From Professor Kelvin Higgins, President of the City & Guilds College Association

 

Dear CGCA Member,
 

I’m pleased to announce the details of our Annual General Meeting, AGM. As already announced it will be held on Saturday, 7th June, starting at 11:30 (UK time) in the SkemptonBuilding (aka Civil Engineering Department) on Imperial Colleges’ South Kensington Campus. The meeting will take place in room 427 (4th Floor).

 

Skempton Building (copyright Imperial College)
 

The Agenda is published below, and will include:
 

• A review of the last year by Kelvin

• Presentation of the Accounts for 2024 by our Treasurer

• Election of Officers for 2025/26
 

You may attend in person, or join by a ZOOM conference (details below). The room and the ZOOM conference will be open from 11:00 hrs.  The AGM is expected to finish at 12:00 hrs.
 

Following the AGM there will be a presentation by the Venerable Roger Preece, Master of the Royal Foundation of St Katharine and Senior Vice President of the Association. Roger’s presentation is titled “Energising Leadership”.

 

The Venerable Roger Preece
 

“Many organisations struggle with a sense of bringing energy into their organisations. Remote working, increased uncertainty and economic pressure can all contribute towards this sense of organisational entropy. How can leaders understand the energy state of their organsiation and also their own particular leadership strengths that can create the energy needed to deliver operational excellence and also the resilience to cope with significant change?”
 

Roger Preece has had an international coaching and mentoring practice over the last twenty years and has recently been working with colleagues in Strengths Unleashed a network of former business leaders who are all committed to seeing energy restored to organisations. After Imperial (Elec Eng) Roger’s first career was in investment Banking and Management Consultancy. He was one of the founders of Capco, that grew from inception to being valued at over £1b when it was sold in 2023. At Capco, Roger delivered major consulting projects as well as overseeing all the knowledge capital work, including research, training and mentoring. His second career has been in the charity sector and he has had roles in the Church of England, Health and Education. In 2019 , he was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to be Master of the Royal Foundation of St Katharine, an ancient charity (founded in 1147) that is now a retreat centre, meeting space and community charity in East London.
 

Members and their guests may attend Roger’s presentation. You may also join the presentation on the same ZOOM conference as the AGM. The AGM and presentation are free to Members and their Guests.
 

As the AGM is on the same day as the Great Exhibition Road Festival, catering presents a challenge as all College resources are supporting Imperial’s role as the leading organisation of the Festival. I’m sorry but the normal refreshments at the start of the AGM will not be available this time.  The same issue has impacted the President’s Lunch, however we are organising a table at a local restaurant for a meal and socialising after the AGM event. If you wish to join us, please let our Honorary Secretary know by email ( guildshs2018@outlook.com ) as soon as possible. The meal will be on a split bill basis. Your guests are welcome to join the meal.
 

Around the AGM you may wish to enjoy the Festival. On Saturday it runs from 12:00 to 18:00 and all institutions on Exhibition Road will be holding special events. For details of the Festival, go to  https://www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/

I look forward to seeing you at the AGM, or on the ZOOM Conference,

 

Kelvin
 

 

To join the ZOOM Conference, please click the following link. 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81592860353?pwd=7rEnaPuVbtFJXawjwZ5vqI59aVj5Ce.1

I suggest you join the conference before 11:30 as there may be a few setup steps to get you connected.