Agenda item

To approve the minutes of the last meeting of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen held on 3 December 2024.

The Committee considered the minutes of the last meeting of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen held on 3^rd December 2024.

RESOLVED: - That the minutes of the last meeting of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen held on 3^rd December 2024 be approved as an accurate record of the meeting.

Chairman’s Congratulatory Remarks

The Chairman reported that Alderman Prem Goyal OBE had recently been appointed to the Financial Inclusion Commission and had been appointed to a role at Greengage.

Further, the Chairman reported that Alderman Vincent Keaveny, Alderman Sir Nicholas Lyons, and himself had been appointed as Honorary Visiting Professors of the President’s Office at City St George’s, University of London.

Finally, it was reported that Alderman Professor Emma Edhem had been appointed to the Open UK Space Advisory Board, alongside Geospatial and Open Data Lead of Google, Ed Parsons, and Chief Test Space Pilot David Mackay.

The Committee joined the Chairman in offering their congratulations. The Committee were encouraged to continue to feed in news of any similar achievements/accolades worthy of note going forward.