Ms Shirley Creed holds office as Master of the Company for 2025-2026.

A Chartered Secretary, now retired, for 25 years prior to retirement she was a senior leader in the Legal function and held various European and Global governance roles with Dell Computers as well as an active leader in their women’s networks and diversity programmes. A keen promoter of women in technology Shirley represented Dell as a member of techUK’s Women’s Council, and also sat on the Board of WEConnect International, a US not for profit global network that connects women-owned businesses to qualified buyers around the world.

Shirley has been a liveryman since 2015, is a member of the City Livery Club and the Ward of Cheap Club. She is also a Trustee for the Chartered Secretaries’ Charitable Trust and has just stepped down as Chair of the Engagement Committee.

Shirley’s interests include walking, regular theatre goer and a keen traveller.

 

Past Masters

YearsMaster
1976/1978John Alleyne WEDGWOOD
1978/1979John Francis PHILLIPS
1979/1980Stanley James Sidney ELEY
1980/1981Thomas Eric Douglas MASON
1981/1982David Christopher Laborde MARWOOD
1982/1983Kenneth JACQUES
1983/1984Sylvia Irene Maud TUTT
1984/1985Robin Mitchell CLARKE
1985/1986Leslie Ronald CROYDON
1986/1987John Francis PHILLIPS
1987/1988Ronald BOUNDS
1988/1989Dennis Howard ROBERTS
1989/1990Kenneth Ewart PARRY
1990/1991Donald Desmond DURBAN
1991/1992Henry Roy HARRIS
1992/1993Eric Stanton KIRK
1993/1994Francis Joseph BERGIN
1994/1995George Edward CAUCHI
1995/1996Clifford Hazelton GRINSTED
1996/1997Geoffrey Stuart FINN
1997/1998James CARINE
1998/1999John Hurn CONSTABLE
1999/2000Wilfred Charles HAMMOND
2000/2001Michael John DUDDING
2001/2002Philip Michael MARCELL
2002/2003David William Robert WRIGHT
2003/2004Donald Herbert KIRKHAM
2004/2005Sir Clive Haydn MARTIN
2005/2006Arthur Jeffrey GREENWELL
2006/2007Thomas Richard SERMON
2007/2008Adèle Loraine THORPE
2008/2009Francis SPENCER-COTTON
2009/2010Robin Anthony EVE
2010/2011Rory Fitton Moresby JACKSON
2011/2012Ian David Lea RICHARDSON
2012/2013Charles Edmund Royden LEDSAM
2013/2014Zbigniew (Bish) LIS
2014/2015Sandra WORSDALL
2015/2016Patricia Mary DAY
2016/2017Christopher Alwyn HALLAM
2017/2018David John LOCK
2018/2019Christina Louise PARRY
2019/2021Edward James NICHOLL
2021/2022Julie Nicola FOX
2022/2023Havilland James DE SAUSMAREZ
2023/2024Christopher Thomas EDGE
2024/2025Gabrielle WILLIAMS HAMER