Breakfast with Champions - Ricky Hatton MBE
Join us for an inspiring morning with boxing legend Ricky Hatton MBE. This exclusive event brings together senior professionals for a rare opportunity to hear Ricky share candid insights from his extraordinary career - covering resilience, leadership, and overcoming adversity.
Enjoy a relaxed breakfast, network with peers, and ask those questions you've always wanted to ask with a live Q&A with one of the UK’s most iconic sports figures.
Thanks to Deloitte for hosting this special event.
Event Location: 100 Embankment, Cathedral Approach, Manchester, M3 7FB
Opening the event is Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, as our special guest speaker at this edition of Breakfast with Champions.
A passionate advocate for social equity, youth opportunity, and the North of England’s cultural legacy, Andy will share insights on leadership, local ambition, and how community-led success can inspire future generations.
Don't miss the chance to hear from one of the UK’s most influential public voices.
Andy Burnham was first elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester in May 2017, re-elected for a second term in May 2021 and a third term in May 2024.
Responsible for shaping the future of Greater Manchester, Andy’s priorities for his third term include continuing to build a London-style integrated transport system, ending the housing crisis by 2038, offering a new technical education pathway as an alternative to university and creating a new Live Well service, making Greater Manchester a great place to grow up, get on, and grow old.
Before being elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy was MP for Leigh from 2001. In government, Andy has held Ministerial positions at the Home Office, Department of Health and the Treasury. In 2008 he became Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, before returning to Health as Secretary of State in 2009.
In opposition, Andy has served as Shadow Education Secretary, Shadow Health Secretary and Shadow Home Secretary.
Andy lives in Leigh, Greater Manchester, with his wife and three children.
James, our master of ceremonies, is a highly experienced host, whose strength is getting people to tell their stories while allowing them to shine in front of an audience.
A former Presenter of Granada Tonight and Manchester correspondent for Sky Sports for 18 years, James has worked on some of the biggest stories and alongside some of the biggest names in British sport.
Since coming to Manchester more than 30 years ago, James has been a powerful advocate for the people and stories that make the city such a unique and special environment.
His broadcasting career means he’s at home dealing with celebrities and heroes, who’re often shocked to find out he’s neither a Blue nor a Red when it comes to football.
James lives in Cheadle Hulme with his wife Nicky and two sons who’ve already achieved something he’ll never match, they’re actually born and bred Mancunians.
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