{"id":30335,"date":"2023-05-24T11:59:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T03:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefitsummit.com\/?post_type=all_speakers&#038;p=30335"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:17:41","slug":"richard-beddie","status":"publish","type":"all_speakers","link":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/es\/speakers\/richard-beddie\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Beddie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Richard has spent more than 20 years as CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/exercise.org.nz\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/exercise.org.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ejercicio Nueva Zelanda<\/a>, the peak body for New Zealand\u2019s exercise industry.\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having previously owned and operated multiple fitness centres and health clubs, he combines first-hand commercial experience with extensive industry leadership and advocacy expertise.\u00a0Richard\u2019s international governance roles have included Chair of the International Confederation of Registers for Exercise Professionals (ICREPs), Deputy Chair of World Active, and board member of the Health &amp; Fitness Association (formerly IHRSA).\u00a0A regular international speaker, Richard explores how governments, employers and the fitness industry can collaborate more effectively\u2014creating sustainable business opportunities while helping more people experience the benefits of physical activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard is a speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/es\/oceania\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/oceania\/\">M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de Activ Ocean\u00eda<\/a> en Melbourne, Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consejero Delegado<\/p>\n<h5>Ejercicio Nueva Zelanda<\/h5>","protected":false},"featured_media":35248,"template":"","speakers-type":[23,87],"class_list":["post-30335","all_speakers","type-all_speakers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speakers-type-2023-apac-leadership","speakers-type-2026-oceania-speaker"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/all_speakers\/30335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/all_speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/all_speakers"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"speakers-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers-type?post=30335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}