Court and Officers

Our new Company Officers outside St Magnus the Martyr on 16th October 2024, L-R: Upper Warden Sandra Raine, with Fr Philip Warner, Master Charles Brooks, Renter Warden Janet Rivers

The Court comprises the Master, Wardens, Immediate Past Master, Past Masters who have not taken Emeritus Status, and Court Assistants.

Company Officers & CVs

Master Charles Brooks

Upper Warden Sandra Raine

Renter Warden Janet Rivers

Immediate Past Master David Adams

Past Masters

John Rae: Master 1982/83
Peter Brunner: Master 1997/98
John Lockyer: Master 2005/06
David Alexander: Master 2007/08
Prof Rodney Cartwright: Master 2008/09
David Hamilton: Master 2009/10
Lt Col Antony Paterson-Fox: Master 2011/12
Charles Yuill: Master 2012/13
Nick Gale: Master 2013/14
Stephen Hodkinson: Master 2014/15
Erica Stary: Master 2015/16
Brian Wadsworth: Master 2016/17
Robert Burgon: Master 2017/18
Dame Fiona Woolf DBE DL: Master 2018/19
Dr Peter Rumley MA DPhil MA FSA MCIfA: Master 2019/20 & 2020/21
Nicholas Jones: Master 2021/22
Air Cdre Paul Nash OBE RAF (Ret’d) 2022/23

List of Masters and Wardens since 1593 – prior to 1611 there was no Master, and their function was fulfilled by two Wardens.

Emeritus Past Masters

Emeritus status is available to Court Members who wish to take a less active role, and no longer sit on the Court.George Banks: Master 1993/94
Edward Hopkinson: Master 1998/99
John Mayfield: Master 1999/2000
Alec Moir: Master 2000/01
Michael Swallow: Master 2003/04 & 2006/07
Mike Samuel: Master 2004/05
Chris Sneath MBE: Master 2010/11

Senior Court Assistant

Michael Cooper OBE: Appointed 2024, appointed to the Court 2021

Court Assistants

Court Assistants are drawn from within the Livery, and reflect in its membership those disciplines needed for the Court to advise and help the Officers to run the affairs of the Company. Appointment to Court is for an unlimited period.

The order of Court Assistants:

Prof Mala Rao CBE: Appointed 2017
Michael Cooper: Appointed 2021
Paul Flatt: Appointed 2012
Martin Shouler: Appointed 2018
Mark Wheeler: Appointed 2019
Kingsley Poulton: Appointed 2019
Damon Reynolds: Appointed 2022
Kevin Wellman: Appointed 2023
Julie Spinks: Appointed 2024