New year, new leadership team for 1Life

IAN Hendrie has been appointed the managing director of 1Life, replacing Mark Braithwaite who leaves after eight years with the business.

Steve Bambury has been appointed chief operating officer, moving from the role of commercial director, while chairman Julian Nicholls will also assume a more hands-on and clientfacing role in 2023.

1Life manages 14 leisure and sports facilities, as well as a number of private gyms.

Ian, who was previously the company’s chief financial officer, said: “Having managed to negotiate our way through the pandemic and the current winter energy crisis we are now at a position where we can reassess the strategic direction of the business while maintaining its core purpose.

“We have a great team in the business and have well established and supportive relationships with our client base.”

2023 will see 1Life continue to focus on working towards Net Zero.

It will also see the leisure provider develop its list of services, including its successful swim school programme for children and adults and Aspiring Athletes, which supports aspiring young sporting stars with the help of Team GB stars Max Whitlock OBE and Tom Dean MBE as brand ambassadors. Steve added: “Ian and I have been working together in business for several years and look forward to continuing to drive the business forward in the year ahead.

“We fully understand what makes it successful from a participation perspective as well as commercially successful while continuing to put our communities at the heart of all we do. We have some exciting things planned for 2023.”