Nicholas Lyons

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.

Lord Mayor Lyons beside First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh (2023)