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Apologies for absence were received from Nicholas Bensted-Smith, Deputy Roger Colthurst, Alderman Robert Hughes-Penney, Deputy Wendy Hyde, Deputy Clare James, Paul Martinelli, Deputy Robert Merrett, Benjamin Murphy, Deputy John Scott, Sir Michael Snyder, Deputy James Thomson, Deputy Catherine McGuinness, and Christopher Hayward.

The Chairman welcomed Genine Whitehorne, the new Commercial Director in City Procurement.