Lord Mayor’s Annual Address to the Livery

22nd November 2023

Mansion House

City Livery Masters and their clerks were invited by Lord Mayor Michael Manelli to hear first hand his plans and commitments for his year in office.

in his own words:

Connect to Prosper outlines Lord Mayor Michael Mainelli’s Mayoral Priorities for 2023/2024, demonstrating the City’ strengths in solving global challenges.

During his year as Lord Mayor, Alderman Mainelli will champion Connect to Prosper, emphasising the City’s strengths:

We are connected – The City of London is the world’s most successful concentration of knowledge connections both locally and globally.
We have major talent clusters – Knowledge-based businesses thrive when they cluster and have access to talented people, financing and markets. The Mayoral year will highlight this. 
Things happen here – The Mayoral year will showcase the City’s communities’ inventiveness through demonstrations and experimentation.
Connect to Prosper
Over 40 learned societies, 70 higher education institutions, and 130 research institutes exist in and around the City of London. The Square Mile is made up of many “knowledge miles” with expertise in art, media, culture, engineering, research, accounting, law, banking, shipping, insurance, and investment management.

Connect to Prosper will bring together thought leaders from the scientific, academic, and business worlds to demonstrate the City’s strengths in solving global challenges. The City of London’s Square Mile is the world’s coffeehouse where people bring their dreams to get them realised.