City of London – Geoffrey Bond

Painting by Nick McCann www.nickhughmccann.com

This painting hangs in the foyer of the Rolls Building on Fetter Lane in the City of London.

Geoffrey Bond has had a long association with the City of London, first becoming a member of a Livery Company in 1973 – The Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass – and he was the Master in 1998. He was also the Founding Master of a new Livery Company – The Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars – in 2004.

Bond was Chairman of the City Livery Committee from 2007-10, Chairman of the Livery Culture & Heritage Group from 2008-10, and he was Sheriff of the City of London in 2003-04. He is a Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and an Honorary Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Educators; Bond was also formerly a member of the Court of the City of London Solicitors’ Company from 2006-08.

Bond created and chaired a group which put on the biggest post-war exhibition of treasures of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The exhibition entitled Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker – 850 years of London Livery Company Treasures was visited by HRH The Princess Royal and it attracted visitors from all over the world.

Photo: Geoffrey Bond receiving his Global Achievement Award at the Norwegian Ambassador’s Residence, London. L-R: Steinar Hoel Korsmo, Dianora Bond, HE Ambassador Tore Hattrem, Geoffrey Bond

For many years Bond was a UK-based advisor to Seed Forum Global helping to match business start-ups from overseas with investors in the City of London.

In 2025, Bond was presented with the Seed Forum Global Achievement Award at a special awards ceremony at the Norwegian Ambassador’s Residence in London. This prestigious award was given to Bond in recognition of his work as Patron and Representative of Seed Forum Global to the UK since 2003. The ceremony was hosted by the Norwegian Ambassador to the UK, HE Torre Hattram, and a eulogy was given by Steinar Hoel Korsmo – the President and CEO of Seed Forum Global – in which he thanked Bond for his dedication to developing international business-investor links with the UK.

Seed Forum Global is a global entrepreneurship support organisation which provides access to private equity funding for start-ups and scale-ups in over 50 countries. Since 2003 more than 5,000 investor-ready startups from over 50 countries have been presented to over 20,000 unique investors.