THE ROLE OF OUR COURT AND COMPANY OFFICERS
The Court is the governing body of the Livery Company. It consists of the Master, four Wardens, the Officers of the Company and at least 12 Assistants. This has been the structure of our Modern Company and its preceding Companies for four hundred years.
Our Master and Wardens are appointed annually at an Election Court in March and installed at an Installation Court held each June. The Master and the Wardens lead the Court and the General Purposes Committee.
Past Masters (all of whom are listed here) play a significant role in the life of the Company, supporting the Court and attending its meetings.
Left to right: Master Jacqueline Burrows, Wardens Mallory Factor, Terry Fenner-Leitao, Stephan von Schilling and Rae Maile.
OUR CURRENT COURT
Master: Jacqueline Burrows
Jacqueline joined the Company in 2002 and was the first woman admitted to the Company by redemption. She was gowned with the Livery in 2004 and became a Court Assistant in 2007.
Jacqueline is retired from a thirty-year senior career in global corporate affairs and corporate communications, including as Director of Public Affairs with Rothmans International plc and similar roles with Imperial Tobacco plc. She has held ministerial and local public service appointments and has served as a Trustee of the Bath Preservation Trust. She was a founder member of the Guild of Public Relations (now the Worshipful Company of Communicators). An English Literature graduate of the University of Bristol, she volunteers with the National Trust and has a strong interest in history, literature and heritage.
She as a founding member of the Membership Committee, has served two terms on the General Purposes Committee, and is the Company’s Honorary Archivist.
Senior Warden: Mallory Factor
Professor Mallory Factor KCNG joined the Company in 2020, the same year that he was gowned with the Livery. He became a Court Assistant in 2022 and chaired the Membership Committee from 2021 to 2023.
Mallory is the founder and Executive Chairman, President and CEO of IntraBio Inc, a global biopharmaceutical company based in Austin, Texas, focused on developing and commercialising therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. He is Visiting Senior Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford’s Department of Pharmacology and an underwriting member of Lloyd's of London. He has written widely on economics and public policy, and together with his wife Elizabeth is the author of New York Times’ bestselling books Shadowbosses (2012) and Big Tent (2014). Mallory has been a senior advisor to the House of Lords. He is also a theatre producer with many West End and Broadway Tony Award-winning successes in his portfolio.
Renter Warden: Terry Fenner-Leitao
Terry joined the Company in 2012, was gowned with the Livery in 2013 and became a Court Assistant in 2017. He serves on the GPC and on the Finance Sub-Committee.
Terry is a senior risk and controls professional with over 25 years’ international experience in COO and Chief Control roles at Partner and Managing Director level. He has held senior positions at major financial institutions including Citigroup, Credit Suisse, HSBC and Barclays across the UK, US, Latin America and EMEA. He is Head of Controls for Citi’s UK legal entities, leading the management and reporting of risk profiles and supporting effective governance and oversight. Terry has a strong interest in professional standards, education and charitable activity.
Third Warden: Stephan von Schilling
Stephan was born in New York to a German family and came to London as a baby. He has worked across various sectors, latterly in healthcare with a particular focus on behaviour change and physical activity. His passions include cigars, whisky and road cycling but not always at the same time. He joined the Company in 2016 and was gowned with the Livery in 2018. He joined the Court in 2020 and serves as Chair of the Membership Committee.
Fourth Warden: Rae Maile
Rae joined the Company in 2018 and the Court in 2021. He has worked in the City since 1989, initially in fund management and since 1988 as a stockbroker at firms including Cazenove (where he was a Partner), JP Morgan and most recently Peel Hunt. In addition to his years following the financial services industry in its many guises, Rae is the longest standing tobacco industry analyst globally.
Left to right: Sandra Stocker, Daniel Partridge, Susan and William Curran, Jacqueline Burrows and Revd Canon Jack Noble.
Learned Clerk: Liveryman Sandra Stocker
Beadle: Daniel Partridge, Yeoman Warder
Honorary Almoner: Liveryman Susan Curran and William Curran
Honorary Archivist: Liveryman Jacqueline Burrows
Honorary Chaplain: Reverend Canon Jack Noble
You can contact the Court via the Clerk here.