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Robert Charles Hughes-Penney FCSI (born 2 March 1968), is a British financier who, since 2018, serves as an Alderman of the City of London.
Biography
Educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School Elstree, Manchester Polytechnic (BSc, 1989) and RMA Sandhurst, Hughes-Penney was commissioned into the British Army in 1990. As a subaltern he served overseas with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars then Light Dragoons (after amalgamation), being promoted Captain in 1993.
After leaving the Army, Hughes-Penney joined City stockbrokers Laurence Keen 1993–95, becoming a director of Rathbone Investment Management 2003–06. Appointed a council member of the City and Guilds of London Institute in 2006 (Hon. Member since 2010), he has served as a trustee of Mercy Ships UK 1999–2004 and the City Parochial Foundation 2004–10, as well as a director of Investing for Good 2016–20. Elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (FCSI), since 2020 he serves on its board as well as the Impact Investing Institute since 2021.
Hughes-Penney represents Cheap Ward as Alderman on the City of London Corporation since 2018, previously being elected to the Court of Common Council 2004–12.
A Court Assistant of the Haberdashers' Company since 2008 (then Warden), Hughes-Penney was also a governor of Haberdashers’ Aske's School for Boys Elstree (2009–16). Master of the Guild of Investment Managers for 2019/20, he serves on the Court of the Clergy Support Trust since 2021, TheCityUK's business council since 2022, and as a trustee of Morden College since 2024.
A life member of the National Trust, he is also a member of the Cavalry & Guards Club, the City Livery Club and the HAC.
Family
The son of Roger Hughes-Penney and Angela née Lee, in 1998 he married Elspeth, a solicitor and daughter of Dr David Gurney Hoare, having two sons and a daughter.
References
Additional reading
Alderman Hughes-Penney's biography
The Haberdashers' Company