{"id":75707,"date":"2023-01-19T16:53:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downtowninbusiness.com\/?p=75707"},"modified":"2024-02-22T09:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T09:26:30","slug":"who-are-yer-frank-mckenna-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downtowninbusiness.com\/who-are-yer\/2023\/01\/19\/who-are-yer-frank-mckenna-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are Yer – Frank McKenna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Full Name:<\/strong> Frank McKenna What does your business do:<\/strong> Create partnerships between the private and public sectors, facilitate deals, promote cities as key economic drivers, support business, political lobbying, campaigns, great events, and podcasts Favourite sports team:<\/strong> Everton Football Club My proudest \/ best business moment is\/was\u2026<\/strong> Getting DIB to 20!
Company:<\/strong> Downtown in Business
Job Title:<\/strong> Group chairman and chief executive<\/p>\n\n\n\nCompany Questions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Where can we find you:<\/strong> Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Lancashire, Cheshire, Wolverhampton, and London
Your Twitter Handle:<\/strong> @DowntownFrank<\/a>
Company Twitter Handle:<\/strong> @DowntownBusines<\/a>
Your Insta:<\/strong> @dib.ceo<\/a>
Company Insta:<\/strong> @downtowninbusiness<\/a>
Company Website:<\/strong> www.downtowninbusiness.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPersonal Questions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Favourite Book:<\/strong> Business: Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, Fiction: Man & Boy by Tony Parsons
Favourite Band\/Artist\/Song:<\/strong> Changes all the time. Last year I listened most to Dua Lipa and her track \u2018Cool\u2019 Go to oldie \u2018Don\u2019t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow, Fleetwood Mac.
Favourite restaurant \/ eat-out:<\/strong> The Ivy Manchester; RBG Liverpool; Bank Birmingham, Fazenda Leeds:\u00a0 M Restaurants London
Favourite Holiday destination:<\/strong> Vilamoura, Portugal
Top 5 people dinner party guests, dead or alive:<\/strong> Tony Blair, Tony Wilson, JFK, Marilyn Monroe, and Oprah Winfrey
Celebrity crush:<\/strong> Amanda Holden
Last social media post:<\/strong> Pics of my recent birthday trip to Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\nComplete these sentences<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
My advice for 18-year-old me would be\u2026<\/strong> Just Fucking Do It. Oh, and get a business coach.
My personal business hero(es) is\/are\u2026<\/strong> Richard Branson and Victoria Brown
Our company is\u2026<\/strong> the fastest growing business club in the UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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