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Former Northampton Saints fly-half to replace outgoing CEO Francis Baron By Tom Walker
UK Sport chief executive John Steele has been selected to replace Francis Baron as the Rugby Football Union's (RFU) chief executive. Steele – a former Northamp- ton Saints and England A player
– is set to join the national governing body in the autumn, with a date yet to be confirmed. An executive recruitment
panel, comprising members of
the RFU's management board, appointed Steele following Baron's decision to step down after 12 years in the role. Baron will leave on 4 July. Martyn Thomas, chair of the
RFU board, said: "Nobody was able to match his unique combination of a background in and knowledge of rugby and a high profile. He's the right man to take the RFU forward in its next stage of growth."
Budget health club operator Pure Gym has named Iain Watson as its new group operations manager as it looks to expand its UK portfolio over the next two years.
New operations director for Pure Gym Watson – former general
manager at Total Fitness and JJB Sports Leisure – will be responsible for ensuring the smooth roll-out of 24 new clubs across the country.
PEOPLE SHORTS • DC Leisure Management has • Steele takes up the role in July A successful bid to raise
£10m by Magenta Partners – led by Tom Singh, principal investor – will enable Pure Gym to build on its portfolio of five clubs.
appointed Richard Cowley as its new group health and wellbeing manager to help push forward efforts to tackle issues such as obesity and heart disease. Cowley – former general manager at the Sam Jones Health Club in Sheffield – has been tasked with developing programmes to assist DC Leisure and local authority clients to meet government health targets. Clive Henderson, national
chair of the Inland Waterways Association, has been elected to chair the British Waterways Advisory Forum from 3 November. Henderson will replace current chair Nigel Stevens at the helm of the advisory group, which is designed to represent all waterways interest groups and advise British Waterways on strategic issues.
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