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Councilmen and Aldermen of the City of London
AldermanRobert Hughes-Penney
City Alderman
for the Ward of Cheap
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 July 2018
Preceded byLord Mountevans
Personal details
BornRobert Charles Hughes-Penney
(1968-03-02) 2 March 1968 (age 56)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse Elspeth Joanna Hoare ​ ​(m. 1998)​
Children3
Alma materHaberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree
OccupationInvestment banker

Robert Charles Hughes-Penney FCSI (born 2 March 1968), is a British financier who, since 2018, serves as an Alderman of the City of London.

Biography

Educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School Elstree, Manchester Polytechnic (BSc, 1989) and RMA Sandhurst, Hughes-Penney was commissioned into the British Army in 1990. As a subaltern he served overseas with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars then Light Dragoons (after amalgamation), being promoted Captain in 1993.

After leaving the Army, Hughes-Penney joined City stockbrokers Laurence Keen 1993–95, becoming a director of Rathbone Investment Management 2003–06 and a director of Investing for Good 2016–20. Elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (FCSI), since 2020 he serves on its board since 2021.

Hughes-Penney represents the Ward of Cheap as Alderman on the City of London Corporation since 2018, previously being elected to the Court of Common Council 2004–12.

A Court Assistant of the Haberdashers' Company since 2008 (then Warden), Hughes-Penney was also a governor of Haberdashers’ Aske's School for Girls Elstree (2009–16), Master of the Guild of Investment Managers for 2019/20. Appointed a council member of the City and Guilds of London Institute in 2006-10 (Hon. Member since 2010), he has served as a trustee of Mercy Ships UK 1999–2004, the City Parochial Foundation 2004–10, the Court of the Clergy Support Trust 2021-24 and as a trustee of Morden College since 2024.

He is also a member of the Cavalry & Guards Club, the City Livery Club and the HAC.

Family

The son of Roger Hughes-Penney and Angela née Lee, in 1998 he married Elspeth, a solicitor and daughter of Dr David Gurney Hoare, having two sons and a daughter.

References

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  11. "Robert Hughes-Penney | Guild Coinvmgt". www.coinvmgt.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03.
  12. "Trustees | Clergy Support Trust". www.clergysupport.org.uk.
  13. Bond, Ian (February 19, 2019). "Trustees".
  14. "Joining the HAC". HAC.
  15. "The Goldsmiths' Company". The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. November 25, 2024.
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  17. "Priory News - Spring 2020" (PDF). www.stjohnengland.org.uk.
  18. "Burke's Peerage & Baronetage". burkespeerage.com.

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Preceded byThe Lord Mountevans
Alderman of the City of London
2018– 		Succeeded byin office
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