The first group of speakers for the new HCM Summit to be held in London on October 24th has been announced
The event is hosted by publisher Leisure Media and hosted by the teams behind its titles HCM, Spa Business and Fit Tech Global.
In addition to the live audience in London, the summit will be live-streamed worldwide and available for viewing on demand
The conference website is now live with details of sponsors and speakers.Conference registration begins May 1st
Leisure Media, a global publishing company, has announced details of its new annual conference for decision makers in the health, fitness and wellness market.
The event, the HCM Summit, will take place on 24 October 2024 at the QEII Conference Center in Westminster, London, with a pre-summit event the day before.
All keynote summit hosted by the team of Ho Chi Minh Magazinewill welcome 400 attendees to London and will be webcast live and available on-demand around the world. The health, fitness and wellness public, private and voluntary sectors are eligible.
Liz Terry, CEO of Leisure Media, said: Ho Chi Minh City and its sister titles, spa business and fittech global We bring together carriers, suppliers, policy makers and industry experts to collaborate through news channels, magazines, books, magazines and social media feeds.
“Our new summit will bring this strong community together to network, collaborate and do business in real time at the QEII Conference Center in London, while our global live stream will allow readers around the world who are unable to travel to watch the show. Hear our great speakers share their insights and expertise. ”
Ho Chi Minh City Publisher Jan Williams said: Ho Chi Minh City We will hold the summit on October 24th, making this a valuable part of the industry’s annual calendar.
“In addition to preparing excellent high-level conferences, we also work with major clients across the company. Ho Chi Minh City, spa business and fittech global It is a network that ensures that the quality of both conferences and networking events is on par with the great parallel trade shows, ensuring that participants have access to the latest innovations that will drive their success. ”
sponsorship Options are available here. Or contact Jan Williams via email. [email protected] or +44 (0)1462 471909.
The conference website is now live at www.HCMmag.com/summit.
Registration HCM Summit 2024 will begin on May 1, 2024.
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The first group of speakers has been published, with more to be announced in the coming months.
The initial speaker list includes:
Fahad Alhaghbani
Almar Sports CEO
Alhagbani set a precedent in the fitness industry by developing, building and launching two different fitness chains in Saudi Arabia, Fitness Time and Armah Sports, and taking them public with only a five-year grace period between the two IPOs. I established it.
Eric Falardeau
McKinsey Partner
Mr. Falardeau is the global leader of McKinsey’s Fitness and Wellness Group and one of the leaders of McKinsey’s Consumer Insights function.
Pieterjan (PJ) Nuitten
CEO, Jims
Nuitten is a retail expert who took the helm at Jims, a leading fitness chain that was acquired by Colruyt Group as part of its efforts to provide customers with comprehensive wellness products.
As a member of Colruyt Group’s health board, Nuitten leverages the synergies between retail and fitness.
buzz moffat
Founder of The Well Headquarters
Former Team GB rower Buzz Moffat retired from elite sport and set up an international consulting and coaching business called The Well HQ.
The organization is active in the health, fitness and sports sectors and has recently collaborated with Adidas, Gym Group and CIMSPA.
Moffat holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Science from the University of Birmingham and a Master’s degree in Health-Related Behavior Change from the University of Bristol.
Will Orr
The Gym Group CEO
Will Orr joined Jim Group in September 2023. He was previously MD of Times Media Limited, publisher of The Times and The Sunday Times.
philip mills
Founder of Les Mills International
Mills is one of the most experienced players in the global fitness industry.
Throughout the ’80s, he transformed fitness by introducing movement to music, building the gym founded by his parents into a leading health club chain in New Zealand and Australia.
In 1990, he founded BodyPump, a weight training class that has become the most popular group workout in the world. Since then, he has built Les Mills International into one of the world’s leading distributors of fitness classes with 105,000 instructors in 21,700 health clubs in 120 countries. Millions of people improve their health every day by taking Les Mills classes both in the gym and online.
Justin Musgrove
Fitness First UK CEO
Mr. Musgrove spent 20 years overseeing the spa, wellness and leisure business at Center Parcs before joining Bannatyne Group, where he served as CEO from 2014 to 2019.
He joined Leejam Sports in the Middle East as CEO and then Kun Investment Holding in Saudi Arabia as CEO of its new subsidiary Kun Sports.
He returned to the UK in October 2023 and became CEO of Fitness First UK, responsible for the turnaround of the business.
Colin Waggett
Third Space CEO
Waggett has been CEO of Third Space, London’s luxury health club, since 2015, growing the brand from two clubs to 11 clubs and expanding the portfolio over the next three years with investment from KSL Capital Partners. We are planning to double the amount.
emlyn brown
Senior Vice President, Wellbeing, Strategic Design and Development, Accor
Brown began her career in the fitness industry at Holmes Place and held director-level positions in Switzerland and Germany before moving into the wellness and hospitality field in 1996.
Prior to joining Accor, she served as Senior Director of Resense Spas and Director of Wellness at GOCO Hospitality, a consulting firm. He also held senior positions at Six Senses Resort & Spa.
He is currently responsible for driving the wellness strategic development and design strategy at Accor.
To learn more about the speakers’ biographies, click here to visit the conference website.
