On 24 June at Common Hall Chris Hayward CC and I were delighted to be elected Sheriffs to take effect at our installation on 27 September. Here we are pictured outside Cutlers’ Hall with our wives Alex and Elisabeth as we toured nine livery companies in ninety minutes to thank the nearly 1,400 people who…Read more Sheriffs Elect!
I finished my year with a fantastic “Master’s at Home” event at Gresham College. The evening was given some extra zest by the appearance of the Lord Mayor’s Sheriffs, Elizabeth Green and Alderman Vincent Keaveny to receive a cheque for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal.
Remarks to: Goodenough College on Founders’ Day, by Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, 4 October 2018. “Road To Everywhere” President, Chairman, Governors, Trustees, Fellow Fellows, Students, Ladies, and Gentlemen. Wilkommen, Benvenuti, Bienvenue,欢迎光临 (huānyíng guānglín), Welcome. It is a genuine honour to have been asked to deliver this year’s Founders’ Day address. Founders’ Day is an opportunity…Read more Road To Everywhere – Goodenough College
Institute Of Export Keynote Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli 23 May 2018, Mansion House “You Never Stop Trading” Minister, Aldermen, Fellow Masters, Ladies, and Gentlemen. The City of London, what better place to graduate in trade and export. The Inspector of Ancient Monuments assures me that London’s archaeological evidence proves over 100,000 years of trading. Bloomberg…Read more “You Never Stop Trading” – Institute Of Export Awards Ceremony
I was delighted to be asked to give a ‘vote of thanks’ to my dear friend Archie Galloway, a former Common Councilman for Broad Street Ward: “David Hartley – Arsonist By Appointment” Vote Of Thanks To Historian Archie Galloway Guildhall Historical Association, Guildhall, Monday, 9 January 2017 Chairman, fellow historians, To paraphrase Historian Galloway, the first…Read more Hartley? Hartley? Who The Heck Is Hartley?
“Handelskammer Hamburg” is the Chamber of Commerce for Hamburg – https://www.hk24.de/. Unlike British or American chambers, German Handelskammers have statutory powers and levy charges on businesses. Their compulsory status also encourages leading businesspeople to participate more earnestly in commerce and trade policy issues. Starting with an initiative by Lord Mayor Michael Savory and Kenneth Stern,…Read more Hamburger Morgensprache
One of the more difficult tasks can be substituting at the last moment in a debating team. It happens more than you wish. You haven’t worked on creating the question and always wish it was different. The person for whom you’re substituting is often the one you’d most dispute. This year I was asked to help…Read more CISI Annual Integrity Debate 2014: Do UK Savers & Investors Get A Fair Deal?
Chairman, Past Chairman, Aldermen, Ladies & Gentlemen When John Scott asked me to address this Committee and its many supporters on behalf of the guests in honour of its Past Chairman at this farewell do, I was greatly honoured. Sidney Joseph (S J) Perlman wrote for the New Yorker and also for the Marx Brothers. …Read more Literature and the Arts – Final Dinner For The “Libraries, Archives and Guildhall Art Gallery Committee”