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Francis Dowdle, Chief Business Development Officer, KX Pilates
Chief Business Development Officer

12 Quick-Fire Questions with Executives Leading Our Industry to a Brighter Future

How do you describe your company in one sentence?
Changing lives for the better, one reformer class at a time.

What target/milestones are you laser-focused on this year?
Expanding our KX community, both around our studios and into new communities.

What is your proudest ever career achievement?
The expansion of KX into new and exciting Pilates markets around the world.

What excites you the most about the next 12 months?
The evolution of the Pilates industry into a diverse set of complimentary and innovative offerings.

What is the best business lesson you have ever learned?
Learning to take people along in the journey, or to join others on theirs when necessary!

If you could wave a magic wand and change something about our industry, what would you change and why?
Remove price-based conflict, replaced with respectfully differentiated collection of brands. 

Describe yourself in three words.
Imaginative. Enterprising. Pragmatic. (yes, these are somewhat oxymoronic!)

What is your personal mantra?
Challenge yourself to progress and grow everyday.

Who has been the biggest influence in your life?
Mum and Dad equally.

If you had an extra hour in your day, how would you spend it?
Reading one of the many books I’ve been.

If you could have dinner with any three people – past or present – who would they be?
Sun Tzu, Henry the Eighth (his diner table!), Abraham Lincoln.

If you had to write a message on a billboard for all to see, what would you write?
This billboard is the starting point.

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