London's Lord Mayor meets with NAMBC 

(The Lord Mayor of London, and NAMBC's UB office Manager, Bolorsuvd)

Alderman David Brewer, the 678th Lord Mayor of the City of London, was the featured speaker at the NAMBC's monthly meeting on February 27 in UB. He was accompanied by a delegation of 15 officials from British banks, investment firms, tax advisors, solicitors and others who traveled with him to Mongolia and six cities in China.

London has had a Lord Mayor for 817 years.   Mr. Brewer described his duties running the City of London -- which is only one square mile within Greater London. The Lord Mayor's most important non-ceremonial function is as  spokesman to promote Britain's position as one of the world's  leading international financial centers. During his one-year term of office, the Lord Mayor will visit 23 foreign countries including a second visit to China later this year. Among his hobbies are chocolates and making outrageous puns. Dean Andrew Lock of the University of Leeds Business School also spoke. LBS is ranked  #3 in research out of all European business schools and as one of the top 100 business schools in the world. Mongolian President N. Enkhbayar is a graduate of the University of Leeds.

Victor Ng, co-founder and Group CEO of London Asia Capital, announced his firm's joint venture with Capitron Bank of Mongolia to assist Mongolian companies in raising private equity and other capital internationally. The Lord Mayor is a non-executive director of his firm.

(Professor Andrew Lock, Dean of Leeds University Business School (L), talks with NAMBC Vice President Jim Dwyer and London's Lord Mayor (R) at NAMBC meeting in UB.)

[Posted 3/21/2006]