Wardens, Visiting Masters and Wardens, Liverymen, Ladies & Gentlemen, thank you, Immediate Past Master, Peter Cheese, for the way in which you have proposed that toast to the Company, and thank you all for the way in which you have received it.
As the current Master, it’s my pleasure to welcome you to the fellowship and work of the Company of Human Resource Professionals.
It is an enormous honour and privilege to stand before you as the 10th Master of the Company of HR Professionals. We celebrate our modern company this evening in a nearly 1000-year-old tradition.
I would like to start by thanking the Master and Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Grocers for hosting tonight’s event in this beautiful hall. I would also like to thank the Gallant Clerk Karen, Peter, and Debs and Mary in the clerking team for all the amazing work they do and for making this evening happen.
