Our Election Court was held on 21 April and the team for 2016-17 was elected. Master Elect is Keith Tozzi, seen here in our Cutter, Thames Warden, Mike Williamson, master of fancy dress at the inter-livery pancake races, Fleet Warden, Richard Waller and Walbrook Warden, Mark Lane. A strong team to take us through next year’s exciting events, starting with Keith’s Installation and Dinner at the Painted Hall, Greenwich. We also welcomed five Freemen and three Liverymen.
The guest speaker was Michael Cooper, a senior accountant responsible for coordinating the financial management of CAP expenditure. He is the Immediate Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks and is the parish clerk of St Magnus the Martyr. He noted that the connections between the parish clerks and water go back 800 years, and in the middle ages, the parish clerk was known as the ‘water bearer’. Michael described his job, and his Defra inheritance – a pair of wellingtons. But the job carries crucial obligations which affect our Company, particularly care for the environment.
Thanking Michael for his speech and insight into our history, I reviewed the last three months and looked forward to another City Go Kart Grand Prix in June and a Bursary event in September. Talking of which, it gave me great pleasure to present engraved water jugs to Best Dissertation prize-winners: Irem Unay from Brunel and Vinicius Delboni from Queen Mary. These awards are managed by The Water Conservation Trust, the Company’s charity.
Concluding the event, we held a retiring collection for the Army Benevolent Fund (ABF). Successive Lord Mayors have raised over £1.4m for the ABF since 2008, with this money being used to support soldiers and veterans. Our army affiliate is the Royal Engineers, who build infrastructure - most recently hospitals in Sierra Leone for people contracting the Ebola virus. The collection adds to the cheque presented earlier in the month at the Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch attended by Prince Harry and two of our Wardens.
Our Election Court was held on 21 April and the team for 2016-17 was elected. Master Elect is Keith Tozzi, seen here in our Cutter, Thames Warden, Mike Williamson, master of fancy dress at the inter-livery pancake races, Fleet Warden, Richard Waller and Walbrook Warden, Mark Lane. A strong team to take us through next year’s exciting events, starting with Keith’s Installation and Dinner at the Painted Hall, Greenwich. We also welcomed five Freemen and three Liverymen.
The guest speaker was Michael Cooper, a senior accountant responsible for coordinating the financial management of CAP expenditure. He is the Immediate Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks and is the parish clerk of St Magnus the Martyr. He noted that the connections between the parish clerks and water go back 800 years, and in the middle ages, the parish clerk was known as the ‘water bearer’. Michael described his job, and his Defra inheritance – a pair of wellingtons. But the job carries crucial obligations which affect our Company, particularly care for the environment.
Thanking Michael for his speech and insight into our history, I reviewed the last three months and looked forward to another City Go Kart Grand Prix in June and a Bursary event in September. Talking of which, it gave me great pleasure to present engraved water jugs to Best Dissertation prize-winners: Irem Unay from Brunel and Vinicius Delboni from Queen Mary. These awards are managed by The Water Conservation Trust, the Company’s charity. 
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