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Sir Alan Yarrow was the 687th Lord Mayor of the City of London. Alan Yarrow is an Alderman and Magistrate of the City of London and he has been Chairman of CISI (Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment) since September
Honorary Research Fellow at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, London, and a Research Fellow at the ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution, UCL London.
John is Secretary of the City of London Archaeological Trust (CoLAT) and was an archaeologist at the Museum of London from 1974 to 2008. He is Cathedral Archaeologist at St Paul’s Cathedral, and the author of several books on the
Marc Belben is a former employee of the London Tourist Board and a Blue Badge Tourist Guide in London. He has also been a freelance broadcaster for a variety of radio stations.
Michael Cooper was Professor of Engineering Surveying at City University, London, from 1975. He was the author of two books on Hooke and London. He passed away in 2012.
Why did Gresham finance and build it? What did Londoners (and others) do there? And what does the Exchange tell us about Gresham's ambitions both for himself and for London?
Leo Hollis is a historian and author of three non-fiction books, The Phoenix: the Men Who Made Modern London, The Stones of London: a History in Twelve Building and Cities Are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis.
The Rt Hon Fiona Woolf was the 686th Lord Mayor of the City of London and the second female Lord Mayor of the City of London. Ms Woolf is a partner at CMS Cameron McKenna specialising in electricity reforms and
Poet Jo Shapcott was born in London in 1953. She was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College, University of London, where she teaches on the MA in Creative Writing. She