Peter Dunphy

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Peter Gerard Dunphy (born 1 June 1966) is a

CEO. He was elected Chief Commoner of the City of London
in October 2023 assuming office on April 25th 2024.

Early life

Born in 1966 at

St Bede's Catholic School, Lanchester
.

Career

Dunphy is a business investment adviser and was previously an

CEO of recruitment company, Dryden Human Capital (formerly Darwin Rhodes Group), at the time the largest insurance staffing firm globally. He successfully sold the business in 2012 to private equity funds.[2]

Also a film producer (as Peter Gerard Dunphy), he has acted as Lead Producer or Executive Producer for over a dozen films including Mad to Be Normal starring David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Gabriel Byrne and Michael Gambon; Funny Cow starring Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine and Stephen Graham; Two Graves with Cathy Tyson, Dave Johns and David Hayman; the feature length autobiographical The Quiet One about Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones, Chris Gollon: Life in Paint featuring the late British painter Chris Gollon and the feature-length documentary Bicycle.[3]

Politics

Dunphy stood unsuccessfully as the parliamentary candidate of the

Hornsey and Wood Green in the 1992 general election, the 1994 Dagenham by-election, and for Walthamstow in the 2001 general election. Between 2012 and 2018 he served as the Party's Registered Treasurer responsible for overseeing financial compliance. Peter Dunphy Consulting has donated £152,637 (£138,658 personally) to the Party over several years.[5]

An Independent City Common Councilman for the Ward of Cornhill, being elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, 2017 and 2022,[6] he was elected Chairman of the City's Licensing Committee in 2016.[7] and Chief Commoner of the City of London for 2024-25.

Dunphy was, along with former MP Heidi Allen, founding director of Unite to Remain, the electoral pact between parties which supported remaining in the European Union at the 2019 UK general election.[8]

Charitable work

Dunphy has been a long serving Trustee of

Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Drapers.[10]

References

  1. ^ PETER DUNPHY CONSULTING LTD. Companies House. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Contracts/Deals: Dunphy sells stake in Dryden Human Capital Group | Recruiter".
  3. ^ "Peter Gerard Dunphy". IMDb.
  4. ^ Register of Interests: Peter Gerard Dunphy. City of London. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Peer Pressure?", Private Eye, No. 1396, 10–23 July 2015, p. 12.
  6. ^ www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
  7. ^ www.democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk
  8. TheGuardian.com
    . 6 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Register of interests for Peter Gerard Dunphy, Deputy". 9 October 2020.
  10. ^ www.thedrapers.co.uk
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