Fiona Woolf

Dame
Fiona Woolf
Woolf in 2014
686th Lord Mayor of London
In office
8 November 2013  7 November 2014
Preceded bySir Roger Gifford
Succeeded bySir Alan Yarrow
Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
In office
5 September 2014  31 October 2014
Appointed byTheresa May
(as Home Secretary)
Preceded byBaroness Butler-Sloss
Succeeded byDame Lowell Goddard
Personal details
Born
Catherine Fiona Swain

(1948-05-11) 11 May 1948
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
SpouseNicholas Woolf OBE FCA
ResidenceLondon
ProfessionSolicitor
Websitewww.fionawoolf.com

Dame Catherine Fiona Woolf, DBE, DStJ, DL (née Swain; born 11 May 1948) is a British corporate lawyer. She served as the Lord Mayor of London (2013–14), acting as global ambassador for UK-based financial and business services. She has held and still holds many other significant positions in the City of London.