Robert Charles Hughes-Penney FCSI (born 2 March 1968), is a

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who, since 2018, serves as an

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of the

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. Hughes-Penney has been elected

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for 2025/26.

Biography

Educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School Elstree before going up to

Manchester Polytechnic Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education ...

( BSc 1989), Hughes-Penney then entered

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being commissioned into the

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in 1990. As a subaltern he served overseas with the

13th/18th Royal Hussars The 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it amalgamated wit ...

then

Light Dragoons The Light Dragoons (LD) is a cavalry regiment in the British Army. The regiment has a light cavalry role and specialises in mounted and dismounted reconnaissance. The Light Dragoons recruit mainly in Northern England, from County Durham, Northu ...

(after amalgamation), being promoted

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in 1993. After

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, Hughes-Penney joined

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stockbroker A stockbroker is an individual or company that buys and sells stocks and other investments for a financial market participant in return for a commission, markup, or fee. In most countries they are regulated as a broker or broker-dealer and ...

s Laurence Keen 1993–95, becoming a

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of Rathbone Investment Management 2003–06 and a

of Investing for Good 2016–20. Elected a

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of the

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(FCSI), since 2020 he serves on its

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since 2021. Hughes-Penney represents the Ward of Cheap as

on the

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since 2018, previously being elected to the

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2004–12. A Court Assistant of the

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since 2008 (then

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), Hughes-Penney was also a

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of Haberdashers’ Aske's School for Girls Elstree (2009–16),

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of the Guild of Investment Managers for 2019/20. Appointed to the

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of the

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in 2006–10 (Hon. Member since 2010), he has served as a

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of Mercy Ships UK 1999–2004, the

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2004–10, on the Court of the Clergy Support Trust 2021–24 and as a Trustee of

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since 2024. He is also a member of the Cavalry & Guards Club, the

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and the HAC.

Family

The son of Roger Hughes-Penney, of The Chase,

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and Angela ''née'' Lee, in 1998 he married Elspeth, a

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and

daughter A daughter is a female offspring; a girl or a woman in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state, condition or quality of being someone's daughter. The male counterpart is a son. Analogously the name is used in several areas to show r ...

of Dr David Gurney Hoare. Hughes-Penney and his wife live at

Gerrards Cross Gerrards Cross is a town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It lies immediately south of Chalfont St Peter and a short distance west of the London Borough of Hillingdon, from which it is separated by the parish of Denham, Buckinghams ...

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, and have two sons and a daughter.

References

External links

Alderman & Sheriff-elect Hughes-Penney bio

The Haberdashers' Company

www.rathbones.com
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Biography

Family

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