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COMPANY NEWS
Upper Warden
Andrew Mayes
Renter Warden
Frances Blois
Under Warden
Graham Maltby
Andy’s interest in the City
was first awakened by many
late-night discussions with
his father-in-law, who worked
in the City for over 50 years
in the Insurance Industry,
concentrating on fire-risk.
Andy trained as an accountant,
and spent over thirty years
working in business across
many industries including IT,
manufacturing and fire safety.
He was appointed a Magistrate
in 2004 and sits in the Adult
Court as well as on the Family
Panel. He is a member of the
Independent Monitoring Board
for prisons in Cambridgeshire.
In 2015 he was appointed a
member of the LordChancellor’s
Advisory Committee. Andy has
served as a school Governor
in both Primary and Secondary
Education.
He became a Freeman of the
City of London in 2007 and
joined the Worshipful Company
of Firefighters in 2008. He
was clothed in Livery in 2010.
Married in 1976, he and his
wife Carol have four grown-up
children.
As a mathematician, Francis
worked for BP in a variety
of roles from Operational
Research to Exploration, and
is still a trustee of the BP
Benevolent Fund. Francis
joined the First Aid Nursing
Yeomanry in 1979 and is still a
member as a Callout Operator.
As a Westminster City
Councillor, Francis was the
Borough Representative on the
LFCDA from 1994 to 2000 and,
as Lord Mayor of Westminster,
Frances was honoured to be
granted the Freedom of the
City of London as Citizen and
Firefighter in 2003. She is
the current Chairman of the
WCOFF Charitable Trust.
In addition, Francis is
Chairman of her Local Safer
Neighbourhood Panel, a
Trustee of the Spinal Research
Trust, an Honorary Steward
at Westminster Abbey and a
longstanding Governor of St
Peter’s Primary School, Eaton
Square.
As Renter Warden, Francis is
looking forward to progressing
to be the second Lady Master
of our Company in 2019.
Graham joined the Kent
Fire Brigade rising through
the ranks to become
Kent’s Commander Central
Operations in 1992.
He then became Deputy Chief
Fire Officer of Staffordshire
Fire and Rescue Service. He
obtained a Master of Science
Degree in Fire Command and
was awarded the Queens
Fire Service Medal in the New
Year’s Honours List in 2005.
Graham joined the National
Pro-curement Agency for Fire
and Rescue Services retiring in
2014.
Graham joined the Worshipful
Company of Firefighters in 2000
becoming a Liveryman in 2004.
He was elected as a Court
Member in 2013, Under Warden
in July 2017 and is Vice-Chair
of both the Charitable Trust
and the Education and Training
Committee and recently has
chaired the Fire Lecture
Coordinating Group.
His hobbies include cricket,
model railways and listening to
music. He has been married to
Barbara for over 40 years and
have a married daughter.