Notable alumni Government, politics and society •
Christos Staikouras – Finance Minister of Greece from 2019 to 2023 •
Sir Robert Chote – chief of the
Office for Budget Responsibility; former director of
Institute for Fiscal Studies •
Ali Dizaei – former police commander •
Sir James Dutton – Royal Marine general and former deputy commander of the
International Security Assistance Force •
Chloë Fox – Australian politician, former
Labor MP for the South Australian
electoral district of Bright •
James Hart – Commissioner of the
City of London Police •
David Heath – Politician and Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for
Somerton and Frome •
Syed Kamall –
Conservative Party politician and
Member of the European Parliament for the
London European Parliament constituency •
Sandro Marcos – Member of the Philippine House of Representatives, eldest son of
Bongbong Marcos,
President of the Republic of the Philippines •
Barbara Mensah – Judge •
Liu Mingkang – Chinese Politician and Businessman, current Chairman of the
China Banking Regulatory Commission, former Vice-Governor of the
China Development Bank •
Patrick O'Flynn –
UK Independence Party then
Social Democratic Party MEP •
Stav Shaffir – Youngest member of the Israeli
Knesset, leader of the
social justice movement •
Aris Spiliotopoulos – Minister of Greek Tourism
Arts, science and academia •
Darshana Rajendran - Indian Actress •
L. Bruce Archer – British mechanical engineer and Professor of Design Research at the
Royal College of Art •
Hüseyin Şehitoğlu – Turkish Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, former department head, University of Illinois •
Susan Bickley – Mezzo-soprano in opera and classical music •
Jerry Fishenden – Technologist, former Microsoft National Technology Officer for the UK •
Julia Gomelskaya – Ukrainian contemporary music composer, professor of Odesa State Music Academy in Ukraine •
Norman Gowar – Professor of Mathematics at the
Open University and Principal of
Royal Holloway College, University of London •
Clare Hammond – Concert pianist •
David Hirsh – Academic and sociologist •
John Hodge – NASA engineer •
John Loder – Sound engineer, record producer and founder of
Southern Studios, as well as a former member of
EXIT •
Sharon Maguire – Director of ''
Bridget Jones's Diary'' •
Bernard Miles – Actor and founder of the
Mermaid Theatre. •
John Palmer – Instrumental and electroacoustic music composer •
Ziauddin Sardar – Academic and scholar of Islamic issues, Commissioner of the
Equality and Human Rights Commission •
Theresa Wallach – Pioneer female engineer, motorcycle adventurer, author, educator and entrepreneur, holder of
Brooklands Gold Star.
Business and finance •
Winston Set Aung – Politician, Economist and Management Consultant, incumbent Deputy Governor of the
Central Bank of Myanmar •
Brendan Barber – former General Secretary of the
Trades Union Congress •
Michael Boulos – Associate director of Callian Capital Group, and partner of
Tiffany Trump •
William Castell – Former Chairman of the
Wellcome Trust and a Director of
General Electric and
BP, former CEO of
Amersham plc •
James J. Greco – Former CEO and President of
Sbarro •
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou – Founder of
easyGroup •
Tom Ilube – CBE, British entrepreneur and Chair of the RFU •
Bob Kelly – Former CEO of
Bank of New York Mellon and CFO of
Mellon Financial Corporation and
Wachovia Corporation •
Muhtar Kent – Former CEO and chairman of
The Coca-Cola Company •
William Lewis – Former CEO
Dow Jones Publisher,
The Wall Street Journal •
Ian Livingstone – chairman and co-owner,
London & Regional Properties •
Dick Olver – Former Chairman of
BAE Systems, member of the board of directors at
Reuters •
Syed Ali Raza – Former president and Chairman of the
National Bank of Pakistan •
Brian Wynter – Governor of the Bank of Jamaica •
Durmuş Yılmaz – Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey
Media and entertainment |alt= •
Samira Ahmed –
Channel 4 News presenter,
BBC News presenter, writer and journalist •
Decca Aitkenhead – Journalist •
Emily Buchanan – BBC World Affairs correspondent •
Sally Bundock – BBC presenter •
Ellie Crisell –
BBC presenter •
Joe Crowley - Journalist and presenter •
Imogen Edwards-Jones – Novelist •
Gamal Fahnbulleh –
Sky News presenter and journalist •
Mimi Fawaz, BBC presenter and journalist •
Michael Fish –
BBC weatherman •
Adam Fleming –
CBBC reporter •
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro – Journalist,
Jerusalem foreign correspondent for
National Public Radio (NPR) •
Alex Graham – chairman of PACT and the
Scott Trust •
Michael Grothaus – Novelist and journalist; author of
Epiphany Jones •
Miles Harrison - Sports commentator •
Rachel Horne – BBC and
Virgin Radio presenter and journalist •
Faisal Islam – BBC News economics editor •
Gillian Joseph – Sky News presenter •
Kirsty Lang – BBC presenter and journalist •
Ellie Levenson – Freelance journalist and author •
William Lewis – Journalist and editor of
The Daily Telegraph •
Donal MacIntyre – Investigative journalist •
Sharon Mascall – Journalist, broadcaster and writer; lecturer at the
University of South Australia •
Lucrezia Millarini – Freelance journalist and
ITV newsreader •
Dermot Murnaghan – Presenter on Sky News •
Tiff Needell –
Grand Prix driver, presenter of
Fifth Gear on
Five •
Maryam Nemazee – presenter for
Al Jazeera London •
Linda Papadopoulos – psychologist, appearing occasionally on TV •
Lilah Parsons - freelance broadcast journalist for
BBC News •
Sebastian Payne – Journalist •
Catherine Pepinster – journalist, religion writer •
Raj Persaud – British consultant psychiatrist, broadcaster, and author on psychiatry •
Gavin Ramjaun – Television presenter and journalist •
Sophie Raworth – Newsreader, presenter on BBC One O'Clock News •
Apsara Reddy – Journalist •
Joel Rubin – World-renowned
klezmer clarinetist •
Ian Saville – British magician •
Barbara Serra – Presenter for
Al Jazeera London •
Josh Widdicombe – Comedian and presenter
Notable academics and other staff •
Rosemary Crompton – Professor of Sociology •
Roy Greenslade – (until 2021) Journalist •
Steven Haberman – Professor of
Actuarial Science at City St George's, University of London •
Corinna Hawkes – Professor of
Food Policy •
Rosemary Hollis – Professor of
International Politics at City St George's, University of London •
Jamal Nazrul Islam – Physicist, Mathematician, Cosmologist, Astronomer •
Ernest Krausz (1931–2018) - Israeli professor of sociology and President at
Bar Ilan University •
David Leigh – Journalist •
David Marks – Psychologist •
Robin Milner – Computer scientist and recipient of the 1991
ACM Turing Award •
Ian Pace – Pianist •
Stewart Purvis – Broadcaster •
Denis Smalley – Composer
Vice-Chancellors (Pre-2016) / Presidents (Post-2016) • 1966–1974: Sir
James Sharp Tait • 1974–1978: Sir
Edward W. Parkes • 1978–1998:
Raoul Franklin • 1998–2007:
David William Rhind • 2007–2009:
Malcolm Gillies • 2009–2010:
Julius Weinberg (acting) • 2010–2021: Sir
Paul Curran • 2021–Present: Sir
Anthony Finkelstein ==In popular culture==