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Clothing of the Livery, 30th September 2004

In the splendid surroundings of Carpenters' Hall, the Company clothed its LIverymen at a special ceremony on Thursday 30th September. This was followed by The Annual Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance at St. Botolph's Aldgate and a Celebration Party back at the Hall.

Aldermen The Lord Levene of Portsoken, KBE
Aldermen The Lord Levene of Portsoken, KBE is clothed
as a Honorary Liveryman of the Company

Dr Edward Brech, MBE, Honorary Archivist
Dr Edward Brech, MBE, Honorary Archivist is also clothed
as an Honorary Liveryman

The Annual Education Supper & Awards Presentation, 30th June 2004

In the splendid surroundings of Tallow Chandler's Hall, Members of the Company and their guests gathered to celebrate the work of our Education Committee and present this year's Urwick Cup and Prize. Sir Alan Urwick, KCVO, CMG, awarded the Cup and prize to Nicholas McLoughlin and both he and runner up Amit Vedhara were presented with certificates and the Company's heartiest congratulations. The assembly were also treated to entertaining and erudite speeches from Baroness Warwick of Undercliff and Lord Cunliffe.

Sir Alan Urwick, KCVO, CMG with Nicholas
Sir Alan Urwick, KCVO, CMG with Nicholas McLoughlin

Baroness Warwick of Undercliff
Baroness Warwick of Undercliff

Lord Cunliffe
Lord Cunliffe

Clothing of the Court, 27th May 2004

In the splendid surroundings of Watermens' Hall, The Master, Wardens, Court of Assistants, Clerk and Beadle were clothed as Liverymen and Officers respectively of The Worshipful Company of Management Consultants.

Clothing of the Court
Front row L-R, Assistants Rajan Anketell, Doug Prior, Past Master Keith Burgess, Mark Churchward and Barry Curnow

Second row L -R, The Clerk, Assistants Ian Daniell, Bob Garratt, Past Master Patrick McHugh, John McLean Fox, Bill Penney

Third row L-R, Assistants Satjit Singh, Brian Small, Past Master Brian Pomeroy, Vicky Pryce, Gareth Rees, Shelagh Rushforth, Paul Thornton, William Barnard

Back row L-R, First Warden Allan Duguid, Fourth Warden Mary Collis, Second Warden Barrie Collins, Third Warden Hugh Morris, Past Master Mike Jeans, The Master, The Beadle

The Court Of Wardens
The Master and Wardens resplendent in their new gowns (L-R, Fourth Warden Mary Collis, Third Warden Hugh Morris, The Mater, Second Warden Barrie Collins, First Warden Allan Duguid)

The Annual Company Lecture, 27th May 2004

Major General Tim Cross, CBE, delivered this year's Company Lecture "Post War Iraq - the maelstrom.

Major General Tim Cross, CBE
Major General Tim Cross, CBE

The Worshipful Company of Management Consultants – Charity Golf Day

The first Company Charity golf day took place at the Beautiful Bowood Country Park Golf Course. Set within the grounds of the magnificent Bowood House near Chippenham, the location, weather and company could not have been better for a fine day’s golf.

The Company was represented by Founder Liverymen Jeremy Drew, Paul Thornton and Paul Northcott and 17 invited guests and friends.

The course and the weather ensured that, whilst the standard of golf in some instances (mainly my own) was not of the highest standard, the walk was not, as Oscar Wilde would have it, spoiled.

There were a number of competitions these included
  • Best Single
  • Best Team
  • The Worshipful Ball
  • Last Man
  • Nearest the pin and Longest drive

The prizes were provided by very kind donations from Jeremy Drew of Alto Resources, QA and a personal donation from Third Warden Hugh Morris. This gift was all the more generous as he is not even a golfe,r although he would have enjoyed all the pheasants that we saw during the day!

Of all the competitions perhaps the most interesting was “The Worshipful Ball”. Each team was given one specially marked ball which they had to play in turn. The ball must survive the entire round and the team with the highest score wins. It is worthy of note that my team managed to lose their ball after the very first shot of the day! The winning team were a mixture of QA and the RAF (shown above)

Only two players succumbed to the £50 (divided by handicap) fine for putting their ball into the water. The overall winner with a magnificent 37 points was Jon Crofts from Vodafone. No doubt he will be having a serious discussion with his handicapping committee when he returns.

To finish the day the club provided an excellent 3 course dinner prior to the prize giving and the whole day raised a little over £310 for the Centre for Charity Effectiveness.

Everyone agreed that this was an excellent day and a repeat next year would most probably be even better supported.

Royalist Regatta, 16th - 17th May 2004

A group of Company Members, skipped by Immediate Past Master Patrick McHugh, took part in this year's Royalist Regatta - a fund-
raising event for the Sea Cadets and Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Sailing together for the first time, the crew quickly showed that with
good leadership, management consultants can work as a team and produce improving results even on a beautiful day with very little
wind!

Everyone enjoyed the experience and expressed intent to "join the swallows" and return next year.

Royalist Regatta 2004 - Solent
The crew celebrating their safe return (from L-R Assistant William Barnard, Second Warden Barrie Collins, Assistant Mark Churchward, Founder Liveryman David Shannon, Chris Neill, Founder Liveryman Edward Sankey, Immediate Past Master Patrick McHugh (Skipper), First Warden Allan Duguid.

Bonham Trophy
The Immediate Past Master and David Shannon displaying the Bonham Trophy rewarded in recognition of a very visible error at the start of the second race!

The Master's Dinner, 29th April 2004

In the splendid surroundings of Stationers' Hall, Members of the Company celebrated with The Master at his annual Dinner. We were honoured to have many guests and friends with us on the evening, including our Sponsoring Alderman, Alderman The Lord Levene of Portsoken, KBE and his wife, Lady Levene. The Very Revd. Dr. John Moses, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral treated those present to a lively address prior to his toast to the Company. The Master awarded the Wardens' Quaich to its first winner, Gordon Stoker, for his sterling work on behalf of the Company. The Quaich had been donated to the Wardens by Past Master Mike Jeans in celebration of his eleven years on the Court of Wardens.


The Master awards Gordon Stoker with The Wardens' Quaich


The Very Revd. Dr. John Moses with Assistant John McLean Fox

The AGM & Members' Reception, 7th April 2004

Members of the Company convened in the impressive lecture theatre at Cass Business School for the Company's first formal AGM. The Annual Report for 2002/2003 had been distributed in advance of the meeting and further copies are available from The Clerk.

Vice Admiral Sir Neville Purvis, KCB, reported on the continuing links between the Company and the Sea Cadets and The Master presented this year's award to North East London Sea Cadets, winners of this year's competition for the best adventrue training proposal in the London area.

AGM 2004
Lieutenant Cliff Lewis receives the award from The Master

Assistant John McLean Fox and Professor Ian Bruce spoke about the history and progress of the Centre for Charity Effectiveness, a joint venture between the Company and Cass and transcripts of their talks are available in the Library in the Members' only section of the site. Members are encouraged to read these transcripts as they
portray a compelling and appealing picture of progress made.

The evening was rounded off with a Reception, much enjoyed by all!

The AGM Reception 2004
Members of the Company and guests enjoy the post AGM Reception!

THE CENTRE FOR CHARITY EFFECTIVENESS
PRESENTATION TO THE COMPANY OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS, 7th April 2004

Download Speech Transcripts (Word Doc Files)
INTRODUCTION - Assistant John McLean Fox
PROGRESS ON THE CENTRE FOR CHARITY EFFECTIVENESS - Professor Ian Bruce, Director