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UK FITNESS SCENE
CFM CEO re-elected to
represent operators By Christina Eccles
Speaker Dr Adrian Brown, Mytime MEND consultant Dr Paul Sacher, Mytime health division manager Annie Holden, Mytime Active chief executive Steve Price, health director Mytime Health James Watkins, keynote speaker Professor Greg Whyte and senior manager: adult treatment services Nathan Moore.
Professor makes health everybody’s business OLYMPIAN, sports scientist and celebrity trainer, professor Greg Whyte, was the keynote speaker at a dedicated health conference in London. The event, Improving Health and Wellbeing: Everybody’s Business was organised by charity Mytime Heath. It brought together about 100 health professionals and stakeholders from England and Wales with the aim of generating discussions and debate around community healthcare services. Professor Whyte, whose achievements include coaching comedian and author David Walliams to swim
the English Channel said: “It was great to be around so many like-minded people, all with a passion and drive to improve the health of the nation. “Mytime Health’s event really captured the challenge we have ahead of us, pulling together pragmatic and solution focused approaches that really place the community at the heart of services moving forward. It’s about developing workable, flexible strategies and it’s great to see companies like Mytime Health really taking their responsibility seriously, demonstrating a true commitment to reducing health inequalities.”
CFM CEO Dave Wright has been reelected as an independent operator representative on the ukactive board of directors. Dave is one of five directors who have joined the board for 2013-2016, tasked with helping the organisation lead the physical activity sector over the next three years. Dave said: “I am delighted to be elected for another three years to the board of ukactive. There has been a lot of democratic change over the past three years and I will continue to be a strong voice for independent operators on the board.” The other appointments are: Operator – multi-site: Andy McCabe, operations director, GLL. Martin Seibold, UK managing director, Fitness First. John Treharne, CEO, The Gym Group. Supplier – educational Nigel Wallace, client services director, Lifetime. ukactive CEO David Stalker added: “I am delighted to welcome our new board members and I look forward to working closely with them over the next three years. “Following a successful organisational rebrand in 2012, we enter this period with renewed focus and ener-
Dave Wright gy for the challenge of getting our message of more people, more active, more often across to policymakers, businesses and consumers. “There has never been a more important time for the physical activity sector to demonstrate its ability to work together to improve the health of the nation. “I feel confident that our board represents a very strong mix of individuals from across the sector, bringing decades of experience and insight to the table to help us achieve this vision.” The board members will attend four board meetings a year, be ambassadors at ukactive events and spokespeople for media opportunities.