Ian Luder

Who is Ian Luder?

Ian David Luder CBE was the 681st Lord Mayor of the City of London, serving from 2008 to 2009.

Luder attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree then studied Economics and Economic History at University College London before working as a tax accountant for Arthur Andersen and later Grant Thornton. He regularly comments on tax matters, and helped to found the Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers, and is a liveryman of the Coopers' Company. He entered local government as a Labour Councillor in Bedford, and was a member of Bedford Borough Council for 23 years. Luder also stood for Parliament as the Labour Party candidate for Yeovil in 1979 .

Luder served as a Sheriff of the City of London for 2007–08 and was elected Lord Mayor on 29 September 2008, taking office in the "Silent Ceremony" on 7 November. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 New Year Honours.