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Merton in the City Association

The Merton in the City Association has been created for Mertonians who are active in a broad area of work related to life in the City of London - with the aim of providing a forum at which they will be able to meet old friends and build networks.

Recent speakers at meetings of the Merton in the City Association include:

  • Professor Fiona Murray CBE (1986), Associate Dean for Innovation and Inclusion at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP (1993), Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities, June 2021
  • Ian Taylor (1975), Chairman of Vitol Group and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Opera House, January 2019
  • Vijay Joshi (Emeritus Fellow, Balliol 1960), former Tutorial Fellow in Economics at Merton, adviser to the Indian government and board member of a number of internationally renowned institutions, May 2018
  • Roger Bootle (1970), founder of Capital Economics and former Group Chief Economist of HSBC, February 2017