Agenda item

Applications for the Freedom of the City

Meeting of Court of Aldermen, Tuesday, 15th July, 2025 12.30 pm (Item 5.)

Minutes:

The Chamberlain presented the names of the two hundred and thirty seven persons to be made free of this City, and it is Ordered that they may be admitted into the Freedom of the City accordingly, as follows: -

Name	Occupation	Address	Company
Rinat Abdrasilov	a Management Consultant	Dartford, Kent	International Bankers

Roslyn Jane Adshead-Grant	an Executive Coaching Consultancy Director	Essex	Glass Sellers

Jorge Mario Agudelo Guzmán	a Jeweller	Southwark, London	Goldsmiths

Damir Ahmovic	a Sustainability & Energy Consultancy Company President	Ealing, London	Fuellers

Karen Ainley	a Marketing & Training Agency Chief Executive	Colchester, Essex	Communicators

Anthony Allcock, OBE	an Animal Welfare Organisation Chief Executive	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Masons

Sebastian Gerald Heath Annable	a Solicitor	High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire	Innholders

Maurice Archer	a Construction Company Group Strategic Director	Colchester, Essex	Chartered Surveyors

Remi Aderemi Adenike Awolola	a Project Engineering Consultant	Kent	Engineers

Matthew Vincent Bagatta	a Chartered Surveying Company Director	Dartford, Kent	Constructors

Charlotte Bainbridge	a Chartered Accountant	Islington, London	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Simon Jonathan Ball	a Film Director	Lambeth, London	Communicators

Susan Mary Ball	a Solicitor, retired	Hackney, London	Tax Advisers

John Frank Bampkin	a Builders Merchant Company Chief Executive	Guernsey, Channel Islands	Builders Merchants

Margaret Dewdney Barnard	an Occupational Therapist, retired	Sevenoaks, Kent	Founders

Satyajeet Kishor Barot	a Business Development Director	Leicester, Leicestershire	International Bankers

Verity Mary Hazel Barton	a Communications Consultant	Southwark, London	Communicators

Verena Elisabeth Bek	an Actuary	Wandsworth, London	Actuaries

David John Berry	a Builders' Merchant Company Managing Director	Leyland, Lancashire	Builders Merchants

Miles Gareth Berry	an Academic	Godalming, Surrey	Information Technologists

Stephen William Bett	a Farmer	Norfolk	Farmers

Annalisa Winge Bicknell	a Property Development Company Director	Eastbourne, East Sussex	Mercers

Stewart John Black	a Chartered Quantity Surveyor	Bromley, London	Masons

Simon Alexander Bodman	an Insurance Project Manager	Hampshire	Master Mariners

Vanessa Anne Bradford	a Banker	Brent, London	Woolmen

Bruce Harrison Bradshaw	a Senior Nurse	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	Nurses

Richard John Bridge	a Technical Communications Specialist	Stafford, Staffordshire	Communicators

James Keith Brooks	a Financial Adviser	Leicestershire	Glaziers

Sarah Chaston Brown	a Recruitment Consultancy Director	Gravesend, Kent	Insurers

Keith Dewnath Budhai	a Business Systems Developer	Tower Hamlets, London	Glaziers

Julie Ann Bull	a Jeweller & Laser Engraver	Harlow, Essex	Goldsmiths

Daniel Roy Bunton	a Traditional Lime Plasterer	Royston, Hertfordshire	Plaisterers

Dr John Matthew Burke	a Healthcare Company Chief Medical Officer	Kent	Apothecaries

Simon Robert Cairns	a Drinks Industry Consultant	Wigan, Lancashire	Vintners

Alessandro Calvi	an Engineer	Turin, Piedmont, Italy	Engineers
Lt Col (retd) Christopher Alexander Cameron	a Chartered Engineer	Camberley, Surrey	Engineers

Martin James Cansdale	a Data Scientist	Tower Hamlets, London	Founders

Albert Carter	an International Sales Account Manager	Oakville, Ontario, Canada	Woolmen

Jack Carter	an Architect	Southwark, London	Chartered Architects

Natalie Rose Carter	a Governance & Communications Manager	Southwark, London	Woolmen

Timothy Michael Carter	a Software & Data Engineering Technical Director	Faversham, Kent	Information Technologists

Jane Anne Cattermull, VR	an Army Reserve Commissioned Officer	Yeovil, Somerset	Carmen

Ravi Parkash Chand, CBE QPM	a Civil Servant	Bedford, Bedfordshire	Needlemakers

Jack Philip Chapman	a Head of Private Client Sales	Wandsworth, London	Vintners

Craig Stuart Chatwin	an Accountant and Company Director	Fife, Scotland	Tax Advisers

Sijie Chen	a UNESCO Project Intern	City of London	International Bankers

Mohammed Saleh Faisel Choudhry, MVO	a Bank of England Senior Manager	Barnet, London	Upholders

Dr Tiong An Chua	a Transport Consultancy Director	Islington, London	Carmen

David Robert Clifford	a Management Consultant, retired	Westminster, London	Human Resource Professionals

Jason David Collins	an Industry Association Chief Executive	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Communicators

David Ian Condry	a Professional Musician	Walton-on-Thames, Surrey	Musicians

Dr Laura Ann Crawley	a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon	Thatcham, Berkshire	Spectacle Makers

Zoltan Csirko	a Research Analyst	Lewisham, London	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Kristoffer William Culley	a Property Investor	Camden, London	Plumbers

Martin Paul Culley	a Construction Company Head of Accounts	Newbury, Berkshire	Builders Merchants

Monique Georgina Lavinia Daniels	a Jeweller	Haringey, London	Goldsmiths

Matthew William Dark	a Programme Manager	Redcar, North Yorkshire	Engineers

Sarah Margaret Eleanor Davies	a Technology Account Director	Ealing, London	Marketors

Christopher Michael Day	a Vehicle Security Company Director	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire	Carmen

Dr Henry Albert Day	a Scientist	Newmarket, Suffolk	Scientific Instrument Makers

Ms Machteld Catharina De Waard	a Jeweller	Reading, Berkshire	Goldsmiths

Steven Edward Dieter	a Strategic Analyst	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Captain Alexander Thomas Downes	a Maritime Consultant	Southampton, Hampshire	Master Mariners

Barry Stephen Downs	a Bank Official, retired	Wimborne Minster, Dorset	Basketmakers

Honora Rose Driscoll	a Student	Oxford, Oxfordshire	Armourers & Brasiers

Amanda Nora Duffy	a Transport Compliance Director	High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire	Carmen

Simon Michael Dwyer	a Sea Transport Logistics Company Director	Grimsby, Lincolnshire	Fishmongers
Nicholas Crispian Ebdon	anAdjudicator	Lewes, East Sussex	Arbitrators

David Jonathan Peirson Eckley	an International Trade Director	Oxfordshire	Butchers

Victoria Louise Elliott	a Cement Company National Commercial Manager	Derbyshire	Builders Merchants

Adam David England	a Plumbing & Heating Merchant Managing Director	Banbury, Oxfordshire	Builders Merchants

Professor Anton James Enright	a University Professor	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Drapers

Christopher David Evans	a Consultancy Company Associate Director	High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire	Engineers

Andreea Felciuc	an Architect & Stage Designer	Westminster, London	Drapers

Matthew Howard John Fellows	a Chartered Surveyor	Sevenoaks, Kent	Woolmen

Páll Fiann	a Psychoanalyst & Leadership Consultant	Kopavogur, Iceland	Master Mariners

Iain Martin Fidler	a Chartered Accountant	Dorset	Needlemakers

Ivan David Fisher	an Undertaker	Norwich	Carmen

Jennifer Catherine Fleming	an Architect	Tower Hamlets, London	Constructors

John William Stanton Fleming	a Wealth Manager	Northumberland	Tallow Chandlers

Christopher Peter Floyd	a Road Safety & Transport Standards Manager	Stourbridge, West Midlands	Carmen

Timothy Victor Fry	a Chartered Project Management Surveyor	Rayleigh, Essex	Chartered Surveyors

Professor James G. Fujimoto	a Professor of Electrical Engineering	Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America	Spectacle Makers

Jonathan Holroyd Gibbon	a Chartered Surveyor	Haslemere, Surrey	Chartered Surveyors

Peter John Gibbs	a Crane Hire Company Chief Executive	High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire	Carmen

Gavin Nigel Gilbert	a Bank Senior Security Lead	Ealing, London	Security Professionals

Brenda Susan Giles	a Company Secretary	Ealing, London	Carmen

Rex Edward Oliver Goldsmith	a Fishmonger	Surrey	Fishmongers

Wanda Celina Goldwag, OBE	a Market Authority Chair	Haringey, London	Fruiterers

Alexander Nicholas Charles Goulden	a Product Designer	Ealing, London	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Sylvia Goulding	a Solicitor	Harpenden, Hertfordshire	Solicitors

David James Gourlay	a Cleaning Products Company Managing Director	Luton, Bedfordshire	Environmental Cleaners

Garret Terry Grant	a Road Transport Engineering Company Director	Gosport, Hampshire	Carmen

Timothy James Grayson	a Solicitor	Hertford, Hertfordshire	Solicitors

Michael Alexandre Kius Vieira Guilbaud	a Finance Director	Islington, London	Fruiterers

Simon David Gunn	a Water Services Company Director	Northwich, Cheshire	Carmen

Jamieson Matthew Hall	a Commercial Director	Haslemere, Surrey	Environmental Cleaners

Dr Mahtab Hanna	a Jeweller	Barnet, London	Goldsmiths

Sarah Jane Hanratty	a Reflexology Company Director	Newmarket, Suffolk	Communicators

Scott Philip Harper	a Cabinet Maker and Senior Lecturer	Maidenhead, Berkshire	Furniture Makers

Professor Andrew Nigel Graham Harris	a Coroner, retired	Southwark, London	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Selma Mohamed Hassabu	a Solicitor	Hammersmith & Fulham, London	Loriners

Benjamin William Hedley	an Automotive Company Chief Executive	Wandsworth, London	Coachmakers & Coach Harness Makers

James Paul Herd	a Builders Merchants Company Director	Hertfordshire	Builders Merchants

Alan Geoffrey Hiscox	an Equestrian Company Director of Safety	Warwickshire	Loriners

Isobel Amy Hodges	a Master Bridle Maker	Gloucestershire	Saddlers

Daniel James Hooper	a Project Director	Basildon, Essex	Constructors

Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Horsman	a Strategy Director	Sevenoaks, Kent	Needlemakers

Mark John Hosea	a Trust Chief Executive Officer	Ashford, Kent	Glaziers

Andrew David Houston	a Farmer	Ipswich, Suffolk	Butchers

Dr Paul Husselbee	a General Practitioner	Benfleet, Essex	Plumbers

Sharon Belle Jones	a Schoolteacher	Rayleigh, Essex	Coopers

John Judge	a Client Director	St Neots, Cambridgeshire	Constructors

Kirill Vitalyevich Kalinin	a Vintage Poster Gallery Director	Wandsworth, London	Arts Scholars

Farran Keenan	a Senior Architect	Wandsworth, London	Wheelwrights

Richard Martin Kent	a Road Safety Technology Company Director	West Yorkshire	Carmen

Abdul Hadi Khan	a Financial Researcher	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Clockmakers

The Hon. Peregrine Charles Morant Kitchener-Fellowes	a Film Producer	Kensington & Chelsea, London	Fishmongers

Mary Joy Langdon, BEM	an Equestrian Coach, retired	Ealing, London	Loriners

Alexander John Fokschaner Lawless	an Investment Banker	Westminster, London	Girdlers

Sean Maurice Leahy	a Head of Air Operations	Woking, Surrey	Fletchers

Matthew James Lee	a Global Food Production Company Chief Executive Officer	Hertfordshire	Butchers

Jonas Sebastian Lencer	an Architect Studio Director	Hackney, London	Carpenters

Mark James Lewis	a Charity Chief Executive	Lambeth, London	Innholders

Lt Col Steven James Little, VR	a Project Manager	Eastleigh, Hampshire	Feltmakers

Elizabeth Mary Lloyd	a Head of Marketing and Communications	Bristol	Security Professionals

Nicholas John Lock	a Financial Regulator	Epsom, Surrey	Basketmakers

Christopher Thomas Lockwood	a Secondary School Director	San Jacinto Amilpas, Oaxaca, Mexico	Educators

Edis Loveless	an Engineer	Bristol	Scientific Instrument Makers

Dr Pok Yin Luk	a Consultant	Birmingham, West Midlands	Chartered Secretaries & Administrators

Harvey George Maclellan	a Shipbroker	West Dunbartonshire, Scotland	Shipwrights

Stephanie Jane Macleod	a Scotch Whisky Company Blending Director	Glasgow, Scotland	Distillers

Eleanor Rose Magill	a Teacher	Berkshire	Educators

Revd Samuel Robert Henry Maginnis	a Clerk in Holy Orders	Horsham, West Sussex	Gold & Silver Wyre Drawers

Jose Alberto Fiallos Manero	a Strategy & Marketing Director, retired	Suffolk	Founders

Stephen John Mannion	a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon	Blackpool, Lancashire	Apothecaries

Professor Alexander John Marr	an Academic	Chesterton, Cambridgeshire	Arts Scholars

Harold Nsamba Matovu, KC	a Barrister	Southampton, Hampshire	Clothworkers

Francesca Juliet Maudslay	a Television Producer	Merton, London	Mercers

Henry Maurice Stefan Mayger	a Financial Sales Executive	Hammersmith & Fulham, London	Innholders
Neil McAndrew	a Chartered Surveyor	Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire	Water Conservators

Geoffrey Ernest McConville	an Optometrist	County Down, Northern Ireland	Spectacle Makers

Robert Pearse McKeefry	an Engineering Company Director	County Londonderry, Northern Ireland	Carmen

Marc McLaughlin	an Information Technology Engineer	High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire	Security Professionals

Laurence Paul McMahon	a Logistics Officer	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Fuellers

Timothy Anthony Michael Mills	a Construction Chartered Engineer	Sutton, Surrey	Constructors

Marie Kathleen Molloy	a Senior Assistant Company Secretary	Camden, London	Chartered Secretaries & Administrators

Dr Christopher Colin Moore	a Construction Company Director	Faversham, Kent	Constructors

Natasha Anna Moore	a Communications Company Co-Founder	Hammersmith & Fulham, London	Fletchers

Dominick Francis Anthony Moxon-Tritsch	a Head of Corporate & Public Affairs	Richmond Upon Thames, London	Communicators

Rebecca Jane Mundy	a Jeweller	Tunbridge Wells, Kent	Goldsmiths

Jeremy Steven Mustard	an Engineer	Spring, Texas, United States of America	Engineers

Colin Ngan	a Chief Compliance Officer	Lewisham, London	Glaziers

Deyonde O’Neale	a Governance & Compliance Principle	Redbridge, London	Information Technologists

Matthew O'Conner	a Grounds Maintenance Company Managing Director	Hertford, Hertfordshire	Gardeners

Edmond John O'Driscoll	a Data Science Lecturer	Merton, London	Information Technologists
Darren John Pacey	a Civil Engineer	Burgess Hill, West Sussex	Masons

Gillian Christine Palmer	a Finance Entrepreneur	Tunbridge Wells, Kent	Entrepreneurs

Dr Kajal Patel	a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist	Tower Hamlets, London	Fruiterers

Nicholas James Payne	a Brewery Managing Director	Newport, Wales	Brewers

Scott Anthony Pendry	a Public Affairs and Communications Professional	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	Communicators

Mark Patrick Penny	a Solicitor, retired	Exeter, Devon	Ironmongers

Algernon Alan Percy	an Investment Manager	Westminster, London	Fishmongers

Cheryl Farida Pilliner-Reeves	an Architect	Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire	Chartered Architects

Robin Leon Pinniger	a Head of Platform Security	Epsom, Surrey	Security Professionals

Andrew Michael Ponsford	a Banker	Surrey	International Bankers

Virginia Ann Pulbrook Dawes	a Corporate Communications Company Director	Richmond Upon Thames, London	Plumbers

Nicholas James Pywell	a Fire Protection Company Director	Benfleet, Essex	Fan Makers

Anne Quigley	a Mail Order Booksellers Director	Tower Hamlets, London	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Howard John Quigley	a Chartered Surveyor	Hounslow, London	Chartered Surveyors

Adrian Charles Rafferty	a Livery Company Clerk, retired	Wimborne Minster, Dorset	Curriers

Justin Gregory Randle	a Calibration Engineer	Staffordshire	Scientific Instrument Makers

Tomiko Ravn	a Jeweller and Teacher	Lewisham, London	Goldsmiths

Delia Elisabeth Ray	a Tour Guide	Redbridge, London	Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Professor Jaydip Ray	a Doctor	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	Tin Plate Workers Alias Wire Workers

Stella Nechama Fermina Ray	a Jeweller Company Director	Barnet, London	Woolmen

Deborah Andrea Roberts	a Library Administrator	Islington, London	Goldsmiths

Donald George Roberts	a Landscape Architecture Company Director	Sutton, London	Constructors

James Freeman Roberts, JP	a Chartered Surveyor	Canterbury, Kent	Chartered Surveyors

Sarah Claire Renate Roberts	an Editor & Writer	Baden, Switzerland	Girdlers

Ralph Peter Rogers	a British Council Regional Head	Brentwood, Essex	World Traders

Susan Elizabeth Russell	a Nurse, retired	Chatham, Kent	Nurses

Annalisa Russell-Smith	a Chief Strategy Officer	West Sussex	Air Pilots

Professor Mary Patricia Ryan, CBE	a University Vice Provost	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Armourers & Brasiers

Rohit Paul Sagoo	a Director of Nursing	Ealing, London	Nurses

Alexei Boris Samarenko	a Management Consultant	Westminster, London	Management Consultants

Dr Devenda Prakash Saroj	an Academic	Guildford, Surrey	Scientific Instrument Makers

Susan Anne Searle	an Alumni Association Chair & Business Owner	Farnham, Surrey	Educators

Baskar Shanmuga Sundaram	a Facilities Management Consulting Company Director	Croydon, London	Pattenmakers

Madelon Elizabeth Shaw	a Dentist, retired	Oxfordshire	Needlemakers

Spencer Timothy Sheen	a Chief Development Officer	Kingston Upon Thames, London	Woolmen
Iain Robert Sibley, JP	an Information Technology Consultancy Director	Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire	Information Technologists

Bradley James Siffleet	a Roofing Services Company Director	Ashford, Surrey	Plumbers

Stuart Robert Simpson	an IT Consultant	Devon	Carmen

Christopher Anthony Smith	a Tax Adviser	Potters Bar, Hertfordshire	Tax Advisers

James David Arthur Smithdale	a Barrister	Hammersmith & Fulham, London	Cutlers

Alexandra Elspeth Soltynski	a Construction Company Director	Richmond Upon Thames, London	Chartered Surveyors

Martin James Lamont Soper	a Police Officer	Bromley, London	Security Professionals

Eleanor May Southwood, MBE	a Charity Director	Brent, London	Spectacle Makers

Joseph Sparks	a Headteacher	Bexley, London	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Matthew John Spencer	a Polar Oceans Programme Manager	Berkshire	Fishmongers

Christopher John Starnes	a Certified Accountant	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	Chartered Secretaries & Administrators

Christopher James Stoate	a Solicitor & Chartered Secretary	Bristol	Chartered Secretaries & Administrators

Christopher George Streets	a Royal Navy Medical Officer	Bristol	Barbers

Chaiyarit Suksiri	a Taxi Driver	Islington, London	Hackney Carriage Drivers

Myles Alec Sunley	an Insurance Claims Adjuster	Richmond upon Thames, London	Shipwrights

Andrew Tackaberry	an Investment Banker	Barnet, London	Plumbers

Susan Carol Terpilowski	a Public Relations Professional	Redbridge, London	Shipwrights

Crispin Crispian James Leofric Thorold	a Strategic Communications Director	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Communicators

Helen Elizabeth Tilley	an Optometrist	Monmouthshire, Wales	Spectacle Makers

Michael William Toogood	a Property Management Company Regional Director	Wandsworth, London	Tallow Chandlers

Anthony James Torbey	a Tax Adviser	Camden, London	Tax Advisers

Francesca Elizabeth Trevelyan	a Barrister	Northumberland	Ironmongers

David John Tucker	a Waste Management Company Director	Orpington, Kent	Carmen

Richard John Tucker	a Sales Director	Cambridgeshire	Carmen

Thea Newton Viney	a Barrister	Haywards Heath, West Sussex	Gold & Silver Wyre Drawers

Peter Richard Walker	a Chartered Surveyor	Peterborough, Cambridgeshire	Coopers

Duncan Micheal Waller	a Property Development Company Director	Leeds, North Yorkshire	Chartered Surveyors

Nathan George Xavier Weaver	a Solicitor	Greenwich, London	Solicitors

Richard Brian Weaver	a Data Privacy Specialist	Virginia, United States of America	Information Technologists

Daniel James Webb	a Chartered Surveyor	Brentwood, Essex	Constructors

John Beausire Wyatt Webber	a Nanoscience Company Director	Ramsgate, Kent	Scientific Instrument Makers

Nicholas John Alexander Weld Forester	a Chartered Surveyor	Greenwich, London	Chartered Surveyors

Erna Diana Wessels-Ridder	an International Finance Executive	Tonbridge, Kent	Tax Advisers

Jonathan Paul Whelan	a Business Architect	St. Albans, Hertfordshire	Plumbers

Peter James Whipday	a Civil Servant	Buckinghamshire	Bakers

Michele Rinette White	a Charity Trustee, retired	Surrey	Shipwrights

Marc Daniel Whitworth	a Head of Industrial Relations	Lambeth, London	Human Resource Professionals

Benjamin Francis Williams	a Lawyer and Editor	Littleton, Colorado, United States of America	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Julie Ann Willis	an Editorial Director	Newton Abbot, Devon	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Kathryn Lorraine Willis	a Jewellery Head of Production	Hertfordshire	Goldsmiths

John Wills	a Chartered Surveyor	Carshalton, Surrey	Chartered Surveyors

Mark Keverne Courthope Wills	a Chartered Wealth Manager	Hampshire	Broderers

Sean Derek Winnett, MBE	a Public Affairs Professional	Lambeth, London	Communicators

Stephen John Wordsworth, CMG LVO	a Diplomat & Charity Director, retired	Surrey	Educators

John Michael Wynn	an Accountant, retired	Enfield, London	Information Technologists

Alan Cairns Young	an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, retired	Isle of Wight	Nurses

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