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| The Annual Company Lecture, 22nd May 2003 - A Constitution for the European Union?
A change of topic shortly beforehand can only have added to the numbers attending this year's CoMC Annual Lecture presented at Pewterers' Hall on 22nd May. The reason? Lord Jenkin decided on the change just a day or two before the media debate began... A synopsis of Lord Jenkin's talk is available for Member access only in the Library The Master’s Dinner, 10th April 2003
“When I became Master last October I promised that I would pursue three themes during my year of office. Firstly, to provide a friendly and supportive environment for professional management consultants during difficult economic times. Secondly, to ensure that The Company continues to be financially secure through the proper management of its activities and thirdly, to have some fun on the way. Certainly, friendship, financial security and fun were all achieved at my Master’s Dinner at Ironmongers’ Hall and the atmosphere in this splendid Hall was a testimony to the enjoyment of the guests. I know that a number of long standing friendships were renewed as well as new friendships formed during the evening. My principal guest, Sir Peter Davis, is an enduring friend of mine, as well as being a sailing foe and once my employer at J Sainsbury plc. He spoke in an interesting and intimate way of his experiences as a leader of large public companies. It is clear that he considers the main talents needed by business people are leadership, communication and customer awareness. Any new Company such as ours necessarily spends its early years searching for its proper role amongst the ancient and established City Livery Companies. Attaining Livery on its own would be meaningless without the exceptional work that The Company undertakes for charitable and voluntary bodies. Do you know that The Company has now provided over 600 hours of ‘pro-bono’ consulting work for Charities and Voluntary bodies and that we currently mentor 38 chief executives of charities? All this work is undertaken under the auspices of the Charities Committee led by its Chairman, Assistant John McLean Fox. I would like to pay a particular tribute to John and to thank him for his outstanding contribution and leadership. I would like to end by thanking the Members of The Company for making this a first memorable six months for me as Master - we have been able to help our Members find friendship, relevance and meaning in difficult times, have made a real contribution to many charities and it certainly has been fun.” Patrick McHugh Sponsor Marian Maid in the Three Peaks Yacht Race The Three Peaks Yacht Race 2003 from Barmouth to Fort William starts on 21st June. Over the next 3 to 7 days teams of five people in 25 ORC Category 3 yachts sail from Barmouth to Caernarfon and on to Whitehaven and Fort William. Two of the crew climb the highest mountains in Wales, England and Scotland. First to finish is the winner. The Three Peaks race has a unique spirit. The teams must sail 389 miles, cycle 29 miles, run 59 miles and climb 14,500 feet. Just finishing is a major achievement. The Maid is now owned and skippered by Patrick McHugh currently the Master of the Company of Management Consultants. He leads in this year's Three Peaks Race a team of 5 with 3 colleagues from the Trinity Group, a business advisory company, a lobster fisherman and a professor of music. The Company of Management Consultants is supporting the creation, in the City of London, of the City Centre for Charity Effectiveness together with the Cass Business School. The City Centre will help managers of charities and voluntary organisations across the country to improve their performance. This will be done through courses, research and management of pro bono projects and mentoring offered by Members of the Company of Management Consultants to charities. Please sponsor the Marian Maid Team, all your money will go to support the City Centre in its important role. See Reply card at the back of Sponsorship Brochure (PDF file 340K). Download latest PDF Acrobat Reader. The Timeless Value of the Livery",
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The Inaugural Public Speaking Competition, 6th February 2003 On 6th February at Wax Chandlers’ Hall, The Company launched its first Public Speaking Competition held jointly with the Guild of Educators. The competitors spoke before a distinguished panel of judges led by District Judge Monty Trent. He was supported by The Masters and two Wardens from both The Company and Guild. The competition was in two parts; adults (both from The Company and Guild) and sixth formers from The City of London School for Girls, with prizes awarded to the best speaker from each section and an overall winner’s prize from the evening. The standard of contribution was very high. Competitors had to deliver two speeches, one three minute speech they had prepared beforehand from a set list of topics and one two minute speech on a given topic for which they had three minutes’ preparation time. The audience heard highly entertaining contributions on such topics as “Abroad”, “Belt and Braces” and “Annoying People”. The second round subject for all competitors was “Time”. The speakers having finished, the judges made their selections and declared the winners. The City of London School for Girls emerged on top, with Eleanor Powers winning the overall prize and Vikki Male winning a closely fought six formers’ section. The Company was also successful with Freeman Richard Beevers emerging victorious from a very competitive adult section. Our thanks and congratulations also go to Nick Caton, Rupert Turton, Stephen Salinger, Rachel Sui Yee Chan, Daisy Christodoulou, Scarlett Jennings and Camilla de Ste Croix.
The Annual Charities Supper, 22nd January 2003 – Salters’ Hall It was wonderful to see so many people at this year’s Supper, and particularly the guests who are being mentored by members of the Company as part of the pro bono scheme that we have arranged with ACEVO. 2002 was an excellent year for our Charities work in its various shapes and forms – it grew and expanded in scope during this period, and I would just like to highlight a few key aspects of this:
We were enormously grateful to the principal guests of the Company who agreed to speak at the Supper.
Thanks go to all those who attended the Supper – it was a most enjoyable evening. Assistant John McLean Fox
The Tenth Anniversary Celebration Luncheon On Wednesday 6th November at Mansion House, The Company held the first occasion in its history in the presence of a serving Lord Mayor. During his last week of office the then Lord Mayor, Alderman Michael Oliver with his Lady Mayoress joined us at The Tenth Annivesary Celebration Luncheon to celebrate the ten years that have passed since we started as a Guild. It was a splendid occasion with some 200 Freemen and their guests sitting down to lunch in the glittering Egyptian Hall at Mansion House, the Lord Mayor's residence in the City. I was able to say a few words about our achievements as a Guild and Company over the last ten years and First Warden Alan Broomhead spoke glowingly about our guests. The Rt. Hon. Lord Currie of Marylebone also gave us insights into his new role at OFCOM as well giving a huge plug for the City Centre for Charity Effectiveness, our joint venture with him at the Cass Business School. The then Lord Mayor replied and thanked us for presenting him with books that he had taken on a recent visit to South Africa and donated to CIDA, an urban university in Johannesburg and the then Lady Mayoress presented me with a gift of a PC mouse! The Luncheon also marked a celebration on our progress towards Livery and much excitement was expressed about this and about the City Centre for Charity Effectiveness and since these, and our birthday, were the main aims of holding the Luncheon I think we should mark it down as a milestone in our Company's history. So once again in fun, friendship and for the future, thank you all for your support. Patrick McHugh,
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