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The Leap to Entrepreneurship: Transforming Manchester into the New Way of Living
Gary Neville Reveals W Residences Manchester
17 November 2023 
Eaton Club
All onboard the flight to success!
Date: 17 November 2023 (Friday)
Time: 8-11pm Venue: 5/F, Eaton Club, Champion Tower, Central
Price: Teal Members: $280 per guest | Cobalt Members: VIP invitation
✦ Dress Code: Business attire or business casual
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*This is a private event, by invitation only. RSVP is strictly required. You will receive a confirmation email before the event upon successful registration. The organisers reserve the right to accept or decline RSVP. Walk-ins are not accepted. One registration per guest.
A path to entrepreneurship is a big step, what inspired our guests to change flights? Simon Ismail – Co-Founder and Managing Director of Salboy and also Kingston Lai – Founder of Asia Bankers Club. Engage in a deep conversation with the creators of a world-class development in UK. How their passion, believes and experiences came together and created a story that will go down in history.
Guest Speaker
Mr. Gary Neville, Owner of Relentless Developments
Founder of Business Empire and Former Legendary Athlete
Relentless Developments is a property development company led by Anthony Kilbride and Gary Neville. Projects to-date include Hotel Football in Old Trafford and the Stock Exchange Hotel in the city centre.
About W Residences Manchester, St. Michael's
Gary Neville’s £400m landmark development located in the heart of Manchester city, launched July this year in the UK. The project took 15 years of hard work to transform an underused area of the city into a new world-class destination for work, rest and play. This pinnacle project is brought to the world by Relentless Developments and stakeholders KKR, Salboy and Manchester City Council.
W Residences Manchester are not owned, developed or sold by Marriott International, Inc. or its affiliates (“Marriott”). St Michaels UK PropCo2 Limited uses the W marks under a licence from Marriott, which has not confirmed the accuracy of any of the statements or representations made herein.
Speakers
Mr. Kingston Lai, CEO & Founder of Asia Bankers Club
Former Executive Director at Morgan Stanley
Asia Bankers Club is a private investment club for banking and finance professionals. Providing physical assets options for investments, such as properties, fine wines, art, timepieces, and collectables. Our members are from top tier investment, private and consumer banks, asset management companies, private equity firms, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds located in key financial centres.
Mr. Simon Ismail, Co-founder & MD, Salboy Group
Expert in UK Real Estate Industry
Salboy is an award-winning property company developing and funding high quality housing and property developments throughout the UK. To date Salboy has delivered more than 3,250 high quality homes in sought-after city locations and is one of the most recognisable and prolific property development brands in Manchester and Salford – cities at the heart of the UK’s vibrant North West.
Meet our speakers, Simon Ismail, co-founder and managing director of Salboy Group, once a Salford boy to a successful developer. Kingston Lai, Founder and CEO of Asia Bankers Club, successful ex-banker to owner of a market leading company in real estates.
We are thrilled to announce our special guest, the presence of Gary Neville – Owner of Relentless Group and celebrity former England and Manchester United footballer to owner of his business empire today, who will be visiting Hong Kong on the 17th of November 2023. As he unveils his next ambitious venture on stage, your chance to be up-close and personal as we dig into his remarkable stories of how he and Salboy joined ventures to make his dream into reality. In this event, Gary will also showcase this Manchester’s biggest and most luxurious real estate project – W Residences Manchester, the first branded Marriott Branded Residence outside London, and how it will be contributing to transform Manchester into the new way of living.
Be inspired at "The Leap to Entrepreneurship".
Meet and engage in conversations with our esteemed speakers and mingle with like-minded leaders.
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This is a private event, by invitation only. RSVP is strictly required. You will receive a confirmation email before the event upon successful registration. The organisers reserve the right to accept or decline RSVP. Walk-ins are not accepted. One registration per guest. A payment link will be sent for the successful RSVP.
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