Sir Alastair King
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Sir Alastair King presents as a classic Catalyst throughout this interview, consistently focused on mobilizing others into action rather than simply administering inherited structures. He frames his entire mayoralty around re-energizing risk appetite, convening chief risk officers for pep talks, staging scale-up capital events at Mansion House, and personally flying to 16 countries to prod British businesses off the sidelines.
“And putting that through into the engine of the company. Therefore, let's just work with that extraordinary transmission mechanism. And let's do things like if we're having difficulty doing more investment projects into some difficult parts of the world, then let's get some British company, chief risk officers that do do things in that di…”
“I mean, I think that I certainly don't see a shortage of opportunities, particularly when it comes to things like innovation. The extraordinary innovation coming out of UK universities, we have remarkable strength in that area.”
“I can give you a wonderful example happened just the other day. I was part of launching the UK Tech Week, a remarkable event, thousands of people coming from around the world, descended upon London. We had 125 different delegations from around the world with thousands of people.”
“Well, I mean, I think that there is a, that's obviously a movement back to the office, in my view, it can fast enough. We do not do that well enough here in London. The opportunities to learn from your colleagues to spark ideas, it's so much better when we have people together in offices.”
Money Maze Podcast: ““News of Our Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated.” Why the City of London Remains a Globally Potent Force - With Sir Alastair King, Lord Mayor of the City of London”
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