Master’s Installation Service & Dinner
8th October 2025 from 5:00pm — 10:30pm • St Bartholomew the Great Church, West Smithfield, London EC1A 9DS and Haberdashers' Hall 18 W Smithfield, London EC1A 9HX
Please note that bookings are now closed.
We invite all members, their families and friends to join us for the Master’s Installation Service on 8 October 2025 where we will celebrate the installation of Gus Machado as our Master for 2025-26. This will be preceded by the clothing of our new Liverymen. This year’s Installation Dinner will take place in Haberdashers’ Hall.
Guest Speaker: Tom Ilube CBE, Chair of The King’s Trust UK, Britain’s largest national youth charity founded by its President HM King Charles III in 1976.
Tom is Chair of The King’s Trust UK, Britain’s largest national youth charity founded by its President HM King Charles III in 1976. Tom is also a Non Executive Director of FTSE100 company WPP plc, the global advertising group. Previously he was Chair of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and served on the Board of the BBC. Tom is a Liveryman of the WCIT and an Honorary Fellow of both Jesus College, Oxford and St Anne’s College, Oxford.
An educational philanthropist and technology entrepreneur, Tom has been involved in launching several tech companies and a number of schools. Tom was the founding Chair of Hammersmith Academy and is Chair of the British Education Charity, the African Gifted Foundation and launched the African Science Academy (ASA). He was Chair of ADA College, the UK’s National College for Digital Skills and was the first WCIT Governor of Lilian Baylis Technology School. In 2017 Tom was named Britain’s most influential Black person. He was appointed a CBE in 2018 for services to Technology and Philanthropy and has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by several universities.
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: Haberdashers’ Hall 18 W Smithfield, London EC1A 9HX | Reception: 1845 for 1930 / Carriages: 2230 | £165 (inc vat).
Register via the Members’ Portal by Wednesday 24 September 2025. Refunds will not be issued after this date.
Prospective members, please email booking@wcit.org.uk to book your place.