Sir Alan Yarrow | |
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687th Lord Mayor of London | |
In office 7 November 2014 – 12 November 2015 |
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Metropolitan Mayor | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Dame Fiona Woolf |
Succeeded by | The Lord Mountevans |
Personal details | |
Born |
Alan Colin Drake Yarrow 27 June 1951 Johor Bahru, Malaysia |
Nationality | British |
Spouse(s) | Gilly (now Lady Yarrow) (Court Asst, Feltmakers' Co.) |
Residence | London |
Profession | Investment banker |
Religion | Anglican |
Sir Alan Colin Drake Yarrow (born 27 June 1951) was Lord Mayor of London 2014–15. He is an investment banker, who has served as Chairman of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) since 2009.
Yarrow was born at Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and attended Harrow School before studying at Manchester Business School.
Yarrow worked as a financier in the City of London 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.
Yarrow was appointed a Justice of the Peace (JP) for the Courts of England and Wales in London in 2007. Yarrow has represented the Ward of Bridge and Bridge Without since becoming a City Alderman in 2007. He was admitted as a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers in 2007. He has since become a member of the International Bankers', Glaziers' and Launderers' livery companies.