Mark Boleat

Sir Mark John Boleat (born January 1949) is deputy chairman of the City of London Corporation's Policy and Resources Committee. He has previously been director general of the Building Societies Association, the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Association of British Insurers.[1] He is a Common Councilman for Cordwainer Ward and trustee of Centre for London.

Boleat is chair of the Housing and Finance Institute, an organisation established in 2015 with support of the Cameron–Clegg coalition government.[2] In this capacity he wrote The Housing Problem in London: a broken planning system, which was published on 18 October 2017. This led to residents of the City of London to call for his resignation as a common councilman. They were concerned about his proposal to bar locally elected Councillors to vote on planning applications. A spokesperson for the Golden Lane Estate Residents Association said he “has such open contempt for local democracy and communities that we consider his views are no longer compatible with his role as a Common Councilman.”[3]

He was knighted in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Mark Boleat. City of London. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "The HFI | Home | Our mission". thehfi.com. Housing and Finance Institute. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Davy, Jo (2017). "City residents blast Mark Boleat for housing blame game - City Matters". City Matters (25 October 2017). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B2.
Political offices
Preceded by
Stuart Fraser		 Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee
City of London Corporation
May 2012 – 2017		 Succeeded by
Catherine McGuinness


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