Simon is a fifth generation funeral director with over 40 years experience in the industry. Living next door to the family funeral home and helping his father in the business from an early age of 13, Simon soon developed a love of both the industry and his forefathers’ commitment to it.
Simon Mulqueen – Funeral Industry History
| 1976 | Starts helping his father in the family business (after school and weekends) |
| 1980 | Begins full time work as a funeral director |
| 1981 | Simon arranges his first funeral |
| 1985 | Simon establishes the Victorian Independent Funeral Directors Group (MFFG) |
| 1996 | Appointed General Manager of Mulqueen Family Funeral Group (MFFG) |
| 1999 | Appointed to the Cemetery Act Review Committee (Vic. Government Committee). |
| 2000 | Simon becomes a partner and is appointed Managing Director of MFFG. |
| 2003 | Appointed Secretary of the National Funeral Directors Association (2003-2006). |
| 2006 | Elected President of the National Funeral Directors Association (2006-2008) |
| 2006 | Leaves the Family Business to focus on his own Ballarat-based business. |
| 2008 | Appointed to the Funeral Industry Ministerial Advisory Council (FIMAC) (2008-2011) (Vic. Government Committee). |
| 2012 | Establishes new Funeral Home in Bendigo – Bendigo Funerals. |
| 2016 | Simon decides to sell F W Barnes & Son, Ballarat to ASX Listed Propel Funeral Partners. |
