Organisation
The Company is governed by the Court, which is made up of the Master, Wardens, Past Masters and Court Assistants. The Master and Wardens are elected annually at the Election Court in June/July, and take office at the Installation Court in November.
The Company employs a Clerk, appointed by the Court, who is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Master: Lars Andersen
Senior Warden: Judy Hadden
Middle Warden: Gary Dixon
Junior Warden: Mark Huxley
Immediate Past Master: Rick Lowe (2019-20)
Hon. Treasurer: Gary Dixon
Clerk: Duncan Simms
Clerk Emerita: Adele Thorpe
Past Masters:
- Peter Hewitt JP (2018-19)
- Lee Robertson (2017-18)
- Kate Jolly (2016-17)
- Dan Doherty (2015-16)
- Sir Paul Judge (2014-15)
Court Assistants:
- David Barker
- John Brewer
- Sarah Davis
- Gary Dixon (Chair, Finance)
- Shernaz Engineer (Chair, Membership)
- Simon Fordham
- Jenny Hogan
- Mark Huxley
- Elizabeth Hunt
- Ronan Kearney
- Alderman Alastair King
- Avi Lasarow
- The Rt. Hon. the Lord Leigh of Hurley
- Christine Nicholson
- David Mellor (Chair, Education)
- Neil Partridge (Chair, Awards)
- Andrew Pullman
- Colin Spiller
- James Talbot (Chair, Outreach)
- Pippa Watmough
- Stephen Wheatley (Chair, Fundraising)
- Barnaby Wynter
Co-opted Court Assistants:
- Neil Fullbrook (Chair, Communications & Events)
Hon. Chaplain: The Rev. Canon David Parrott
Guild Church: St Lawrence Jewry, Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AA
Chaplain Emeritus: The Very Rev. Bertrand Olivier
Hon. Historian: James Mellor