Public Affairs Series: Alderman Alastair King DL

About This Event

Subject to election, Alderman Alastair King DL will become the 696th Lord Mayor of London in November 2024. The principal role of Lord Mayor is as a Global Ambassador for UK’s Financial and Professional Services, alongside championing charitable interests for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal and the wider community.

Following his early career as a City of London lawyer, Alastair has had an entrepreneurial career in financial services. After a period working in early-stage Venture Capital, he started a successful Buy-Out vehicle with a colleague and then founded his own asset management house, specialising in global fixed income. Alastair serves on the board of five City of London-based financial services companies, four of which he chairs (he is the founder of two of them). He is also Chair of the Advisory Board of Urbium Capital.

In his civic career Alastair was elected to the Court of Common Council for the Ward of Queenhithe in 1999. He was appointed Deputy in 2006 and then elected as Alderman in 2016. During his continuing 24 years of service with the City of London Corporation (CoLC), he was elected as Sheriff of London (2022-23). Alastair also has substantial involvement in the Livery movement, as well as serving as Chair of the British Liver Trust – the national liver charity – and supporting other charitable interests. He was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant for Greater London in 2022 and is an Hon. Visiting Professor at Bayes Business School – part of the University of London.

Of proud Scottish heritage, Alastair was educated at Oundle and at the Universities of Bristol and Kent, the College of Law in London and the London Business School. His interests include boxing and hill walking in Scotland with Florence his wife and their Italian Greyhound.

Ticket includes a glass of wine after the event.

The talk is open to ROSL members and their named guests only.

This talk will not be live streamed or recorded.