“Square Mile and Me: Michael Mainelli on becoming Lord Mayor and bringing more pubs to the City” – City AM



One small, seasonal task was spending 12 hours undertaking the CISI’s Certificate In Ethical Artificial Intelligence, below:

This is all part of the 695th Lord Mayor’s Ethical AI Initiative. This course applies to people working in finance (of all sorts) and technology. You can find and take the course here, http://www.cisi.org/ai:
Members (£60)
The course for members comprises four mandatory modules with online tests (8 hours total) and an additional 4 hours of flexible CPD in AI learning via the CISI Learning Platform.
Non-members (£150)
The non-member course comprises five mandatory modules with online tests (10 hours) and a further module of curated AI learning (2 hours) for a total of 12 hours of learning.
We anticipate rolling out similar courses in several other sectors over 2024. Perhaps completing the course over the seasonal break is a sign of a robotic approach to holidays (Batteries Not Included) or, better, a resolved start to a Connect To Prosper New Year!
The Lady Mayoress and all of the Aldermanic consorts pulled together a host of presents for refugee children. Here she is getting them ready to take to the charity for distribution.


One of the earliest highlights of being Lord Mayor was hosting the President of South Korea at our State Banquet on 21 November. Imagine my delight when a week later we received two generous large boxes of kimchi, some thirty-plus 2kg packages.

It turns out that our City community enfolds many kimchi devotees like myself. With alacrity, they were all gone within ten days! Now on to mustard from the French president…
There was some very kind Korean news coverage as well. And if you’re in Seoul, the Museum Kimchikan has moved to even better premises as it expands (ferments?).

Our last livery function of 2023 was an evening with the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers. As ever, enormous fun, but you might feel this photo needs a caption:
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