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| Dennis Hall appointed as new Clerk to the Company
Dennis enjoyed a full career in the Royal Artillery. He travelled world-wide and particular high-lights included mounted duty with the King's Troop RHA, liaison work in the South of France and on the Army staff of the Joint Services Staff College at the time of its formation. On leaving the Army he was appointed manager of a wildlife charity and has since spent the last four years as the Bursar of a busy, thriving school. Dennis and his wife Kathy have a daughter, Juliet, and have settled in Cranleigh, south of Guildford. They enjoy their garden, offshore sailing and fishing. We all wish him well in this demanding role and look forward to meeting him at our functions in the New Year. The Installation Dinner, 21st October 2004 In the lavish surroundings of Vintners' Hall, Mr Allan Duguid was installed as the 11th Master of the Company. Over 120 Members and their guests enjoyed music provided by the Sea Cadets and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, good wines, a tasty Dinner and an entertaining speech by guest of honour, Major General Martin White, CB, CBE, DL.
 (L-R) Rt Hon Christopher Chope, CBE, MP, Mr John Rennie, Master, Hackney Carriage Drivers' Company, Commodore Laurie Brokenshire, CBE, RN, Mrs Fiona White, Major General Martin White, CB, CBE, DL, The Master, Mrs Sue Duguid, The First Warden, Mr David Simmonds, JP, Master, The Tallow Chandlers' Company, Ms Stephanie Bird, Mr Robert Dunley, Master, The Firefighters' Company. 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.
The Granting of Letters Patent, 17th September 2004
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.
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.
The Annual
Company Lecture, 27th May 2004
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
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- Everyone enjoyed the experience and expressed intent to "join the swallows" and return next year.
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 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.
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 The evening was rounded off with a Reception, much enjoyed by all!
THE CENTRE FOR CHARITY EFFECTIVENESS Download Speech Transcripts (Word Doc Files)
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