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Who Are Yer? // Heather Thornton

Head of Events here at Downtown gives us her thoughts about returning to the office, plus how events profs are her Business Heroes during this hard time for hospitality #wemakeevents.

Name: Heather Thornton

Company: Downtown In Business

Job Title? Head of Events

Where can we find you? Liverpool

What are three words to describe yourself? Motivated, Loving & Northern

What are you most looking forward to about getting back into the office? We’ve been back in the office for a while now and I’m loving having the social interaction every day and being a part of such a great team!

Favourite Book? To Kill A Mockingbird

Favourite Podcast? And The Writer Is…

Favourite Band/Artist? Fleetwood Mac

Best Business Moment in your life? Helping Downtown grow through lockdown and taking the helm of the events team.

What advice would you give to 18-year-old you? It’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

If you were allowed to have 5 people, living or dead, in lockdown with you, who would they be? Stevie Nicks, Taylor Swift, Billy Porter, Freddie Mercury and Carrie Fisher.

Celebrity Crush? Adam Driver

Your Business Heroes are? All the events profs fighting for our sector #wemakeevents

What Superhero would you be? Hit Girl

Complete this sentence ‘The New Normal is…’ getting old very quickly

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