The City of London and Casablanca Finance City Sign a Partnership Agreement

The City of London and Casablanca Finance City Sign a Partnership Agreement PR Newswire LONDON, October 5, 2012 LONDON, October 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TheCityUK and the Moroccan Financial Board signed a formal partnership agreement at the Mansion House yesterday that will bring London and Casablanca financial centres closer together. A delegation from the Kingdom of Morocco is in London to attend the signing ceremony and take part in a business visit from the Kingdom to The City of London. The agreement was signed by Mr Chris Cummings, CEO of TheCityUK, and Mr Said Ibrahimi, CEO of Moroccan Financial Board at the Mansion House and was attended by, amongst others: HH Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, the Moroccan Ambassador to London, David Wootton, Lord Mayor of the City of London, a Moroccan delegation of high representatives from the capital market, insurance and banking sectors, and leaders of major UK-based financial and professional institutions. HH Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, Moroccan Ambassador to London, said: "The thriving economic relationship we are celebrating today between Morocco and the UK was made possible thanks to a wider context of positive social and political transformations that provided us with a foundation of shared values and principles on which to build a solid partnership.