Manchester Growth Summit 2010 | The National Business Awards 2010

GROWTH SUMMITS 2010

National Business Awards Growth Summits: Manchester

Manchester Town Hall

Keynote Speaker - Peter Marks, CEO, The Co-Operative Group
The turning point: How to grow your business with a conscience

What are the key challenges and opportunities facing business leaders and entrepreneurs in the coming year? Peter Marks, CEO, the Co-operative Group and winner of the Orange Leader of the Year Award 2009, will discuss how the local and global business landscape has changed in the past 18 months and how to increase market share with an ethical and steady growth strategy in 2010.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Peter Marks
CEO, Co-Operative Group

Peter Marks has spent his entire working life within the Co-operative Movement, having joined Yorkshire Co-operatives in 1967 as a Management Trainee.

Over his career, Peter has managed numerous Co-operative businesses, including the food, travel, funeral and department store operations.

Since 2007, Peter has been Group Chief Executive of the Co-operative Group, during which time he has overseen a renaissance of the Co-operative brand, combining improved financial performance and increased commitment to the Group’s ethical stand, culminating in the recent acquisition of the Somerfield food store business and the merger with the Britannia Building Society.

SUMMIT HOST

John Stapleton
Award winning presenter

John Stapleton is a former Royal Television Society Presenter of the Year. He was given this prestigious award in 2004 for his work on GMTV`s `The News Hour` and his contribution to the rest of the programme while on assignment at major news events. He co-presents GMTV with Penny Smith (Mondays-Fridays 6am-7am).

John has been at GMTV for over 12 years and has a total of 40 years experience in newspapers and television.

He has interviewed every Prime Minister since James Callaghan in the 1970’s and is the only presenter in TV to have worked for all three major breakfast tv stations:
TV-am the BBC and now GMTV.

THE PANEL



Clare Young	Dr Moneeb Awan	Angie Robinson	Richard Alvin

Managing Director Elegant Events and former The Apprentice contestant	Managing Director eSAY Ltd and President Greater Manchester Chamber, Chairman IoD Young Directors' Forum & Member of CBI Regional & SME Councils	CEO Greater Manchester Chambers of Commerce	Founder Capital Business Media and Managing Editor of Business Matters