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holmes place adds to european sales team
Holmes Place Europe has recruited a number of regional sales managers across Europe as it continues to improve on its sales performance in 2011. Stephen Brady (DLL), James Beck (DLL),
Nikki Afgan (Esporta, Virgin Active), Michael Walker (Esporta, GLL) and Simon Hayes (Esporta) have all settled into their respective regions across Europe, with the goal of inspiring their teams and members to further success.
Florence Orban, chief executive officer of the National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure, stepped down from her role at the end of the business year on 30 September. Orban joined the sector
skills council for sport and active leisure, SkillsActive, in June 2005 as business development direc tor, before launching the Skills Academy in 2008. Since its establishment, the academy has provided training to more than 28,000 people – including 5,000 young unemployed people through the Future Jobs Fund. Orban has also overseen the launch of the
NEWS orban steps down from nsa
Orban joined SkillsActive in June 2005 and was the NSA’s fi rst CEO “I am grateful for the opportunity I was
NSA’s activepassport scheme, which aims to provide a confi rmed online record of an individual’s skills and qualifi cations and has seen 20,000 people sign up.
Ian Kendall spent eight years at the Oldham trust
kendall to leave oldham community leisure
Ian Kendall, chief executive of Oldham Community Leisure (OCL), is to step down at the end of the year aſt er eight years with the trust that operates 14 facilities on behalf of Oldham Council. “During my eight years at OCL there have
been many highs – and some lows – but overall it has been a fantastic experience,” says Kendall. “Over the years, I have recognised
that at OCL we don’t sell sport – we sell health improvement. I am choosing to step down now to allow a new team to focus on retaining the Oldham partnership, by building on what has already been achieved. I feel the time is right for the team to infl uence their own direction of travel.” Ken Blackburn, chair of OCL, says that
under Ian Kendall’s leadership, the trust has tripled its income, halved staff sickness levels and invested more than £0.25m each year into improving facilities. “Ian has led a team of committed professionals who have responded to his strong leadership, as well as his sense of humour and ability to get the job done,” he says. “The culture change within the
organisation during the last few years has been incredible. Ian has always demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude in leading OCL to the strong position it fi nds itself in today.”
18 dc leisure ceo joins imspa board
DC Leisure chief executive officer Steve Philpott has joined the board of the newly-formed Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (IMSPA). During his career in
the active leisure industry, Philpott has also been director of the Fitness Industry Association and chair of SkillsActive’s Sports and Fitness Employers Group. Philpott, who is also
currently a governor and a founding trustee of the Register of Exercise Professionals, took up his appointment on 26 September. IMSPA board chair Marc Newey says: “Here at IMSPA we aim to represent all of the one
Industry veteran Steve Philpott has joined the board of the institute
million professionals working within the sector with one unifi ed voice, and this is certainly an area in which Steve can add real value.”
gll appoints former paralympics chief
Phil Lane, the former CEO of the British Paralympic Association, has been appointed as the new head of sport and Olympic legacy at leisure trust Greenwich Leisure (GLL). In his new role, Lane will develop a sports
strategy for GLL combining the organisation’s corporate objectives, the needs of local
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communities and the priorities of national governing bodies. He has also been tasked with outlining
ways in which to develop GLL’s Sport Foundation, which provides funding to young athletes, as part of the leisure operator’s Olympic legacy strategy.
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given to shape and lead the work of the National Skills Academy and enjoyed the challenge of establishing a new organisation, building a new team and testing a new concept,” says Orban.
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