Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Ian Brokenshire, Bristol-based senior partner at KPMG UK, answers our 10 questions.
Film you watched? Air – the origin of Air Jordan, where a Nike employee seeks to strike a business deal with rookie player Michael Jordan
Book you read Surrender? Bono Autobiography: 40 Songs, One Story
Music you bought/downloaded? Will of the People by Muse
Concert or play you went to? Muse at Home Park in Plymouth
Sporting event you attended? Tennis – Boodles, Stoke Park
Holiday you went on? Montreux, Switzerland
Restaurant you ate in? Little French, Bristol
Thing that annoyed you? The 90-minute queue for the bar at the Muse concert at Home Park in Plymouth!
Thing that made you laugh out loud? Watching my dog, Chester, leaping through 4ft-high long grass …. looking like a dolphin!
Piece of good advice you were given? “Do something that scares you every day”! I am passionate believer in always stepping out of your comfort zone to grow, push and develop yourself
Ian is senior partner of KPMG in the South West and also leads KPMG’s Enterprise offering in the South of the UK. He is South West born and bred and has 26 years of experience of advising clients in achieving their strategic aims. Ian is passionate about adding value to his clients and is focussed on building long-term, trusted relationships. He has worked extensively across most sectors of business but has particular knowledge of the manufacturing and retail sectors, charities, healthcare and family-owned businesses.