Agenda and minutes

Court of Aldermen - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2014 12.30 pm

Venue: Committee Rooms, 2nd Floor, West Wing, Guildhall

Contact: Lorraine Brook
tel. no.: 020 7332 1409 Email: lorraine.brook@cityoflondon.gov.uk

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Question - That the minutes of the Courts held on 28th October and 7th November 2014 are correctly recorded?

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Minutes:

Resolved – That the minutes of the Courts of Aldermen held on 28^th October 2014 and 7^th November 2014 were correctly recorded.

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To pass a Vote of Thanks to the late Lord Mayor

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Minutes:

Resolved unanimously – That this Court wishes to convey to –

Alderman Fiona Woolf CBE

its deepest appreciation and gratitude for the distinguished way in which she has carried out the demanding role of the Lord Mayor of the City of London during the past year.

Fiona Woolf has travelled extensively throughout her Mayoralty, to areas as diverse as the Gulf, Turkey, North Africa, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and Latin America. The range of overseas visits, which has resulted in close to 100 days abroad in the last twelve months, highlights a very real commitment to maintaining a programme of engagement with both existing and opportunity markets.

Like her predecessors, in addition to her overseas visits programme, Fiona has devoted a significant amount of time to strengthening the City’s links with the wider national economy. As well as taking the opportunity to promote her overseas visits programme, visits to regional centres such as Cardiff, Aberdeen, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Sheffield have also informed discussions in the international arena and ensured that the Lord Mayor has remained representative of the views of the entire UK-based financial and professional services industry.

The diverse nature of the visits programme that she has undertaken is particularly appropriate, given that the key theme of Fiona’s Mayoralty has been that of diversity. She has used events, both at home and abroad, to promote the business case for diversity and inclusion and her “Power of Diversity” programme will ensure a lasting legacy in this area, maximising the value and innovation that increased diversity can bring to organisations not just within the City, but the United Kingdom and the global marketplace too.

Fiona’s passion and dedication have also been unfailing in respect of her commitment to ensuring sustainability within the financial services sector, with her

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Resolutions on retirements, congratulatory resolutions, memorials, etc.

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Minutes:

There were none.

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The Chamberlain's list of applicants for the Freedom of the City:-

Name	Occupation	Address	Company
Hazel Anne Tompsett	a Musician	Oxshott, Surrey	Musicians
Anthony Edward McKenna	a Director of Sales	Dore, Sheffield	Brewers
Nicola Irene Daniels	a Solicitor	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire	Wheelwrights
John Francis Threshie	an Insurance Senior Manager	Battersea	Tobacco Pipe Makers & Tobacco Blenders
Richard Ovenden	a Librarian	Oxford	Barbers
Laurent Charles Julien Deckers	an Internal Legal Counsel	Beckenham, Kent	International Bankers
Elizabeth Marta Dorothy Singh	a Teacher	Maidenhead, Berkshire	The Worshipful Company Educators
SharmManwani	a Business School Professor	Twickenham	Information Technologists
Michael Gareth Beard	a Construction Company Director	Newark, Nottinghamshire	Builders Merchants
Piers Oliver Daniell	a Telecoms Company Director	Cleeve Prior, Worcestershire	Information Technologists
Sumit Neil Vishnu Rai	a Software Company Director	Paddington	Information Technologists
Victor Neil Atkinson	an Energy Analyst	Barons Court	Fuellers
Nicholas Gavin Silver	an Actuary	Highgate	Actuaries
Keith Whitesides	a Building Society Non-Executive Director	Dingley Hall, Dingley, Market Harborough, Leicestershire	Musicians
Andrew Charlesworth Clague	an Architect	Canterbury, Kent	Constructors
David John Thackway	an Insurance Broker	Rotherfield, East Sussex	Security Professionals
Catherine Lauren Bennett	a Research Analyst	Kensington	Ironmongers
Peter Maurice German	a Regional Deputy Commissioner	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada	Pattenmakers
Sarah Kate Fletcher	a Teacher	Barbican	Joiners & Ceilers
Andrew Dawkes	an Airline Pilot	Oxford, Oxfordshire	Air Pilots
Stuart Charles Wilkinson	a Sales and Marketing Manager	East Grinstead, West Sussex	Tinplate Workers Alias Wire Workers
Rowan Firth Rajah Bamford	a Solicitor	Hammersmith and Fulham	Merchant Taylors
Paul Henry Wiltshire	a Police Officer, retired	Brackley, Northamptonshire	Glass Sellers
Simon David Westlake	an Investment Manager	Clanville, Andover, Hampshire	Broderers
Pauline Ann Vahey	an Aviation Company Director	Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire	Air Pilots
Bruce Hutton	a Commercial Air Pilot	Hurst, Berkshire	Air Pilots
Louise Jane Smyth	a Central Government Accountant	Bromley, Kent	Basketmakers
Robert Guy Epsom	a Consultant	South Norwood	Water Conservators
Alan

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Minutes:

Mr Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and eleven persons to be made free of this City, and it is Ordered that they be admitted into the Freedom of this City accordingly, as follows:-

Name	Occupation		Address		Company
Hazel Anne Tompsett		a Musician		Oxshott, Surrey		Musicians
Anthony Edward McKenna		a Director of Sales		Dore, Sheffield		Brewers
Nicola Irene Daniels		a Solicitor		Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire		Wheelwrights
John Francis Threshie		an Insurance Senior Manager		Battersea		Tobacco Pipe Makers & Tobacco Blenders
Richard Ovenden		a Librarian		Oxford		Barbers
Laurent Charles Julien Deckers		an Internal Legal Counsel		Beckenham, Kent		International Bankers
Elizabeth Marta Dorothy Singh		a Teacher		Maidenhead, Berkshire		The Worshipful Company Educators
SharmManwani		a Business School Professor		Twickenham		Information Technologists
Michael Gareth Beard		a Construction Company Director		Newark, Nottinghamshire		Builders Merchants
Piers Oliver Daniell		a Telecoms Company Director		Cleeve Prior, Worcestershire		Information Technologists
Sumit Neil Vishnu Rai		a Software Company Director		Paddington		Information Technologists
Victor Neil Atkinson		an Energy Analyst		Barons Court		Fuellers
Nicholas Gavin Silver		an Actuary		Highgate		Actuaries
Keith Whitesides		a Building Society Non-Executive Director		Dingley Hall, Dingley, Market Harborough, Leicestershire		Musicians
Andrew Charlesworth Clague		an Architect		Canterbury, Kent		Constructors
David John Thackway		an Insurance Broker		Rotherfield, East Sussex		Security Professionals
Catherine Lauren Bennett		a Research Analyst		Kensington		Ironmongers
Peter Maurice German		a Regional Deputy Commissioner		Richmond, British Columbia, Canada		Pattenmakers
Sarah Kate Fletcher		a Teacher		Barbican		Joiners & Ceilers
Andrew Dawkes		an Airline Pilot		Oxford, Oxfordshire		Air Pilots
Stuart Charles Wilkinson		a Sales and Marketing Manager		East Grinstead, West Sussex		Tinplate Workers Alias Wire Workers
Rowan Firth Rajah Bamford		a Solicitor		Hammersmith and Fulham		Merchant Taylors
Paul Henry Wiltshire		a Police Officer, retired		Brackley, Northamptonshire		Glass Sellers
Simon David Westlake		an Investment Manager		Clanville, Andover, Hampshire		Broderers
Pauline Ann Vahey		an Aviation Company Director		Stoke

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Additional Item -

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Minutes:

A recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen that, following an examination of the ordinances and rules of the Worshipful Company of Fuellers, this Court, being pleased to support their Petition to Her Majesty The Queen for the grant of a Royal Charter, extends to the Company its best wishes for their continued success as a Livery Company of this City.

Resolved - That the recommendation be agreed to.

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