Alan Yarrow

Sir Alan Yarrow

Yarrow as ex officio President
of Gresham College in 2015
687th Lord Mayor of London
In office
7 November 2014 – 12 November 2015
Preceded by Dame Fiona Woolf
Succeeded by The Lord Mountevans
Personal details
Born Alan Colin Drake Yarrow
(1951-06-27) 27 June 1951
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Nationality United Kingdom British
Spouse(s) Gilly (now Lady Yarrow)
(Court Asst, Feltmakers' Co.) [1]
Residence London
Profession Investment banker
Religion Anglican

Sir Alan Colin Drake Yarrow (born 27 June 1951) was Lord Mayor of London 2014-15 and a British specialist in investment banking, who has served as Chairman of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) since 2009.[2]

Yarrow has represented the Ward of Bridge and Bridge Without since becoming a City Alderman in 2007 and, on 28 October 2014, he was elected to succeed Dame Fiona Woolf as London's 687th Lord Mayor serving for 2014–15.[3]

Biography

Early life

Yarrow was born at Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and attended Harrow School before studying at Manchester Business School.

Finance career

Yarrow worked as a financier in the City for 37 years with Dresdner Kleinwort until December 2009 and latterly as Chairman of its UK banking operations. He has also been Deputy Chairman of the Financial Services Authority practitioner panel, as well as serving on the Council of the British Bankers' Association and the Takeover Panel.[4]

Civic service

Sir Alan served as Sheriff of London for 2011-2012, and was admitted as a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers in 2007.[5] He has since become a member of the International Bankers', Glaziers' and Launderers' livery companies.

His responsibilities for his annual term as Lord Mayor commenced on 9 November 2014, the day after the Lord Mayor's Show. Among numerous other duties, Yarrow has promoted the City of London and UK financial services worldwide in liaison with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.[6]

Yarrow was appointed a JP (England and Wales) for London in 2007.

Honours

Yarrow was knighted in the 2016 New Year Honours for "services to international business, inclusion and the City of London".[7][8]

Arms

Arms of Alan Yarrow
Crest
A Unicorn's Head erased Argent armed and maned Or holding in its mouth a sprig of Yarrow Flowers slipped Proper
Helm
That of a Knight
Escutcheon
Argent a representation of the Golden Hind Sable Sails Azure Pennons Gules on a Chief enarched also Gules a Trout naiant Argent between two Bezants Or
Motto
Latin: "Justus Esto, Et Non Metue" ("Be just, and fear not")
Orders
A Maltese Cross (Badge of the Order of St John) behind the Shield and the insignia of a Knight Bachelor suspended below the Shield
Other elements
During his term of office as Lord Mayor, Yarrow could for personal use display his family arms impaled with those of the City of London
Symbolism
"The Golden Hind" represents his ancestor: Sir Francis Drake
Previous versions
(see Yarrow baronets)
Sir Alan Yarrow's Lord Mayor's Show on Cheapside EC2 in 2014

See also

References

  1. ↑ www.feltmakers.co.uk
  2. ↑ www.thetimes.co.uk
  3. ↑ www.cisi.org
  4. ↑ www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
  5. ↑ Fishmongers' Co. website
  6. ↑ Lord Mayor Yarrow's overseas programme
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61450. p. N2. 30 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "New Year’s Honours 2016 list" (pdf). GOV.UK. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

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Civic offices
Preceded by
Dame Fiona Woolf
Lord Mayor of London
2014–2015 		Succeeded by
The Lord Mountevans
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