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The members of the Crain’s Manchester Business 40 Under 40 Class of 2008 are special in many ways, but they all have one thing in common: They are first group of 40 Under 40 awardees, and as such, set the standard that future 40 Under 40 awardees will have to meet, and hopefully, surpass.
Over 100 Greater Manchester business professionals were nominated and considered for the inaugural 40 Under 40 class. In making the selections, Crain’s asked nominees to provide extensive information about their careers and community activities.
We selected this year’s group from information they provided and from our own research and knowledge of the business community. In the end, professional achievement was the most important qualification for selection.
Meet Crain's first 40 Under 40 class
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| Ady Bibby | 36 | Creative director | True North |
| Mark Attwood | 39 | Managing Director | TopSkips |
| Kieron Barton | 32 | Director | Chilli Marketing Promotions Ltd. |
| Paul Belton | 36 | Operations Director & Co-Founder | Pari Passu |
| Julie Besbrode | 37 | Director | Fresh |
| Andrew Brown | 39 | Director | Bridgewater Flooring & Interiors Ltd. |
| Michael Cassinelli | 35 | Managing director | M&P Plumbing & Utilities Ltd. |
| Olivier Cavaliere | 39 | Chief executive | Oltec Group |
| Sandy Chadha | 39 | Director | Supreme Imports |
| Nabeel Chowdery | 34 | Managing director | Property Route Ltd. |
| Daniel Cornwell | 33 | Executive director | R3 Resourcing Ltd. |
| Sharron Davis | 39 | Director | Kingsmaid |
| Marc Duschenes | 33 | Chief executive | Braemar Group Plc |
| Iain Evans | 32 | Managing Director | Alexander Events |
| Andrew Fickling | 35 | Chief executive | Sports Media Group |
| Scott Fletcher | 34 | Chief executive | ANS Group |
| Tony Foggett | 35 | Managing director | Code Computerlove |
| James Glover | 39 | Member services director | HealthSure |
| Anthony Hartley-Denton | 32 | Director | AHD Imaging |
| Nicholas Hartshorne-Evans | 38 | Director | Nicholas Jones Bespoke Ltd. |
| Mark Hawthorn | 27 | Director | Landmark Investments |
| Thom Hetherington | 34 | Managing director | Moorfield Media |
| Marcie Incarico | 37 | Chief executive | Out There Events |
| Jennie Johnson | 36 | Managing director | Kids Allowed |
| Lawrence Jones | 39 | Managing director | UKFast.Net |
| Phillip Jones | 39 | Sales and marketing director | Brother UK |
| Robert Leggett | 36 | Managing director | Omni Resource Management Solutions |
| Alistair Mackintosh | 38 | Former chief executive | Manchester City FC |
| Robert Martin | 26 | Managing director | Leadz Online Ltd. |
| Ciaran McGivern | 39 | Director | Bank of Ireland |
| Edward Rimmer | 35 | Chief executive | Bibby Financial Services Ltd. |
| Mark Seaborn | 39 | Director | Pennington Consulting Ltd. |
| Jo Sellick | 38 | Managing director | Sellick Partnership |
| Nicola Shindler | 39 | Director | Red Production |
| Simon Showman | 34 | Chief executive | Ultimate Products |
| Jason Spencer | 34 | Managing director | PHD North |
| Mark Stott | 36 | Managing director | Select Property Group Ltd. |
| Terry Bland | 38 | Managing director | Godel Technologies |
| Julie Twist | 38 | Managing director | Julie M Twist Properties Ltd. |
| Tracy Wood | 31 | Partner | Ernst & Young LLP |
