Peter Dunphy | |
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| Born | 1 June 1966 Consett, Co. Durham, UK |
| Education | St Bede's Catholic School, Lanchester |
| Occupation(s) | Business investment advisor; Film producer; Chief Commoner of the City of London Corporation |
Peter Gerard Dunphy (born 1 June 1966), is a British staffing business CEO, who serves as Chief Commoner of the City of London Corporation for 2024/25. [1]
Born in 1966 at Consett, [2] Dunphy was brought up in Lanchester, County Durham, and educated at St Bede's School.
Dunphy is a business investment adviser and was previously an investment director of James Caan's Hamilton Bradshaw Private Equity, the CEO of FRG Recruitment and the former CEO of recruitment company, Dryden Human Capital (formerly Darwin Rhodes Group), at the time the largest insurance staffing firm globally. He successfully sold the business in 2012 to private equity funds. [3]
Also a film producer (as Peter Gerard Dunphy), he has acted as Lead Producer or Executive Producer for over a dozen films including Mad to Be Normal starring David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Gabriel Byrne and Michael Gambon; Funny Cow starring Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine and Stephen Graham; Letters to Sofija , Two Graves with Cathy Tyson, Dave Johns and David Hayman; the feature length autobiographical The Quiet One about Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones, Surviving Christmas with the Relatives , Chris Gollon: Life in Paint featuring the late British painter Chris Gollon and the feature-length documentary Bicycle . [4]
Dunphy unsuccessfully contested Hornsey and Wood Green as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate [5] at the 1992 general election and at the 1994 Dagenham by-election, and Walthamstow at the 2001 general election. Between 2012 and 2018 he served as the Lib Dem's Registered Treasurer responsible for overseeing financial compliance. Peter Dunphy Consulting has donated £152,637 (£138,658 personally) to the LibDems over several years. [6]
An Independent Common Councilman for the Ward of Cornhill, first elected in 2009 and returned in 2013, 2017 and 2022, [7] Dunphy was elected Chairman of the City Licensing Committee in 2016, [8] then Chief Commoner of the City of London Corporation (for 2024/25).
Dunphy was, along with former MP Heidi Allen, founding director of Unite to Remain , the electoral pact between parties which supported remaining in the European Union at the 2019 UK general election. [9]
A Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Drapers, [10] Dunphy is a long-serving Trustee of the Honourable The Irish Society, serving as Deputy Governor between 2019 and 2021. [11]
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