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Anthony Alan Russell Cobbold F/Mc Married: 1959-Aug-15 Margaret (Marnie) Elizabeth Turner F/Mc | ||||||||
| Humphrey Michael Cobbold [CFT #645] Born: 1964 |
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| b Nairobi, Kenya d ? in Humphrey was appointed CEO of Pure Gym in January 2015. Following his MBA from Insead he joined the Graduate Programme at McKinsey & Company. From 1989 to 1991 he was Marketing Manager at Gower Furniture. in 1992 he rejoined global management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company where he became co-head of the UK media and corporate finance practices before being appointed Director of Strategic Development at Trinity Mirror, (2003-2006) and Chairman of Fish4. Private equity experience was gained at Candover prior to his appointment as CEO of Wiggle. Between 2009 and 2015 he grew turnover from ?33m to ?170m and launched Wiggle's international business across Europe, Australasia and China. Pure Gym considered floating in 2016 but decided against it due to Brexit uncertainty. Expansion of the business continued in 2017 and in November it was announced that Pure Gym had been sold to Los Angeles-based Leonard Green and Partners for ?600 million. The Financial Times quoted that the business was valued at ?140 million in 2013. The Danish gym business Fitness World with gyms also in Switzerland and Poland was added to the Group in 2019 along with Swiss Basefit CH and membership exceeded 1 million. During the pandemic the business was said to be burning half a million pounds every day. Recovery has been strong since and the well-capitalized business has 2 star accreditation by Best Companies with a score of 699.6 meaning an 'outstanding level of workplace engagement' and further investment is taking place in 2022. |
1: 1994 Jack Alexander Cobboldc W 2: 1997 Oliver (Oli) James Cobboldc 3: 1998 Lucy Rebecca Cobboldc | |||||||
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