Ewen Fergusson

Ewen Alexander Nicholas Fergusson (born 1965) is a former lawyer appointed to serve on the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) from August 2021, an appointment which has led to accusations of cronyism by the opposition British Labour Party. Life Fergusson is the son of Ewen Alastair John Fergusson and Sara Carolyn Montgomery Cuninghame (née Gordon Lennox). Fergusson followed his father's educational path via Rugby School and Oriel College, Oxford, where he read history. At Oriel Fergusson joined the Bullingdon Club, an exclusive dining society with an apparent objective to cause mayhem and damage while under the influence of alcohol. Fergusson's group of 1987 included two members who were to become British prime ministers, David Cameron and Boris Johnson. The group were noted for throwing a plant pot through a restaurant window with six of the group of ten being apprehended by police. There have been allegations, that Fergusson, noted as being the "quiet one" of the group was the one who threw the plant pot, though there is uncertainty. Fergusson qualified as a lawyer, and joined the international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) in 2000 and served as a partner in the finance division. In 2020 he was to lose in an election contest with fellow partner Malcolm Hitching for the position of HSF's global banking practice. He left HSF in 2018 to become a self-employed business advisor. Fergusson was noted as a non-magistrate member of the Lord Chancellor’s advisory committee for South East England, as well as having roles as co-producer in a number of film projects.