Sir Philip John Courtney Mawer was born on 30 July 1947 and is a former Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards who was in the post from 2002 until 2008 when he became an independent advisor on Ministerial standards to Gordon Brown.
13 Facts About Philip Mawer
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Philip Mawer was previously Secretary General of the General Synod of the Church of England.
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Philip Mawer was born in Kingston upon Hull in 1947.
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Philip Mawer supported Lord Scarman in his investigation of the 1981 Brixton riot.
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Philip Mawer was awarded a knighthood in the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours for his work at the Synod.
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From 2008 to 2013 Mawer sat on the board of Ecclesiastical Insurance, the insurance company founded by the Church of England.
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Philip Mawer was appointed as Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in February 2002.
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In January 2008, Philip Mawer was appointed as an "independent advisor" to Gordon Brown, investigating alleged breaches in the ministerial code of conduct.
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Philip Mawer left the post at the end of 2011 and was succeeded by Sir Alex Allan.
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In summer 2009, Philip Mawer was made Chairman of the Professional Regulation Executive Committee of the Actuarial Profession which he held until summer 2013.
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Philip Mawer was made an Honorary Fellow of the IFoA in 2014.
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Philip Mawer was appointed as a Canon Provincial of York during the evensong service on 11 November 2015.
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Philip Mawer plays the part of a dame in the amateur pantomime in his local village.