New Mayor of Southwark elected
Published 25 May 2010
Cllr Tayo Situ was elected Mayor of Southwark at the Annual Meeting of Council Assembly on 19 May 2010.
Profile of the new Mayor
Mayor Situ was educated at the Polytechnic in Ibadan ( Nigeria ) and studied Economics before leaving Nigeria for the United Kingdom in 1985.
In the UK, he attended Guildhall and South Bank Universities where he studied accountancy.
Mayor Situ is 56 years old, married with children and has lived for more than 20 years in the London Borough of Southwark. He is a trustee and volunteer on many organisations, and represented the local community for many years before being elected to the Council in 2002, representing Peckham ward. As a Councillor, his priorities are to see more jobs for local people and better services for the young and vulnerable.
Mayor Situ chose Macmillan Cancer Support as his charity appeal. He says:
"I chose to give my backing to Macmillan Cancer Support because it is an organisation which touches the life of everyone, either directly or indirectly and it is important that we give profile to the organisation as there are many who could benefit from the outstanding work that they do but they are not aware. I hope to organise various fundraising events throughout my mayoral term in office to help support the work of MacMillan Cancer Support and also help to raise awareness of the organisation."
