Mais Lecture


The Mais Lecture has been hosted since 1978, on a mostly annual basis, by Bayes 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. He played a key role in establishing City University's Centre of Excellence for Banking and Finance, now part of the wider .
The 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, and notably the forum in which successive Chancellors and Shadow Chancellors have set out their economic philosophy and policies.
In January 2021 Anneliese Dodds MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, became the first woman to give the Mais Lecture.

List of Mais Lectures

LectureDateDelivered byTitle
First9 Feb 1978Gordon RichardsonReflections on the Conduct of Monetary Policy
SecondNov 1979Lionel RobbinsObjectives of Monetary Policy: Past and Present
ThirdMay 1981Geoffrey HoweThe Fight Against Inflation
FourthMar 1983Friedrich HayekScience and Ethics
Fifth18 Jun 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
TwelfthJun 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
FifteenthOct 1996Michael HeseltineAchieving Competitiveness in a Global Economy
Sixteenth24 Jun 1997Edward GeorgeMonetary Policy in Britain and Europe
SeventeenthMay 1998Hans TietmeyerFinancial and Monetary Integration: Benefits, Opportunities, and Pitfalls
Eighteenth19 Oct 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-firstApr 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 Oct 2008Alistair DarlingChancellor Reveals His Plans to Maintain Economic Stability
Twenty-fifth13 May 2009Axel A. WeberReflections on the Financial Crisis
Twenty-sixth24 Feb 2010George OsborneA New Economic Model
Twenty-seventh13 Jul 2011Paul VolckerThe World of Finance and the National Interest
Twenty-eighth8 May 2012Patrick HonohanThe Experience of Financial Integration – Ireland, Britain, Europe
Twenty-ninth18 Mar 2014Mark CarneyOne Mission. One Bank. Promoting the Good of the People of the United Kingdom.
Thirtieth7 Oct 2015Olivier BlanchardRethinking Macro Policy
Thirty-first12 Jun 2017Brian GriffithsRestoring Trust in the Banking System
Thirty-second29 Oct 2018José Manuel BarrosoThe European Union and the Changing International Landscape
Thirty-third13 Jan 2021Anneliese DoddsThe challenges of the post-Covid, post-Brexit UK economy – a response
Thirty-fourth24 Feb 2022Rishi SunakA new culture of enterprise
Thirty-fifth5 Jun 2023Odile Renaud-BassoHow to green the global economy
Thirty-sixth19 Mar 2024Rachel ReevesEconomic Growth in an Age of Insecurity
Thirty-seventh27 Mar 2025Isabel SchnabelFinancial literacy and monetary policy transmission