Alastair John Naisbitt King

Alderman Alastair John Naisbitt King (born November 1968) is a British businessman in asset management who chairs Naisbitt King Asset Management Ltd, and served as the Aldermanic Sheriff of London for 2022/23. He is the Deputy Lieutenant for Greater London.

Career
King studied law at University of Kent and has an Master of Science in Finance from London Business School. He practised as a solicitor at Baker McKenzie in the City and in Asia. King later held senior positions at SPARK Ventures (formally NewMedia SPARK PLC), and was managing director at Galahad Capital Plc. He was CEO of Eredene Capital Plc from 2005 to 2013 and Chairman of Glendevon King Asset Management from 2005 to 2016.

King is the founder and Chairman of Naisbitt King Asset Management Limited, an FCA-authorised asset management company, specialising in managing segregated portfolios of investment grade fixed income securities. He founded Naisbitt King in January 2016.

He has been Chair of Common Earth, an environmental foundation, since January 2019.

City of London
King was elected to the Court of Common Council as a Common Councillor of the Ward of Queenhithe in 1999 and was then elected Alderman for the Ward of Queenhithe in 2016. He served as one of the two Sheriff of London for 2022/23. He has been recommended by the Court of Aldermen to become the 696th Lord Mayor of London (subject to election) in November 2024.

He is Master of the Worshipful Company of Masons for the year 2023/24. King is Senior Warden of the Company of Entrepreneurs and Third Warden of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths.

Charity
He is Vice Chairman of Breast Cancer Haven and Chairman of The British Liver Trust. King is a Trustee of the Lord Mayor's Appeal.

Civic appointments

 * Alderman of London (1999)
 * Sheriff of the City of London (2022/23)
 * Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths
 * Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Masons
 * Freeman of the Company of Entrepreneurs
 * Freeman of the City of London.