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Fitness First has appointed Mark Hutcheon as its new director of communications. He joins the operator from


Millman: A leisure and retail industry veteran


Total Fitness appoints Millman as new CEO


Total Fitness Health Clubs, with its 16 clubs in the north of England, has appointed Richard Millman as its new CEO. Millman is a leisure and retail industry


veteran. He recently led the turnaround of Leisure Connection as CEO and has held senior positions in companies such as Dixons Retail and Coca Cola. His arrival at Total Fitness coincides


with a strong start to the year for the business, with January membership growing by 4 per cent, a like-for-like improvement of over 35 per cent on the same period last year.


PR agency ReputationInc, where he held the role of associate partner. Since joining ReputationInc in 2005, Hutcheon worked on a number of leisure clients, including international brands such as Travelodge, Diageo and Virgin Atlantic. His new role at Fitness


First will be an international position, and he will sit on the new management team led by chief executive offi cer Andy Cosslett. According to Cosslett, Hutcheon will be


Hutcheon will design a new, international communications strategy


tasked with designing a new, international communications strategy for the company: “Mark’s job will involve creating a clear and compelling set of messages for the business,


working with regional management to put in place a process for managing our internal and external comms better, and raising our profi le and stature with media, government, suppliers and other business partners.”


Role changes within Cybex team


Equipment supplier Cybex has appointed Tim Bleakley to its sales team in order to give greater support to business development in London and the surrounding counties. Bleakley takes up the


newly created position with immediate eff ect. There has also been


Jane Parish takes on the CEO role on 1 April


New CEO for Sencio Community Leisure


Sencio Community Leisure (SCL) has announced the appointment of Jane Parish as its new chief executive. Parish succeeds Mark Whyman, who


set up the not-for-profi t leisure trust in 2004 and who retires on 31 March. Currently its commercial services


director, Parish has been a member of the SCL team since the trust was formed. She was previously part of Sevenoaks District Council’s leisure and recreation services department. Parish will take up the new role on 1 April.


a change in roles for two of Cybex’s existing sales team members. Luke Berry has been promoted to key account manager. His new role, which will see him working with national key account manager Alan Ellis, primarily focuses on driving new business and expanding the company’s presence nationwide. Meanwhile, regional sales manager Tony Vaughan has also


NEWS Head of comms for Fitness First


Tim Bleakley has taken up the role of business development manager


seen his role expanded – he is now responsible for London, South East and East Anglia territories, supported by new colleague Tim Bleakley.


‘Fellow’ status for Leisure Connection’s Terry Gibbs Gibbs says: “It’s always great


Leisure Connection’s head of sales, Terry Gibbs, has been awarded the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management’s (ISSM) ‘Fellow’ status. The ISSM is the foremost sales and marketing trade organisation in the UK, and Fellow status is the highest awardable grade.


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to be


recognised at an industry level, and the ISSM is an organisation of strong prestige and reputation. I’m looking forward to helping Leisure Connection push on to ever greater sales levels in the future.”


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