Sir Nicholas Stephen Leland Lyons KStJ DL (born 20 December 1958), is an Anglo-Irish financier who served as the 694th Lord Mayor of London for the 2022–23 term.
[1] The younger son of Dr Leland Lyons, FBA, FRSL, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin,[2] descended from a cadet branch of the landed gentry Lyons family, formerly of Old Park, Belfast,[3] he was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating as BA (proceeding MA).
[4] A Court Assistant of the Merchant Taylors' and Bakers' companies, Lyons was elected Lord Mayor of London, taking office on 11 November 2022.
[7] He is taking a sabbatical from being Chairman of Phoenix Group Holdings, the largest player in the UK retirement and long-term savings industry and a FTSE 100 company.
[13] In the run-up to the Coronation, as Lady Mayoress she deputised at various civic events, such as presenting the Curriers' Company London History Essay Prize at the Guildhall.