Fiona Woolf

Dame Catherine Fiona Woolf, DBE, DStJ, JP is a British solicitor and was the 686th Lord Mayor of London, when she served as global ambassador for UK-based financial and business services. Woolf served as President of the Law Society of England and Wales for 2006–07. She is a member of the Competition Commission, Alderman for the Ward of Candlewick in the City of London since 2007 and was Sheriff of London for 2010–11. On 29 September 2013, she was elected as Lord Mayor of London, only the second time in its 800-year history that a woman has held this office. She succeeded Sir Roger Gifford as Lord Mayor on 8 November 2013 during the annual "Silent Ceremony" at London's Guildhall.