Background
Alderman Anstee was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, the son of Wing Commander Peter Anstee by his wife Ann Price.
Alderman Anstee was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, the son of Wing Commander Peter Anstee by his wife Ann Price.
He attended Stamford School in Lincolnshire, before attending INSEAD at Fontainebleau and then Staffordshire University.
He serves as Alderman for the Ward of Aldersgate having previously been its representative in the City since his election as a Common Councilman in 1987. He then moved to Deloitte and Touche. Anstee is now a senior director of the international law firm SJ Berwin.
Sheriff of the City of London 2003-04, he became Lord Mayor of London for 2009-10, when Alderman Anstee was also ex-officio Chancellor of City University London. In 2010, he received a Doctor of Science honoris causa from City University London. Uniquely in modern times, he refused any national honour upon his retirement as Lord Mayor.
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