David Stringer-Lamarre, within his role as Chairman of the Institute of Directors, City of London was pleased to have been invited to the Worshipful Company of World Traders Tacitus debate. A follow up discussion of the annual Tacitus lecture in the Guildhall.

The Event Chairman was Lord Tim Clement- Jones, DLA Piper.

Panel Members.

• Sir Simon Fraser GCMG, who delivered this year’s Tacitus Lecture “The World is Our Oyster? Britain’s Future Trade Relationships”.
• Ambassador Jonathan T. Fried, who since 2012 has been Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation.
• Iana Dreyer who founded the Borderlex Web News Service in May 2014 and still runs it.
• Martin Sandbu, Economics Commentator of the Financial Times. Martin has been writing about economics for the FT since 2009 when he joined the paper as Economics Leader Writer.

A fascinating discussion under the Chatham House Rule was followed by a networking reception.

Image, right to left: Deputy Master World Trader Wendy Hyde, David Seall, World Trader and Chairman IoD South Region & David Stringer-Lamarre.