Guests contributed £1,275 to Birmingham Children’s Hospital at the event, held at Edgbaston Cricket Stadium on Thursday 23 June
Branch president Mark Rogers ACSI said to the 78 guests:
The Birmingham & West Midlands annual dinner was a great success and attended by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham and dignitaries such as Robert Davis OBE (AKA Jasper Carrott, comedian). The guest speaker was Robert Horsfall of Webster & Horsfall, a long-standing Birmingham company which celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2020. Webster & Horsfall laid the first transatlantic phone cable and have now innovated and diversified their deliverability to be a major hub of green energy. The whole evening was a celebration of success, which included the exam success of CISI members and the success of Birmingham as a thriving business and financial services hub and a young, diverse and integrated city.
There were two forms of fundraising on the night: a charity collection for Birmingham Children’s Hospital and a raffle for the following prizes: £100 John Lewis vouchers, afternoon tea for two at the Grand Hotel and a bottle of prosecco.
Top table guests included: Dearbhla Craddock, corporate partnership officer, Birmingham Children’s Hospital; the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Maureen Cornish; Colin Chapman, Chartered FCSI, deputy dean, Aston Business School; Dr Simeon Babatunde, programme director, Birmingham City Business School; Dr Lien Luu CFP™ MCSI.
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The sponsors for this event were BNY Mellon, EFG Harris Allday, First Trust, and Picted Asset Management, without whom it would not have been possible. If you would like to support future dinners, please contact nikki.macmillan@cisi.org.