Mark Boleat
British politician
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Sir Mark John Boleat is a British businessman and politician who was a deputy chairman of the City of London Corporation's Policy and Resources Committee from 2017 to 2019 and was the sole leader of the abolished Jersey Alliance party.[1][2] He was a common councilman for the Cordwainer ward of the City of London from 2002 to 2019.[3]
He has also been director general of the Building Societies Association, the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Association of British Insurers.[4] He is a trustee of Centre for London.
Biography
Boleat was born in January 1949 in Jersey.[1]
Boleat was knighted in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[5] Boleat was appointed Chairman of the LINK Scheme Ltd, the company that runs the UK ATM network in early 2017.[6] Boleat became a deputy chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee of the City of London Corporation on 3 May 2017, a position which he held until 4 May 2019.[citation needed]
Boleat joined the board of Arron Banks's Eldon Insurance Service Ltd (now Somerset Bridge Insurance Services Limited) on 12 June 2019.[7]
In the 2022 Jersey election, Boleat ran in the St Clement electoral district and was Jersey Alliance's candidate for the role of Chief Minister.[8] Boleat polled last place out of 7 candidates in the district he stood in, receiving 721 votes, and was unelected.[9] As a result of the election, the Jersey Alliance party lost 8 seats, with only a single seat representing the party in the States Assembly, until their sole member resigned from the Party several weeks later.[10] The party was dissolved in November 2024.[2]
