Alastair John Naisbitt King

Alderman
Alastair King
KStJ DL
Alastair King in 2023
696th Lord Mayor of London
In office
8 November 2024 – 7 November 2025
Preceded byMichael Mainelli
Succeeded byDame Susan Langley
Sheriff of London
In office
28 September 2022 – 27 September 2023
Preceded bySir Nicholas Lyons
Succeeded byDame Susan Langley
Personal details
BornAlastair John Naisbitt King
(1968-11-05) 5 November 1968
Cambridge, England
Spouse
Florence Walker
​
(m. 2024)​
Parents
  • Jack Naisbitt King MBE (father)
  • Ruth née Lewis (mother)
RelativesAlexander Armstrong,
Giles Coren (brothers-in-law)
EducationOundle School
Alma mater
Profession
Awards KStJ
Websitewww.naisbittking.com

Alderman Alastair John Naisbitt King KStJ DL (born 5 November 1968), is a British financier and asset manager, chairman of Naisbitt King Asset Management Ltd,[1] who served as the 696th Lord Mayor of London for 2024/25.[2]

An elected Alderman of the City of London since 2016,[3] King was commissioned a Deputy Lieutenant for the City of London in 2022[4] and was Sheriff of London for 2022/23.[5] King was elected as the 696th Lord Mayor taking office on 8 November 2024 for one year.

Background and education

Born in 1968 at Cambridge to an academic father, Jack Naisbitt King MBE[6] (eldest son of John King by his wife Grace, daughter of James Naisbitt),[7] and artist mother, Ruth née Lewis,[8] he celebrates his Scottish ancestry.[9][10]

After attending Oundle School, King read law at the University of Kent (BA) before pursuing further studies in Finance at London Business School (MSc).

Career

Qualifying as a solicitor in 1995, King practiced with Baker McKenzie in the City and in Asia, where he started investing in emerging markets. Appointed a senior executive at Spark Ventures (formerly NewMedia Spark plc), then managing director of Galahad Capital plc, he was CEO of Eredene Capital plc from 2005 to 2013 and Chairman of Glendevon King Asset Management from 2005 to 2016.[11] In 2016 he founded FCA-regulated Naisbitt King Asset Management Limited,[12] specialising in managing segregated portfolios of investment grade fixed income securities.

Public life

Civic service

Elected in 1999 as a Common Councillor for the Ward of Queenhithe, in 2006 he was promoted Deputy[13] and since 2016 King serves as the Ward's City Alderman.[14] Sheriff of the City of London for 2022/23,[15] he was elected as the 696th Lord Mayor of London taking office on 8 November 2024 for a one-year term.[16]

Lord Mayor King hosted the Amir of Qatar at the Mansion House then being invited to visit Qatar as UK financial services ambassador.[17]

King also hosted the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, at Guildhall in July 2025.

Charity

King previously served as Vice-Chairman of Breast Cancer Haven, and is currently the Chairman of the British Liver Trust,[18] King is also a Trustee of the Lord Mayor's Appeal[19] and of Morden College.[20]

As Lord Mayor, he was ex officio Chairman of the City Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations.[21]

Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Masons,[22] King has served as Current Master of the Worshipful Company of Entrepreneurs and Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths.[23] He is also a Liveryman of the Vintners’, Painter-Stainers’, Broderers’, Feltmakers’ and Arbitrators’ Companies,[24] an Honorary Liveryman of the Security Professionals' Company, Honorary President of the Guild of Young Freemen and an Honorary Assistant of the Coachmakers’ Company.[25]

Honours and appointments

Personal life

King is married to Florence Walker, youngest daughter of Angus Walker, previously Chairman of Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust.[27]. King's wife serves as a reservist in the British Army Reserve.[21] Her sister is the journalist and author Esther Walker.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Naisbitt King Asset Management". Naisbitt King.
  2. ^ "London's new lord mayor: 'It's not just a ceremonial role'". BBC News. 9 November 2024.
  3. ^ "ALDERMAN ALASTAIR KING DL". ALDERMAN ALASTAIR KING DL.
  4. ^ "Deputy Lieutenants". Greater London Lieutenancy. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  5. ^ "City of London elects Sheriffs of London for 2022/23". City of London. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Jack Naisbitt King, MBE (19 September 1928 - 6 March 2007) | University of Cambridge". www.cam.ac.uk. 8 March 2007.
  7. ^ "Chief". Nesbitt Nisbet Society (British Isles).
  8. ^ "Ruth King Ceramics". www.ruthkingceramics.com.
  9. ^ www.courtofthelordlyon.scot
  10. ^ Drysdale, Neil (12 July 2024). "Strathdon man, Alistair King, has become the new Lord Mayor of the City of London".
  11. ^ "Mr Alderman and Sheriff Alastair King". King Edward’s Witley. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  12. ^ "About Us". Naisbitt King. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Queenhithe Ward Club". www.queenhitheward.org.
  14. ^ "Alastair John Naisbitt King DL (Alderman)". City of London. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  15. ^ "City elects Sheriffs of London for 2022/23". The Lord Mayor’s Appeal. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Fund boss Alastair King chosen as next Lord Mayor". Financial News London. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  17. ^ Newspaper, The Peninsula (22 January 2025). "Qatar Central Bank governor meets Lord Mayor of the City of London". thepeninsulaqatar.com.
  18. ^ "British Liver Trust appoints new Chairman of Trustees". The British Liver Trust. 2 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Trustees". The Lord Mayor’s Appeal. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Alderman Alastair King".
  21. ^ a b www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
  22. ^ "Masons' Court of Assistants". The Worshipful Company of Masons. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  23. ^ "Election of City Sheriffs 2022/23". The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  24. ^ "Lunch and dinner venue in the City of London. Your special event". The Vintners Company.
  25. ^ Neilson, Ann (31 October 2024). "New Lord Mayor-elect is a Coachmaker". The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers.
  26. ^ "Order of St John | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
  27. ^ "www.cityconsorts.org" (PDF).
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