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Alan Yarrow
Former Lord Mayor of the City of London and Chairman of the CISI Alan Yarrow has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours List 2016 for services to International Business, Inclusion, and the City of London.
Sir Alan, who served as Lord Mayor from November 2014 to November 2015, adopted ‘Creating Wealth, Giving Time and Supporting People’ as the theme for his mayoralty and helped raise over £2million for The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, for which the main beneficiaries were Scope and Mencap, of which he is Vice President. Sir Alan also promoted ‘City Giving Day’ to encourage philanthropy in the Square Mile.
During his year in office, Sir Alan championed trust, standards and inclusion in the City and visited 27 countries (including China, Brazil, Mexico, India and Sri Lanka) over three months to promote London and the UK’s financial and professional services.
Sir Alan said: “I feel deeply honoured to have been awarded a knighthood by the Queen, in recognition of my work to promote London as the leading global financial centre and in particular, to champion inclusion, disability and philanthropy. During the course of a hugely enjoyable and rewarding mayoralty, it was a particular privilege and pleasure to welcome the President of China, the President of Mexico, and the Prime Minister of India to Guildhall. I can look back at my year in office with a sense of great pride, not only for advocating London and the UK’s tremendous strengths as a financial power house, but also for the differences which, I hope, I have made in helping change attitudes and behaviour in the financial sector. My wife, Gilly, and my family have been immensely supportive and I know that they share my delight in being offered this honour.”
