Agenda item

To approve the minutes of the last meeting of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen held on 13 May 2025.

The Committee considered the minutes of the last meeting of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen held on 13 May 2025.

RESOLVED: - That the minutes of the last meeting of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen held on 13 May 2025 be approved as an accurate record of the meeting.

Chairman’s Congratulatory Remarks

The Chairman reported that Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli had been awarded the Order Pro Merito Melitensi and the Silver Order of Merit by the Knights of Malta. He had also been selected to Chair the International Students Taskforce for the Chartered Association of Business Schools, launched back in May, and was recently awarded Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators.

Next, the Chairman reported Alderman Robert Hughes-Penney has been appointed Chair of the CityUK Business Council

The Chairman offered congratulations to Alderman Prem Goyal CBE,on his recent appointment by His Majesty the King as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for public service

Lastly, congratulations were offered to Alderman Sir Nicholas Lyons, who had been appointed as Master Merchant Taylor.