Charles Edward Lord, OBE JP
Ward: Farringdon Without
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Contact information
Email: edward.lord@cityoflondon.gov.uk
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Committee appointments
- Capital Buildings BoardCourt of Common Council
- Civic Affairs Sub-CommitteeCourt of Common Council
- Communications & Corporate Affairs Sub (Policy & Resources) Committee
- Community & Children's Services Committee
- Corporate Services Committee
- Court of Common Council
- Epping Forest & Commons Committee (Ex-Officio Member)
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Sub-CommitteeCorporate Services Committee
- Freedom Applications Sub (Policy & Resources) Committee
- Gresham (City Side) Committee (Chair)
- Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood and Queen's Park Committee (Ex-Officio Member)
- Housing Management and Almshouses Sub (Community and Children's Services) Committee
- Joint Consultative Committee
- Markets Board
- Member Development and Standards Sub CommitteeCorporate Services Committee
- Natural Environment Board (Deputy Chair)
- Planning and Transportation Committee
- Planning Applications Sub-Committee
- Senior Remuneration Sub-CommitteeCorporate Services Committee
- Streets and Walkways Sub (Planning and Transportation) Committee (Ex-Officio Member)
- West Ham Park Committee (Deputy Chair)
Terms of Office
- 24/03/2022 - 19/03/2025
- 20/03/2025 - 21/03/2029
Appointments to outside bodies
Additional Information
Elected in February 2001, Deputy Lord is Lead Member for Sport and Deputy Chair of the Gresham Committee. They have served as the Corporation’s chair of Licensing, Standards, Establishment (now Corporate Services), and Civic Affairs, and as a member of the senior Policy & Resources Committee from 2009 to 2023.
Outside the Corporation, Deputy Lord is a Justice of the Peace for Central London and a lay member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. They are also a non-executive director of the British Basketball League and the independent chairperson of the Audit & Risk Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission.
Deputy Lord is Deputy Governor of The Honourable The Irish Society and a council member of Gresham College as well as serving on the Audit & Risk Management Committee of the University of Essex, their alma mater.
A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, they have previously served as a board member of Albert Kennedy Trust, Anne Frank Trust, LGBT Foundation, Pride Trust, and the Refugee Council as well as being the Local Government Association’s national lead on equality and social inclusion from 2004 to 2013.
Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs