Breakfast for Agency & Consultancy Leaders

The Handbook: Breakfast Sessions is coming to Manchester!

Join us for a private, executive-level breakfast roundtable hosted by Harv Nagra – former group operations director and presenter of The Handbook: The Operations Podcast – alongside special guest, FinOps expert, Rich Brett.

Most professional services businesses run with a gap between finance and operations. The numbers sit on one side, operations on the other, and leaders are making decisions with an incomplete picture.

This session is about closing that gap. Whether you’re an MD, ops leader, or CFO – this is a conversation about what it actually looks like when finance and ops work together: the metrics that matter, the habits that build commercial clarity, and the decisions that become easier when everyone’s working from the same picture.

You’ll be joined by an intimate group of leaders from forward-thinking agencies and consultancies, with space intentionally kept tight to ensure meaningful conversation. The discussion will follow Chatham House Rule – so you can speak openly, share challenges, and compare notes with true peers.

🔍 What we’ll cover:

• Why the gap between finance and ops exists – and what it costs you
• The metrics every leader should be able to read and act on
• What good FinOps actually looks like in practice – and how to get there
• Building commercial awareness that sticks across the whole business

🎙️ Special Guest: Rich Brett

Rich has spent fifteen years in finance, ten of those working inside agencies including We Are Social and Kyan. In 2022 he founded Rich Brett FinOps, working with agency and consultancy owners to bridge the gap between finance and operations.

He’s worked with businesses ranging from £300k to £60m in revenue – and the same thing comes up every time: the numbers aren’t the hard part. Nobody ever explained them properly.

🥐 Agenda:

8:30–9:00 · Arrival, coffee
9:00–10:30 · Moderated discussion, sharing of challenges + solutions over breakfast
10:30–11:00 · Informal chat and close

Limited space. Request your spot using the form on the right – we’ll confirm based on availability.