Charles Bowman

Sir Charles Edward Beck Bowman (born 1962), is a British accountant who served as the 690th Lord Mayor of London. Career Bowman was born in Essex and educated at Old Buckenham Hall School from 1970 to 1975 before attending Uppingham School from 1975 to 1979. He then read architecture at the University of Bristol, graduating as a BA. Bowman joined Price Waterhouse in 1983 and qualified as a chartered accountant (FCA) in 1986. He was a partner in Price Waterhouse and PwC from 1995 to 2020 and has been an adviser to the firm since then. He specialised in delivering audit, assurance and capital market transaction services to larger listed and multi-national companies. Amongst many leadership roles in PwC, Sir Charles led the firm's Building Public Trust programme.