Lord Mayor – Alderman David Wootton

Business career
Partner, Allen & Overy

Previous and current professional and charitable involvement

• Chairman (Audit Committee), the King’s Fund
• Chairman (City branch), Institute of Directors
• President, Society of Young Freemen
• Hon. Vice President of the City Livery Club
• Chairman of Trustees, Charles Dickens Museum
• Chairman, Jesus College Boat Club Trust
• Chairman, Misys Charitable Foundation
• Music Patron, St Paul’s Cathedral
• Almoner, Christ’s Hospital
• Member, Institute of Cancer Research
• Member, Council of the National Trust
• Trustee, City of London Festival
• Director, Local Partnership LLP

Civic career

• 2002 Common Councilman for Farringdon Within Ward
• 2005 Alderman for Langbourn Ward
• 2009 Sheriff of the City of London
• 2011 Lord Mayor of the City of London

Livery companies

• 2005 Master of the Fletchers’ Company
• 2010 Master of the Solicitors’ Company
• Court Assistant Glaziers’ Company
• Court Assistant Information Technologists’ Company
• Liveryman of Bowyers’, Clockmakers’ and Woolmen’s Companies
• Hon. Liveryman of Security Professionals’ Company
• Freeman of the Watermen and Lightermen’s Company

Clubs and societies

• Leander Club, London Rowing Club and Hawks Club
• Athenaeum, Oxford and Cambridge Club and City of London Club

Personal interest

• Music, opera, ballet, rowing, railway architecture