MELIA BUSINESS BREAKFAST WITH ALDERMAN WILLIAM RUSSELL, THE LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LONDON

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We are delighted to announce that we will be welcoming Alderman William Russell, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, to be the Guest Speaker at the next edition of our Meliá Business Breakfasts series which will take place on the 24^th June at 9am..

The Lord Mayor will address the following areas as a part of his speech:

1. The effects of Brexit on activity in the City of London and how the Lord Mayor expects this to change over the course of this year and following the end of the transition period.
2. Why the UK (with particular regards to the finance and professional services sectors) should still be an attractive market for foreign investment post-Brexit.
3. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the finance sector, the City and/or the wider UK economy how he predicts that this will evolve in the coming months and years.

There will then be time for participants to ask any questions that they have directly to the Lord Mayor, as well as to Nick Collier who is the Managing Director of the Brussels office of the City of London and who will be joining us for the Q&A part of the session.

Biography

Alderman William Russell took office as the 692nd Lord Mayor of the City of London in November 2019. He served as a Sheriff of the City of London in 2016-17 and, in that capacity, supported the then Lord Mayor, undertaking numerous visits and official functions.

His mayoral theme for the year is Global UK: Trade, Innovation and Culture, aiming to grow global trade, champion innovation and promote a rich and vibrant cultural and creative economy.

William has over thirty years’ experience in the financial and business City including holding senior positions in the national and international Banking sector. In 1987 he went to work for First Boston Corporation before joining Merrill Lynch in 1992 as an Investment Banker in Institutional Equity Sales, working in Asia, New York and London. William is currently Chair of CDAM, a London based Asset Management business and Senior Advisor to STJ Advisors. He served on the Board of Innovate Finance, the industry body for the UK based Fintech community and is also an educational entrepreneur, as the co-Founder and Chair of Knightsbridge School and a Director of Knightsbridge School International (KSI).