1191^st Luncheon

Tom Bloxham MBE
Chancellor, University of Manchester & Property Developer

will speak on...

" Manchester Renaissance"

PRECEDED BY
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
@ 11:45am

FREEMASONS HALL, 36 Bridge Street, MANCHESTER M3 3BT
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 11:45am
12:45pm Start of Luncheon : 1:30pm Start of Talk

COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS REMINDER

Please don’t forget if you wish to become a Committee member
nomination forms must reach the office by Wednesday 4th March.

Tom Bloxham MBE

Some people are a Mancunian by the accident of birth, but “I chose to be one”.  Tom’s image is very much that of a ‘Manchester Man’, one of the people responsible for enhancing the image of the city over the past twenty five years.

A man of many parts, Tom’s best known most recent achievement, was being elected as the first Chancellor of the new University of Manchester. The Club has been honoured to be addressed in the past by his two predecessors, Anna Ford and Sir Terry Leahy, former Chancellors of Manchester University and UMIST.

His cultural interests have included membership of the Arts Council, chairing North West Arts, the Manchester International Festival, Trustee of The Tate and MUFC Foundation.  Tom’s personal interests include Manchester United, skiing and charity projects including such adventures as trekking across the  Sahara!

He read Politics and Modern History at Manchester, but soon discovered that his entrepreneurial skills were greater than his academic leanings. Selling posters and records in the Union diversified into bars and evolved into the Castlefield venture that has become Urban Splash - a possible contender for the “Virgin” of urban regeneration, converting disused factories into apartments and the development of 'brown field' sites.  His influence has spread further a field - west to Liverpool, east to Sheffield, Bradford and Leeds, south to Walsall, Birmingham and Plymouth.

Today, Tom is going to talk about Manchester’s renaissance in terms of property, culture and education.

Bookings to be received BY the closing date of Thursday 4^th March 2010, please.