Sir Michael Bear | |
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683rd Lord Mayor of London | |
In office 12 November 2010 –11 November 2011 | |
Preceded by | Nick Anstee |
Succeeded by | Sir David Wootton |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 January 1953 Nairobi,Kenya Colony |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Barbara née Sandler |
Children | Amy;Marc |
Residence | London |
Alma mater | Clifton College,Witwatersrand Univ; Cranfield Univ |
Profession | Property &construction |
Sir Michael David Bear,HonFREng (born 21 January 1953,Kenya Colony) was the 683rd Lord Mayor of London,whose one-year term began on 12 November 2010 and ended on 11 November 2011. Until his resignation in 2017,he was the Alderman of the Ward of Portsoken and previously represented that Ward as Common Councilman and Deputy. In 2007 he was elected as Aldermanic Sheriff of London (for a one-year term).
A liveryman of the Paviors' Company,he subsequently joined the Chartered Surveyors' and Engineers' Companies. Bear was a key figure in the redevelopment of Spitalfields Market,situated just to the northeast of the City in Tower Hamlets.
Sir Michael was born in Nairobi,in Kenya Colony,and grew up in Cyprus.[ citation needed ] Later he went to school at Clifton College in Bristol,before studying at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg,and Cranfield University in the UK.
Sir Michael is a civil engineer and a management leader in both the construction and property industries in the UK and abroad. He has worked in the international construction industry,managing projects in China,Far East and West Africa. In London,he was responsible for the successful completion of the development of Spitalfields and was Chief Executive of the Spitalfields Development Group. He has served on several leadership roles for the City of London Corporation.
Bear was the Alderman representing Portsoken Ward from 2006 to 2017. He resigned in 2017 and this led to the December 2017 Aldermanic bye election. When it came to light that his successor,Prem Goyal,had printed about 1,000 leaflets using the corporations equipment,Bear made a formal complaint which led to the matter being considered by the standards sub-committee who accepted Goyal's apology as regards to the matter provided he underwent training and repaid the cost of the printing. [1]
As Lord Mayor,Bear played a promotional role for the Square Mile,and claimed a remit for the whole of the UK-wide financial and professional services industry. [2] He was also ex-officio Chancellor of City University London during his Lord Mayoral term (2010–11). For example,Bear opened the trading session at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in July 2011. [3]
Bear was given an Award [4] of Doctor of Science honoris causa by City University London in 2011.
Bear was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to regeneration,charity and the City of London. [5]
Bear was appointed an Honorary Fellow (Hon FREng) [6] of the Royal Academy of Engineering [7] in 2010.
From 1993 to 2012 he was managing director of Balfour Beatty Properties where he specialised in working on private finance initiatives (PFIs) and public-private partnerships (PPPs). [8]
In June 2017 Bear was appointed as Chair of Turley,an independent UK planning consultancy.
Married to Barbara Sandler,they have a son named Marc and a daughter named Amy. Michael has two siblings,Denise and Susan.
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