Fiona Woolf: CV
Education
St Denis School, Edinburgh; Keele University; University of Strasbourg; Harvard University (Senior Fellowship)
Legal
1973 – qualified as a solicitor
1973-78 – assistant solicitor at legacy Coward Chance
1978-81 – assistant solicitor at legacy McKenna & Co, now CMS Cameron McKenna
1981-present – partner at CMS Cameron McKenna (1982-85 seconded to Bahrain)
Civic
2006-07 – president of the Law Society for England and Wales
2007 – alderman for the Ward of Candlewick
2010-11 – sheriff of the City of London
2013-present – Lord Mayor of the City of London
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The path to Lord Mayor
An alderman is the most senior representative of their ward (electoral district), and flags local issues that affect the electorate at wider council gatherings and committee meetings. Their responsibilities include representing the Lord Mayor at the Old Bailey on a rotating basis, which necessitates entertaining Her Majesty’s judges at lunch, and accompanying them into court immediately after.
