Mais Lecture


The annual Mais lecture has been hosted since 1978 by Cass Business School, part of City, University of London.
The lecture is named in honour of Lord Mais, the 645th Lord Mayor of the City of London, and Pro-Chancellor of City University, who played a key role in establishing City University's Centre of Excellence for Banking and Finance, now part of the wider .
The annual lecture is regarded as a leading event for the banking and finance community of the City of London, having hosted a number of prestigious speakers including successive Prime Ministers, Chancellors of the Exchequer, and Governors of the Bank of England.

List of Mais lectures

LectureDateDelivered byTitle
First9 February 1978Gordon RichardsonReflections on the Conduct of Monetary Policy
SecondNovember 1979Lionel RobbinsObjectives of Monetary Policy: Past and Present
ThirdMay 1981Geoffrey HoweThe Fight Against Inflation
FourthMarch 1983Friedrich HayekScience and Ethics
Fifth18 June 1984Nigel LawsonThe British Experiment
SixthMay 1986Roy JenkinsThe International Finance Scene: Can Sense be Plucked Out of Danger
SeventhMay 1987Robin Leigh-PembertonThe Instruments of Monetary Policy
EighthMay 1988Michel CamdessusThe IMF in a Changing World
NinthMay 1989Samuel BrittanA Restatement of Economic Liberalism
TenthMay 1990Gordon PepperMonetary Policy: A Post-Mortem and Proposal
EleventhMay 1992Economic and Monetary Union: The Case for Central Bank Independence
TwelfthJune 1993Peter LilleyBenefits and Costs: Securing and Future of Social Security
ThirteenthMay 1994Kenneth ClarkeThe Changing World of Work in the 1990s
Fourteenth22 May 1995Tony BlairThe Economic Framework for New Labour
FifteenthOctober 1996Michael HeseltineAchieving Competitiveness in a Global Economy
Sixteenth24 June 1997Edward GeorgeMonetary Policy in Britain and Europe
SeventeenthMay 1998Hans TietmeyerFinancial and Monetary Integration: Benefits, Opportunities, and Pitfalls
EighteenthOctober 1999Gordon BrownThe Conditions for Full Employment
NineteenthMay 2000Jonathan SacksMarkets, Governments, and Virtues
TwentiethMay 2001Valery Giscard d'EstaingThe New European Debate: The Euro-zone and the Greater Europe
Twenty-firstApril 2003Ernst WeltekeReflections on European Monetary Policy
Twenty-second12 May 2004Otmar IssingThe Euro: the First Five Years
Twenty-third17 May 2005Mervyn KingMonetary Policy: Practice Ahead of Theory
Twenty-fourth29 October 2008Alistair DarlingChancellor Reveals His Plans to Maintain Economic Stability
Twenty-fifth13 May 2009Axel A. WeberReflections on the Financial Crisis
Twenty-sixth24 February 2010George OsborneA New Economic Model
Twenty-seventhJuly 2011Paul VolckerThe World of Finance and the National Interest
Twenty-eighth8 May 2012Patrick HonohanThe Experience of Financial Integration – Ireland, Britain, Europe
Twenty-ninth18 March 2014Mark CarneyOne Mission. One Bank. Promoting the Good of the People of the United Kingdom.
Thirtieth7 October 2015Olivier BlanchardRethinking Macro Policy
Thirty-first12 June 2017Brian GriffithsRestoring Trust in the Banking System
Thirty-second29 October 2018José Manuel BarrosoThe European Union and the Changing International Landscape