1947-2018) |url=http://andrewraventrust.org.uk/about/simon_pepper_obe_1947_2018/ |website=The Andrew Raven Trust |publisher=The Andrew Raven Trust, Scottish Charity Number SCO39488 |accessdate=2 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Pepper OBE |url=https://www.scotlink.org/people/simon-pepper-obe/ |website=Scottish Environment LINK |publisher=Scottish Environment LINK |accessdate=2 September 2020}}</ref>▼
▲'''Simon Pepper
Pepper was a board member of the Deer and Forestry Commissions in Scotland, as well as acting as an advisor to Scottish Ministers on [[Sustainable Development]] as a member of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Sustainable Scotland.▼
▲Pepper was a board member of the Deer and Forestry Commissions in Scotland, as well as acting as an advisor to Scottish Ministers on [[Sustainable Development]] as a member of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Sustainable Scotland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deer Working Group |url=https://www.gov.scot/groups/deer-working-group/ |website=Scottish Government |publisher=Scottish Government |accessdate=2 September 2020}}</ref>
He was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the Millennium Honours List for his services to Sustainable Development, having served as a member of the Secretary of State's Advisory Group on Sustainable Development from 1994 to 1998.
Before joining WWF, Simon Pepper ran his own business in Scotland, providing holiday courses about cultural and natural heritage. In 1971 he worked for one year as [[United Nations Volunteers|United Nations Volunteer]] for the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] in [[Chad]].<ref
In 2011, Simon Pepper was appointed a member of the Heritage Lottery Fund's Committee for Scotland.
Simon Pepper died suddenly on 18 September 2018.<ref name="Simon Pepper Death">{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/Feorlean/status/1042515786454249472
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