Master’s Installation Service & Dinner 2024

9th October 2024 from 5:00pm — 10:30pm • St Bartholomew the Great Church, West Smithfield, London EC1A 9DS and Stationers’ Hall, Ave Maria Lane, London EC4M 7DD

Please note that bookings are now closed.

We invite all members, their families and friends to join us for the Master’s Installation Service where we will celebrate the installation of Gary Moore as our Master for 2024-25. This will be preceded by the clothing of our new Liverymen. This year’s Installation Dinner will take place in Stationers’ Hall. In 1606, the Stationers purchased Abergavenny House on the site of the present Hall. During the early days of September 1666, the Great Fire destroyed the major part of the City of London and Abergavenny House was burned to the ground. Work on the present Hall began in 1670 and by 1673 it was ready for use. Additions took place at the end of the 18th century, including the magnificent stained-glass windows in the Livery Hall.

Guest Speaker: Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London to King Charles III

Past Master Sir Kenneth is Founder and Chairman of boutique technology merchant bank, Restoration Partners. Ken’s technology career spans over 40 years commencing with IBM and then as a senior executive at Wang Laboratories working in the UK, Belgium and the USA. He has considerable public company board-level experience on both sides of the Atlantic. The first British-born black man to be appointed as a Director of a FTSE 100 company (Reuters) he has also served on the Boards of Open Text, Thomson Reuters, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation and several AIM-listed businesses. Today he chairs a portfolio of high potential technology businesses including Inogesis (home to the Virtual Technology Cluster), Interswitch (Nigeria’s leading payments company) and Proxymity – (digital investor communications platform) Interswitch. Ken is equally committed to public service and has been an NHS Trust Director, an inaugural member of regulators, Postal Service Commission and IPSA (Independent Parliamentary Standard Authority); and a Governor of the Peabody Trust. He is the founder of the Aleto Foundation; President of Thames Reach (for which he received an OBE in 2010); Chairman of Shaw Trust; and President of London Youth. In 2015 Her Majesty the Queen, appointed him as her Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London. He was knighted in 2018 for services to business and philanthropy and in 2021 he was appointed High Bailiff and Searcher of the Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey and a Trustee of the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund. On January 1st 2022, Ken became Chair of BusinessLDN (formerly known as London First.) He captures his motivations in his official motto – ‘Do well. Do good.”

Dress Code: Black Tie/Mess Dress. Decorations and Badges of Office. Livery Sashes Optional.

Clothing and Installation Service: St Bartholomew the Great Church, West Smithfield, London EC1A 9DS 1700 for 1715 | £free no booking required

Dinner: Stationers’ Hall, Ave Maria Lane, London EC4M 7DD Reception: 1850 for 1930 / Carriages: 2230 | £150 (inc vat).

Prospective members, please email mellissa@wcit.org.uk to book your place.

An official photographer will be present during the event and photos may be publicised on our website, publications and social media channels. Please contact the Clerk with any further queries.

Installation Service & Dinner flyer 2024

Installation Service & Dinner flyer 2024 – without cost shown