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((Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[Alderman]] [[Knight Bachelor|Sir]]
| name                = Roger Gifford
| honorific-suffix    = [[KStJ]] [[Order of the Polar Star|KNO]]
| image               = Roger Gifford at Chatham House.jpg
| imagesize           = 
| caption             = Portrait of Gifford at [[Chatham House]] in 2013
| order               = 685th
| office              = Lord Mayor of London
| term_start          = 9 November 2012
| term_end            = 8 November 2013
| predecessor         = [[David Wootton|Sir David Wootton]]
| successor           = [[Fiona Woolf|Dame Fiona Woolf]]
| birth_name          = Michael Roger Gifford
| birth_date          = ((Birth date|df=yes|1955|8|3))
| birth_place         = [[St Andrews]], [[Fife]], Scotland
| death_date          = ((Death date and age|2021|5|25|1955|8|3|df=y))
| death_place         = 
| nationality         = British
| occupation          = [[Merchant banker]]
| alma_mater          = [[Trinity College, Oxford]]
| spouse              = Jane Lunzer (1983–2004)<br> Clare Taylor, Lady Gifford
| children            = 5
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'''Sir Michael Roger Gifford''' [[KStJ]] [[Order of the Polar Star|KNO]] (3 August 1955 – 25 May 2021) was a British banker in London who served as the 685th [[Lord Mayor of London]] from 2012 to 2013.

Gifford was the UK head of [[Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken]] (SEB) from 2000 and was also a Patron of the financial and enterprise education charity "[[Mybnk|MyBnk]]".((cn|date=July 2023))

==Early life==
Gifford was born in [[St Andrews]], Scotland to Douglas Gifford (of Argentinian and [[Scottish Lowlands|Lowland Scots]] descent) and Hazel Collingwood.<ref>[[Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood]]</ref> He was educated at [[Sedbergh School]]<ref>[http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/9975738.Ex_Sedbergh_pupil_to_be_Lord_Mayor_of_London/ Ex-Sedbergh pupil to be Lord Mayor of London], thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk. Accessed 4 July 2023.</ref> before going up to [[Trinity College, Oxford]], graduating with an [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] degree in Chemistry.((cn|date=July 2023))

== Career ==
((Moresources|section|date=July 2023))
Gifford started his career in finance with [[SG Warburg]] (1978–82), working in international banking and capital markets. In 1982, he left to join a new merchant bank, Enskilda Securities, ''[[Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken|Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank]]'' and, from 1994 to 2000, he headed the bank's operations in Japan. From 2000 to 2017 he was SEB's UK country manager and was a Senior Banker. He was also Chair of the UK Green Finance Institute having led the Green Finance Initiative (2016) and the UK Government's Green Finance Taskforce (2017).

A former chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce (UK) and of the Association of Foreign Banks (UK), he was a Chair of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] Council, Founding Chair of the [[City Music Foundation]],<ref>[http://www.citymusicfoundation.org/ CITY MUSIC FOUNDATION],  citymusicfoundation.org. Accessed 4 July 2023.</ref> the [[English Chamber Orchestra]] charity and the [http://www.tenebrae-choir.com/ Tenebrae Choir], tenebrae-choir.com. Accessed 4 July 2023.</ref> among other Arts involvements. He was a [[liveryman]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Musicians|Worshipful Companies of Musicians]], [[Livery Company#Governance|Master]] (2016-2017), [[Worshipful Company of Cordwainers|Cordwainers]] and [[Worshipful Company of Security Professionals|Security Professionals]], the [[Worshipful Company of International Bankers]], [[Livery Company#Governance|Master]] (2010–11) and was sponsoring [[Alderman]] for the [[Guild of Public Relations Practitioners]].

Sir Roger joined the [http://www.bwcharity.org.uk/ Bank Workers Charity] Trustee Board in 2011 and, following his term as Lord Mayor of London, was appointed its President on 1 March 2014. He believed there is a continuing need to support banking industry employees and to enhance the ethics and culture of the sector.

===Civic service===
Gifford was elected as [[Court of Aldermen|Alderman]] for the [[City of London]] [[Wards of the City of London|Ward]] of [[Cordwainer (ward)|Cordwainer]] in 2004 and was a member of the [[City of London Corporation]] Culture Heritage and Libraries Committee; he served as [[Sheriffs of the City of London|Sheriff of London]] from 2008 to 2009.

In October 2012, he was elected [[Lord Mayor of London]] and took office on 9 November.<ref>((cite news|title=City banker elected London Lord Mayor|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1022e30-0bd8-11e2-8032-00144feabdc0.html#axzz28SjiNatY|newspaper=Financial Times))</ref> Speaking after his election, Gifford said: "Next month will mark exactly 30 years since I joined SEB and 35 years since I first started working in the City. During this time, London's Square Mile has become a truly global centre – and the focus of my year in office will be to underline that service is, and must be, at the heart of the financial services industry of the UK. In other words that the City must serve society – and be seen to do so."<ref>[http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/newsroom/press-releases/2012/Pages/next-lord-mayor-of-the-city-of-london-is-determined-to-ensure-service-to-society-is-at-the-heart-of-financial-services.aspx Next Lord Mayor of the City of London is determined to ensure service to society is at the heart of financial services],  cityoflondon.gov.uk.((deadlink|date=July 2023))</ref> 

While Lord Mayor, he carried [[City of London swords#Mourning Sword|the Mourning Sword]] at the [[Death and funeral of Margaret Thatcher|funeral of Margaret Thatcher]], leading [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] in and out of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] for the ceremony. The last time it had been used was at the [[State funerals in the United Kingdom|state funeral]] of [[Winston Churchill|Sir Winston Churchill]] in 1965.<ref>((cite news|last1=Marsden|first1=Sam|title=Mourning sword in Thatcher ceremony was last used at Churchill's funeral|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/10001559/Mourning-sword-in-Thatcher-ceremony-was-last-used-at-Churchills-funeral.html|accessdate=19 January 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=17 April 2013))</ref>

Gifford's Lord Mayoral charitable appeal, under the banner "The City in Society", focused on the City of London as a global centre for [[philanthropy]] and [[the Arts]].<ref>[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19438631.obituary-sir-roger-gifford-banker-became-lord-mayor-city-london/ Obituary], heraldscotland.com. Accessed 4 July 2023.</ref>

==Personal life==
Gifford and his wife, Dr Clare Taylor, Lady Gifford, lived in London.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/markets/joyfully-boring-banker-roger-gifford-steps-up-to-become-londons-other-mayor-8300426.html|newspaper=Evening Standard|title='Joyfully boring' banker Roger Gifford steps up to become London's other mayor|date=9 November 2012))</ref> 

A [[Freemason]],<ref>((cite web|title=The Queen's New Year's Honours list 2014|url=http://www.freemasonrytoday.com/ugle-sgc/ugle/item/1206-the-queen-s-new-year-s-honours-list-2014-freemasons|publisher=Freemasonary Today|accessdate=18 February 2014|date=15 January 2014))</ref> Sir Roger listed his recreations as chamber music, singing, opera, gardening, and forestry.

Gifford died from complications of [[myeloma]] in 2021, aged 65.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ef33d552-d3cd-4ef5-b67a-e327572fefe6|newspaper=Financial Times|title=Sir Roger Gifford, banker and champion of green finance, 1955–2021|date=26 May 2021|url-access=subscription))</ref>

==Honours==
In 2013, as [[Chancellor]] ''ex officio'', Gifford received an [[Honorary degree|Hon]] [[DSc]] from [[City University London|City University]] and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2014 New Year Honours]] for "services to international business, culture, and the City of London".<ref>((London Gazette|issue=60728|supp=y|page=1|date=31 December 2013))</ref> He was awarded an Hon LLD by [[St Andrews University]] in the same year.

* [[File:Knight-Bachelor.ribbon.png|40px]] '''[[2014 New Year Honours|2014]]''': [[Knight Bachelor]]<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269031/New-Year-Honours-2014-PM-list.pdf New Year Honours 2014: ''Prime Minister's List'']</ref>
* [[Image:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|40px]] '''[[2013 Special Honours|2013]]''': [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Knight of the Most Venerable Order of St John]]<ref>((cite web |title=Order of St. John |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-60392-1743346 |website=[[The London Gazette]] |access-date=12 September 2022 |date=15 January 2013))</ref>
* [[File:Order of the Polar Star (after 1975) - Commander.svg|40px]] '''2007''': [[Order of the Polar Star|Commander of the Order of the Polar Star]] ([[Sweden]])
* [[File:FIN Order of the Lion of Finland 3Class BAR.svg|40px]] '''2011''': [[Order of the Lion of Finland|Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland]]
* [[File:Order of Kuwait (First Class).gif|40px]] '''2012''': Member 5th Class of the [[Order of Kuwait]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.wcom.org.uk/template.php?whichPage=peopledetails&contactID=57 Profile on the Worshipful Company of Musicians website]
* [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/g/26255/Roger+GIFFORD.aspx Listing on Debrett's People of Today website]
* ((Youtube|LhgGThj6jJo|"Sir Roger Gifford: Investing In The Future: Channeling Capital Towards A Net-Zero Carbon Economy"))

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