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CITY LIVERY
NEWS
City Christmas Fair in aid of
Wellbeing of Women
Lord Mayor’s Show
Saturday 10th November
The New Lord Mayor
Join in at the City Christmas Fair where you can
browse stalls filled with original and luxury goods
and unwind with a glass of bubbly at our
Champagne and Prosecco bar. You can place a
bid in the very popular Silent Auction throughout
the day or buy some raffle tickets for a chance to
win one of our fabulous prizes. More information
is available on the Wellbeing of Women website.
Entrance tickets cost £5 on the door or can be
bought in advance online at £5 per ticket. Take
advantage of our special 3 for 2 online offer for
£10 before November 26th 2012.
The fair will take place in historic Drapers’ Hall.
Now in its twelfth year, the annual Christmas Fair
organised by The Wellbeing of Women will be
held once again at Drapers’ Hall on Monday 3
December between 11am and 8pm. Many of you
will have visited this before but it really is an
excellent opportunity to do your Christmas
shopping in a civilised manner at the same time
as helping a really first class charity. This year
there are 54 stalls which, as usual, will be selling a
wide variety of items. Everything from baby
Alpaca knitwear to fun fashion watches and yes,
the rich dark boozy Christmas cakes will be
there again!
This spectacular three-mile-long procession will
wind its way from Mansion House through the
historic streets of the Square Mile to the Royal
Courts of Justice - parade and a tradition dating
back to 1215. The event welcomes into office
the new Lord Mayor of the City of London - this
year, it's the turn of the 685th incumbent,
Alderman Roger Gifford. It is expected that
around half a million spectators will watch the
procession, which will begin at 11am with an
aircraft fly-past. There will be carriages (notably
the 254-year-old, gold Lord Mayor's State Coach,
which spends most of the year glittering
impressively in the window at the Museum of
London), marching bands and floats featuring
people from a huge variety of London
organisations including Jaguar Academy of Sport
ambassador Jessica Ennis at the wheel of the new
F-type Jag.
Immediate Past Master, Peter Cowland took the
lead for the Modern Companies entry for those
Companies taking part in this year’s Lord
Mayor’s Show. The Worshipful Company took
part with other Modern Companies.
A merchant banker has been sworn in as the new
Lord Mayor of London - the first in eight years to
have a background in banking. Roger Gifford,
who works for Swedish bank SEB, was formally
admitted to office, becoming "chief salesman for
the City for the year".
He said he intends to champion London's banking
sector. Mr Gifford said: "I'm going to try and point
out all the good things about banking. Banking is
a cyclical business and tends to follow the way
the economy moves."
He said he was of the belief the slump would
lead to technological innovation and the "start of
a new boom" - I'm sure the banking jobs will
come back."
Mr. Gifford has served on several of the
committees of the City of London Corporation.
He started his career in finance with SG Warburg
(1978–82), working in international banking and
capital markets. In 1982 he left to join a new
merchant bank, Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank
Corpand, from 1994 to 1999, he headed the
bank’s operations in Japan. Since 2000 he has
been SEB's UK country manager.
Mr. Gifford is a former chairman of the Swedish
Chamber of Commerce (UK) and of the
Association of Foreign Banks (UK). He is a
trustee of St Paul’s Cathedral Foundation, St
Paul’s Cathedral Choir School Foundation and
King Edward’s School Witley; chair of the English
Chamber Orchestra and the Tenebrae Choir
among other arts involvements.
Monday 3rd December 2012, 11am-8pm
Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Street,
London EC2N 2DQ
He is a liveryman of the Worshipful
Companies of Musicians, Cordwainers
and Security Professionals. He served as
Master of the Worshipful Company of
International Bankers (2010–11) and is
sponsoring alderman for the Guild of
Public Relations Practitioners.