Subject to election, as Senior Alderman Below The Chair (SABTAC), Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli will be Lord Mayor of the City of London from 10 November 2023 till 10 November 2024. Michael’s working theme is ‘Connect To Prosper - The Knowledge Miles In The World's Coffeehouse’: to celebrate the many Knowledge Miles of The Square Mile. London is the world’s coffeehouse where people bring their dreams to get them realised. Over 40 learned societies, 70 universities, and 130 research institutes surround the City. Our workforce is as much ‘science & tech’ as ‘finance’.

But why do dreams matter? Because they lead to solutions for our problems, most notably the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Naturally, realising dreams involves everything from the creative and technical start to the support of professional and financial services.

In this introductory webinar, Professor Mainelli will lay out his vision for the mayoralty during a year of Knowledge Miles lectures, underlining the importance of London as an intellectual centre.

Speaker:

Professor Michael Mainelli FCCA FCSI(Hon) FBCS, Chairman, Z/Yen Group, is a qualified accountant, securities professional, computer specialist, and management consultant. Michael was educated at Harvard University and Trinity College Dublin and gained his PhD at the London School of Economics where he was also a Visiting Professor of Innovation & IT. Michael is Emeritus Professor, Fellow, & Trustee at Gresham College where he created the Long Finance initiative asking “when would we know our financial system is working?” His third book, "The Price Of Fish: A New Approach To Wicked Economics And Better Decisions", won the Independent Publisher Book Awards Finance, Investment & Economics Gold Prize. Michael is an Alderman and was a Sheriff of the City of London 2019-2021.