Simon Oberst
Board Member and Quality & Accreditation Director
Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI)
Simon Oberst is Director of Quality and Accreditation at the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI). Until 2022 he was Director of Clinical Development, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre; and concurrently Chair of the Accreditation and Designation Board of the OECI.
Simon is a specialist in quality systems and organisational development in cancer, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a consultant with KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers. After spells in industry and charities, he moved to being Director of Improving Cancer Services with the UK’s leading cancer patient charity, Macmillan Cancer Support.
As Director of Clinical Development for the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre for 10 years, Simon Oberst was working with University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospital leaders to deliver a state of the art 25,000 M2 Cancer Research Hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
As chair of the Accreditation Board of OECI from 2015 to 2022 he has overseen the accreditation of over 50 of the leading Cancer Centres in Europe, as well as establishing consensus quality standards for cancer centres and networks. He has been a key author on subjects such as: bridging research and clinical care – the comprehensive cancer centre. As Director of Quality and Accreditation for OECI, he has been involved with many of the EU Actions in cancer arising from Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and Horizon Europe. He presently coordinates OECI’s leadership of the EU Action – Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures for the EU, CCI4EU.
Updated: Otober 2025
