Mark Boleat

Sir Mark John Boleat (born January 1949, in Jersey^[1]) is leader of the Jersey Alliance political party,^[1] and was a deputy chairman of the City of London Corporation's Policy and Resources Committee from 3 May 2012 to 4 May 2017. He has previously been director general of the Building Societies Association, the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Association of British Insurers.^[2] He is a Common Councilman for Cordwainer Ward and trustee of Centre for London.

He was knighted in the 2017 Birthday Honours.^[3]

Boleat was appointed Chairman of the LINK Scheme Ltd, the company that runs the UK ATM network in early 2017.^[4]

Boleat joined the board of Arron Banks's Eldon Insurance Service Ltd on 12 June 2019. ^[5]

In the 2022 Jersey election, Boleat ran in the St Clement electoral district and was Jersey Alliance's candidate for the role of Chief Minister.^[6] Boleat polled last place out of 7 candidates in the district he stood in, receiving 721 votes, and was unelected.^[7] As a result of the election, the Jersey Alliance party lost 8 seats, with only a single seat representing the party in the States Assembly, until their sole member resigned from the Party several weeks later.^[8]