Representative Deputy Lieutenant for the London Borough of Hounslow

Rosi Prescott DL FRSA

Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London
Representative DL for LB Lambeth 2009-2022
Representative DL for LB Hounslow 2022 to present day

As a young teenager, Rosi studied piano at Trinity College of Music in London under Professor Alfred Kitchin (a proud ‘grand-pupil’ of Brahms) alongside her traditional schooling. Her passion for music continues today.

Following university and after starting a family, Rosi lived and worked in the USA whilst her husband served on an RAF exchange with USAF on F111 jets. She established a health and well-being club at the start of the ‘movement’ whilst over there in the mid-80s, before launching a second upon her return to the UK some years later.

Having volunteered and worked for the YMCA during her time running the club, Rosi was ultimately appointed the first female Chief Executive of Central YMCA in 2003 (the world’s first YMCA, a charity founded in London in 1844) and served in that capacity for seventeen years. During that time, the charity underwent a period of significant change and growth and provided a wide and imaginative range of services targeted at supporting young people across the UK in their life journey. The YMCA is a global charity (over 60m members in more than 120 countries) and she was Vice-Chair of the World Network of YMCAs and Chair of the U.K. network of YMCAs during that time.

Rosi served on a wide range of charitable and public-sector boards during her time at the YMCA and continues to volunteer in that capacity today. She remains especially committed to supporting young people and has created and run numerous campaigns to highlight the challenges they face in the 21st Century.

Rosi was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Greater London in 2009 and also the Representative DL for the Borough of Lambeth 2009-2022 and subsequently for the Borough of Hounslow in 2022. She was granted the Freedom of the City of London in 2023.

More information on the London Borough of Hounslow at http://www.hounslow.gov.uk