18 Facts About Fiona Woolf

Fiona Woolf has held and still holds many other significant positions in the City of London.

Catherine Fiona Swain was born in Edinburgh, the daughter of Dr R H A Swain and his wife, Margaret Helen Hart.

Fiona Woolf was educated there at St Denis School, before going up to Keele University where she graduated in Law and Psychology.

Fiona Woolf studied comparative law at the University of Strasbourg.

Fiona Woolf then moved to CMS Cameron McKenna where she became the firm's first female partner in 1981; she remained a partner until 2004.

Fiona Woolf subsequently went on to work with almost 30 governments around the world.

Fiona Woolf was a consultant to CMS Cameron McKenna and is a Senior Adviser to London Economics International LLC.

Fiona Woolf is an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple, a life position which recognises contributions to the legal profession.

Fiona Woolf is an Honorary Liveryman of The Turners, the Fuellers, Lightmongers, Security Professionals, Tax Advisers and Paviors companies.

Fiona Woolf succeeded Sir Roger Gifford as Lord Mayor on 8 November 2013 during the annual "Silent Ceremony" at the Guildhall.

Fiona Woolf was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London, in March 2016.

Fiona Woolf is a Trustee of the Science Museum and Honorary President of the Aldersgate Group.

On 21 October 2014, Fiona Woolf disclosed that she lived in the same London street as Lord Brittan and had invited the Conservative peer and his wife, Diana Brittan, to dinner on three occasions.

Fiona Woolf further disclosed that she had been involved in the past with bodies with which the Brittans had had involvement.

Fiona Woolf made the disclosures to MPs ahead of her appearance before the Home Affairs Select Committee, saying she was aware of "speculation gaining traction on social media" about her links with the Brittans and she wanted to:.

Fiona Woolf was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for "services to the UK Knowledge Economy and Invisible Earnings" in 2002 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 New Year Honours for "services to the legal profession, diversity, and the City of London", in recognition of her longstanding commitments in public life.

Fiona Woolf is involved in supporting the work of a number of charitable and other organisations.

Fiona Woolf is President of the Chelsea Opera Group Trust, and is actively involved in the operation, fundraising and co-ordination of its volunteers, as well as being a member of its choir and a Trustee of the Wexford Festival Opera Trust.