David Graham Forbes Chalk

David Chalk
David Chalk
Sheriff of the City of London
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 September 2024
Appointed by	24 June 2024
Preceded by	Dame Susan Langley and Bronek Masojada
Succeeded by	in office
Personal details
Born	David Graham Forbes Chalk
Spouse	Miranda Chalk
Profession	Company Director

David Graham Forbes Chalk (born September 1959), is a British businessperson, who serves as Sheriff of the City of London for 2024/25.^[1]

Background and education

Chalk was born at the London Hospital, where his parents did their medical training, and educated at Chigwell School and Radley College. He went to the University of Edinburgh.^[2]

Career

Chalk's career was in the City in research and strategy at the Henley Centre for Forecasting, the advertising and marketing group WPP and the Future Foundation, a think tank based in the heart of Smithfield. He was a director of Age Concern Enterprises. He was elected as a director of The Homecare Association (UKHCA) in 2017^[3].

David founded a Windrush Care^[4], a care-in-the-home business with the aim of keeping older people out of care homes for as long as possible, and is currently a director and the Nominated Individual.^[5]

David has been a governor of two of the Drapers Company's schools; Thomas Adams School, Wem in Shropshire and Howells School in Llandaff and served as Chair of the Thomas Howell Education Fund for North Wales.^[6]

Livery

Chalk joined the Worshipful Company of Drapers in 1982, becoming a Liveryman in 1986. Elected to the court in 2008, he was Master in 2021-22.

He is a member of the Broad Street Ward Club and the City Livery Club.

Family

David Chalk is married to Miranda Chalk. He is the son of Philip Chalk.^[7]

References

^ www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
^ "The Sheriffs' biographies". City of London. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
^ "New appointments to UKHCA's Board". Homecare Association. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
^ "The Office & Management Team". Windrush Care. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
^ "Windrush Care". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
^ "The Sheriffs' biographies". City of London. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
^ "Plarr's Lives of the Fellows". Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

External links

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

Civic offices
Preceded by Dame Susan Langley and Bronek Masojada	Sheriff of the City of London 2024–present	Incumbent

[1] www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

[2] "The Sheriffs' biographies". City of London. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

[3] "New appointments to UKHCA's Board". Homecare Association. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

[4] "The Office & Management Team". Windrush Care. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

[5] "Windrush Care". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

[6] "The Sheriffs' biographies". City of London. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

[7] "Plarr's Lives of the Fellows". Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

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