Common Councillor & Deputy for the Ward of Coleman Street
Working for a Secure, Resilient & Prosperous
City of London
My roles as Common Councillor and Ward Deputy
Dawn has represented the Ward of Coleman Street as a Common Councillor and Ward Deputy for 7 years – listening to & advocating on behalf of the individuals & businesses in the Ward. Additionally, she has worked tirelessly to promote & advance the City of London, both nationally and internationally.
Dawn’s long-standing service and proven track record of delivering results set her apart. With over 30 years of senior leadership and board-level experience in the Technology and Telecommunications industries, Dawn brings both business acumen and civic expertise to her roles.
Dawn’s experience enables her to support the needs of businesses and uphold the functions of the Corporation of the City of London.
Securing the City’s future
Cyber and physical crime pose ever greater threats in the world today. To keep the City’s pre-eminence on the global stage we need to be at the forefront of stopping criminal advances in both digital and physical crime.
Having worked in senior leadership and board roles in the Technology and Telecommunications industries (including the role of Regional Director of EMEA for AT&T), Dawn has been able to bring her global perspective on business to her position as a Common Councillor and, most recently, Chair of Digital Services for the City of London Corporation. Using her hard-won skills and experience, Dawn makes a real and well-proven contribution to ensuring the successful future of the City, and Coleman Street Ward in particular.
What are Dawn’s main aims and priorities?
proven experience
Deputy Dawn Wright is already striving for a better future for the City.
Dawn believes that she can make a real contribution to ensuring the future success of the City and Coleman Street in particular.
Dawn has over 30 years in senior leadership and board roles in the technology and telecommunications industries, with extensive international experience and involvement in multi-million-dollar transactions across multiple regions, including:
Regional Director at AT&T for 13 years, with responsibility for EMEA operations.
‒Established the Hong Kong office
‒Played a key role in the sale of AT&T’s European business
Dawn has also held senior positions in other global organisations, further broadening her international leadership credentials and she co-founded and sold two technology companies.
The most recent sale (April 2025) being Brigantia Partners Ltd, a cybersecurity software distributor, with KPMG’s Technology M&A team as the lead advisors. The company was sold to Elovade, a pan-European software distributor based in Germany and operating in 6 countries and backed by a €2billion+ PE fund.
Since 2019, Dawn has given her unwavering service as a Common Councillor to defend and promote the City of London by working on and, where shown below, chairing a number of committees.
Some of Dawn’s key achievements include:
Chair of the Fraud & Cyber Crime Reporting and Analysis Service Procurement Committee – Responsible for delivering, in conjunction with the Home Office and HM Treasury, the new national Report Fraud System, launched on the 4th December 2025. This will transform how fraud is reported & combatted throughout the UK.
Deputy Chair, of the Digital Services Committee (formerly Chair for 3 years)
Overseeing all digital, network & cybersecurity services, AI policy & deployment for the City of London Corporation & Police, resulting in more integrated & efficient IT and network systems and cost savings of approx. £4 million for the Corporation
City of London Police Authority Board
Dawn championed the creation of the Police Cycle Unit and the ‘Safer City Streets’ campaign from her position on the Police Authority Board, resulting in:
‒3,000+ stolen phones seized (est. worth of £3.5million)
‒11,000+ hours of additional patrols
‒250+ arrests
‒A near 30% reduction in phone snatching in the Square Mile in the first quarter of 2025 alone
‒Police cycle unit made 118+ arrests in the first year for knife crime, possession with intent to supply and driving under the influence
‒11,000+ people given advice and guidance
‒289+ bikes security marked to deter potential thieves
Deputy Governor of The Honourable the Irish Society
Court of Common Council
Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee
Economic and Cyber Crime Committee of the City of London Police Authority Board
Resource, Risk and Estates (Police) Committee
As a Common Councillor, Dawn has developed close working ties with Government Ministers, the Judiciary and many Government departments, including the Home Office, HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, the Foreign Office and Ambassadors.
Who is Dawn?
Dawn graduated in Chemistry from Queen Mary University of London, and thereafter held senior leadership and board positions in the Technology & Telecommunications industries, culminating in the sale of two successful technology companies, which she co-founded.
Most notably, she served as a Regional Director at AT&T for 13 years, initially working out of New York and then moving on to lead their EMEA operations, where she also oversaw the establishment of the company’s Hong Kong office. Latterly, she was a key member of the team responsible for the sale of AT&T’s European business.
Civic leadership, education, community development and charity works are areas Dawn is deeply engaged in. For 9 years, she served, on a pro-bono basis, as a Board Member for the Harris Federation, which oversees 50+ academy schools in & around London, and also served as Chair of Governors for the Harris Academy Bermondsey.
Dawn is a member of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, where she currently serves as a Court Liveryman and previously chaired their Equality Committee.
She is also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Salters, one of the ‘Great Twelve’ livery companies, and a member of the Salters’ Institute, the Company’s charity arm.
Please do get in touch
Dawn works hard to communicate with, and listen to, the concerns and views of both individuals and businesses in her ward. Understanding the issues that affect organisations and people in a ward, and representing those views within the City of London Corporation is vital. Dawn believes the way this can be achieved is through open and honest communication, to ensure as full engagement as possible.
If you would like to talk to Dawn about what she does and can do for the Ward of Coleman Street then please send your contact details to dawn@dawnwrightcity.co.uk and Dawn will be happy to arrange a time to speak to you
