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Sir John Stuttard | |
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![]() Stuttard (waving from Lord Mayor's Coach) during the 2006 Lord Mayor's Show | |
679th Lord Mayor of London | |
In office 2006β2007 | |
Preceded by | Sir David Brewer |
Succeeded by | Sir David Lewis |
Personal details | |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Lesley |
Education | Shrewsbury School |
Alma mater | Churchill College, Cambridge |
Sir John Boothman Stuttard KStJ JP FCA (born 6 February 1945) is an English chartered accountant who was Lord Mayor of the City of London from 2006ββto 2007.
Early lifeβ»
Stuttard was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and educated at Shrewsbury School before going up to Churchill College, Cambridge (MA).
Careerβ»
Stuttard joined Cooper Brothers in 1967, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1970 and becoming Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He was a Partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1975 to 2005 and has been an adviser to the firm since then (including being deputy chairman of the advisory board). From 1981, he spent two years on secondment to HM Cabinet Office advising the Central Policy Review Staff on nationalized industries and "their privatisation." From 1983 to 1994 he was the "chairman of the firm's Scandinavian group." He spent five years in China from 1994 to 1999 as PWC executive chairman.
In 2005 he was elected as Aldermanic Sheriff and in 2006 as Lord Mayor of London.
Sir John's charitable, business activities and public appointments have included:
- Voluntary Service Overseas, "Teacher with at SOAS College," Brunei (1966β1967);
- New Horizon Youth Centre in London's West End, Honorary Treasurer (1972β1977);
- Cambridge University Appointments Board, "board member," advising the Cambridge University Careers Service (1977β1981);
- Totteridge Manor Association, an environmental charity, Director (1980β2005), Treasurer (1980β1994) and Chairman (2002β2005);
- China-Britain Business Council Director (2000β2006);
- VSO Member, Fund Raising Advisory Board (2000β2005), Council Member (2006β2011), Honorary Vice-president (2011β);
- Advisory Committee of the East Asia Institute of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Cambridge University Member (2001β);
- Finnish-British Chamber of Commerce, Director (2001β2006), Chairman (2002β2006), and Life President (2007β);
- Justice of the Peace (2001β);
- City of London: Alderman for Lime Street (2001β2013), Sheriff (2005β2006), Lord Mayor (2006β2007);
- Bridewell Royal Hospital Court Member and Fellow (2002β2013);
- King Edward's School, Witley Governor (2002β2013);
- Guild of Educators, "Sponsoring Alderman" (2002β2013);
- The Mayor of London's Disaster Relief Appeal, Trustee (2002β2013);
- Charities Aid Foundation, Trustee (2003β2006 and 2007β2008) and chairman, Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (2003β2006);
- City of London Archaeological Trust, Trustee (2003β2011);
- St Paul's Cathedral Foundation - Advisor (2005β2011), Trustee and Chairman (2011β2013);
- Morden College, Greenwich, an old-people's home, Trustee (2005β2020);
- Totteridge Residents Association, vice-president (2006β2013);
- The Lord Mayor's 800th Anniversary Appeal "to help young people travel", Trustee (2005β2013);
- Admiral of the Port of London (2006β2007);
- City University Chancellor (2006β2007);
- HM Lieutenancy of London (2006β2013);
- London and Greater London Merchant Navy Association, President (2007β)
- He is an Honorary Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, New York (2000), Honorary Doctor of Letters, City University (2006), an Honorary Fellow, Securities & Investment Institute (2007), and an Honorary Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (2008);
- Livery companies: Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass - Master (2009); the Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales - Master (2011); the Worshipful Company of Educators - Master (2013), and the Worshipful Company of Plumbers.
- Kazakh-British Trade & Industry Council, Co-chair (2009β2013)
- Churchill College, Cambridge - By-Fellow of the Moller Centre (2008β2014), Patron of the Churchill Archives Centre (2015β)
- Shaftesbury Civic Society, Hon President (2013β2021)
- Shaftesbury & District Historical Society, Hon President (2019β)
- Author of ten books The New Silk Road β Secrets of Business Success in China Today published by John Wiley (2000) and Whittington to World Financial Centre - The City of London and its Lord Mayor by Phillimore & Co (2008), Travels in a Lifetime by John Stuttard (2015), A History of British McCalls by John Stuttard (2016), editor of The Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales: The First Forty Years by WCCAEW (2017) and 'The Turbulent Quaker of Shaftesbury' by Hobnob Press (2018), The 20-Ghost Club: The Oldest Rolls-Royce Club in the World, 1949-2019 (2019), By Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost to the Isle of Skye in 1920 (2021), Pre-War Rolls-Royce Motor Cars with a Finnish connection (2021), Russia and Rolls-Royce β The First 25 Years (2021)
Honours and awardsβ»
- He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2008 New Year Honours;
- He was appointed a Knight of Justice of the Order of St John (2006) and a Companion of the League of Mercy Foundation (2007);
- He was awarded Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland by the Government of Finland (2004), and is a recipient of the Silver Medal of Helsinki;
- He received the Coronation Medal from the Sultan of Selangor (2001);
- He received the 20th Anniversary Jubilee Medal from the President of Kazakhstan (2011).
Referencesβ»
- ^ Burnley born Lord Mayor of London comes home Lancashire Telegraph Accessed 2011
- ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
Notesβ»
- "New Lord Mayor elected". City of London. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007.
External linksβ»
Civic offices | ||
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Preceded by | ![]() Lord Mayor of London 2006β2007 |
Succeeded by |
- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from Burnley
- People educated at Shrewsbury School
- Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge
- Knights Bachelor
- Commanders of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- Knights of Justice of the Order of St John
- Sheriffs of the City of London
- 21st-century lord mayors of London
- 21st-century British politicians
- English justices of the peace
- Masters of the Worshipful Company of Educators