Influential leaders from business, education and the third sector came together to tell uplifting stories of their career journeys as HullBID presented one of the highlights of Humber Business Week.
The Inspiring People Dinner, which was added to the festival calendar in 2015, attracted around 100 guests to The Deep. They heard from three people who are connected by their leadership of organisations which play an integral part in the city centre business community, yet which also have a major influence much further afield.
Paul Matson BEM, chief executive and founder of Hull 4 Heroes told how he joined the army as an escape route having “run away from school and from home at 14”. But on leaving the military he experienced hard times again until a lifeline was offered by a chance encounter.
