Annual Quill Pen Lunch, January 2024

Tuesday 9th January 2024
Mansion House

This was the annual lunch when the Master presented the new Lord Mayor with the quill pen with which he signed himself into Office, and the Lady Mayoress with a Scriveners’ fountain pen. As is customary, the Company also made a donation to the Lord Mayor’s Appeal from our Sexcentenary Charity. The 695th Lord Mayor is Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, who co-founded Z/Yen in 1994, the City of London’s leading think-tank, to promote societal advance through better finance and technology after a career as a research scientist in aerospace, cartography, then accountancy-firm partner and director of Ministry of Defence research. A qualified accountant, securities professional, computer specialist and management consultant, educated at Harvard University and Trinity College Dublin, Prof Mainelli gained his PhD at London School of Economics where he was also a Visiting Professor. He is Emeritus Professor and Trustee at Gresham College where he created the London Finance initiative asking “when would we know our financial system is working?”