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Fitness First MENA

Mark Buchanan

Mark Buchanan is CEO of Fitness First MENA.

With over 25 years of industry experience Mark is known for his innovative and dynamic approach within the Health & Wellness sector. He has worked throughout Europe, and has experience in Australia and the USA before settling in SE Asia and Thailand in 2006. Mark has thrived under public, private and several PE based ownership models during that time.

His reputation is built around delivering industry leading performance cultures underpinned by outstanding employee engagement and innovative product excellence. Businesses under his stewardship have won numerous ‘best in class’ awards including 3 times winning the Aon/Kincentric Best Employer award for EW Thailand, and also 3 star Global Accreditation with Best Companies, demonstrating world class employee engagement.

Mark is also a speaker at Beyond Activ World in Singapore.

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A/Prof Phua Ghee Chee
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Adam Sedlack CEO UFC Gym
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UFC Gym
Adnan Abdullah Al-Khalaf CEO Leejam Sports
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Aekkasit Tachasirinugune
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Alex Walter
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Allie Mairs Director, Sales Asia Pacific Mindbody
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Aly Khairuddin
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Alyssa Than-Stark Associate Director, Wellbeing Aon
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Associate Director, Wellbeing
Aon
Andrea Bell
Co-Founder, Inspire Brands Asia & Chairwomen
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Andrea Lomas
Vice President, Spa and Wellness Operations
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Angelika Hartung Wellness Director, Anantara Layan Phuket Resort Minor International
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Wellness Director, Anantara Layan Phuket Resort
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Anthony Jude Tan
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Anthony Kelly
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Partner & Head, Asia Pacific
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Ben Wilde
Global Director, Training & Education
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Benedict Tan Group Chief Digital Strategy Officer SingHealth
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Group Chief Digital Strategy Officer
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Founder and CEO
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Beth Gibbs-Bartel Chief Revenue Officer Merrithew
Beth Gibbs-Bartel
Chief Revenue Officer
Merrithew
Brian Sutton
Director, Content Development & Production
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Caleb Tan Senior Manager MOHT
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Senior Manager, Digital Mental Health & Innovation
MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation
Cameron Falloon
Founder & Director
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Chris Caldwell CEO, APAC Lift Brands
Chris Caldwell
CEO, APAC
Lift Brands
Chris Hardesty Partner Pureland Venture
Chris Hardesty
Partner
Pureland Venture
Christophe Andanson President Planet Fitness Group
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Founder & President
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Chunxia Gao
Group Director, Spa & Wellness (Asia)
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Dan Duran
International Relationships & Industry Advocacy Manager
NASM
Dan Smith
General Manager
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Dane Cantwell
Country Director, Thailand
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Daniel Hayes
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Managing Director
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Darren Elkin
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David Aitchison
CEO, APAC
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David Boucher CEO Bumrungrad International Hospital (Phuket & Market)
David Boucher
CEO
Bumrungrad International Hospital (Phuket & Market)
David Carney
President
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David Prosser CEO Evolution Wellness Group
David Prosser
CEO
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Diana Kraemer
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Dipra Ray
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Dr Jiayi Wong
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Dr Walter Lim
Managing Director, Singapore
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Dr. Andrew Tay Chief Wellbeing Officer National University of Singapore (NUS)
Dr. Andrew Tay
Chief Wellbeing Officer
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Dr. Andy Schillinger
Director, Rehabilitation
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Dr. Kenneth Tan Deputy Executive Director Octave Institute
Dr. Kenneth Tan
Deputy Executive Director
Octave Institute
Dr. Keren Priyadarshini Worldwide Healthcare Industry Lead Microsoft
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Worldwide Healthcare Industry Lead
Microsoft
Dr. Maleena Suppiah Cavert Chief, Learning & Culture Tsao Foundation
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Chief, Learning & Culture
Tsao Foundation
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Group Director, Regional Health Systems
SingHealth
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Founder
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Co-Founder & CEO
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Former CEO
Farrer Park Hospital
Dr. Tsin Uin Foong
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer
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Anti Aging, Regenerative & Lifestyle Medicine Consultant
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Dr. Wimonchan Wutthikongsombat
Anti-Aging, Gut Health, Regenerative and Preventive Medicine Consultant
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Vice President, Health and Wellbeing, Asia Pacific
BP
Elaine Jobson
CEO
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Emlyn Brown Global Senior Vice President Well-Being Accor
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Global Senior Vice President, Well-Being
Accor
Enrico Klauer CEO MECOTEC
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CEO
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Eric Falardeau Partner - Health, Fitness & Wellness McKinsey & Company
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Partner - Health, Fitness & Wellness
McKinsey & Company
Eric Goh Senior HR & Administration Manager Tam Jai International Group
Eric Goh
Senior HR & Administration Manager
Tam Jai Singapore
Eric Wong
Group Chief Data & Strategy Officer
National Healthcare Group
Ewan Davis Partner and Head, South-East Asia Quadria Capital
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Partner and Head, South-East Asia
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Urban Designer and Strategic Masterplanner
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Chief Strategy Officer
PureGym
George Flooks CEO Wellness Forward Group
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CEO
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Gerry Chong
Fitness Director
Elite Fitness
Greg Oliver CEO & Managing Director Fitness & Lifestyle Group
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CEO & Managing Director
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Harry Konstantinou
CEO & Managing Director
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Hiroshi Limmell Assistant Director, Employee Engagement and Wellbeing Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
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Senior Assistant Director, Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
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Group Head, Health, Safety & Wellbeing
Standard Chartered Bank
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Vice President, Technical Services
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Ian Jensen-Muir CEO Belgravia Health & Fitness
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CEO
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Ingo Ronald Schweder Founder & CEO GOCO Hospitality
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Founder & CEO
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Ingrid Wong CEO 247 Fitness
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Director and Chief Executive Officer
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Ittaya Sirivasukarn
CEO
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Jack Thomas
Founder and CEO
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James Foster
Chief Executive Officer
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Managing Director, Development Strategy Innovation
Soneva
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Founder and CEO
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Founder & CEO
Oxygen Yoga & Fitness
Jitinat Asdamongkol
President, Thailand
ONE Championship
John P Young
Vice President, Commercial Business (International)
Johnson Health Tech
Josephine Png
Director, Sales and Marketing
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Julien Bera
Country Director, Singapore & Thailand
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Founder & CEO
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Justin Musgrove
CEO
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Regional Manager, GCC
Gharieni Group
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Global Head, Product & Operations
Pavelka
Keith Lansdale
International Business Director
NASM
Kenny Choong
Co-Founder
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Kitty Chopaka
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Kiyoaki Yamabe
CEO
Fast Fitness Japan
Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul
Former Minister, Tourism & Sports
Thailand Government
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Co-Founder / CEO / Instructor
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Lee Lin
Managing Director
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Li Jun Pek
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Lily Kiatsumphan
Co-Founder
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Founder
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Lorraine Tay
Partner
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LP John Paramai
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Luke Faulkner
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Luke Tan
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Mathilde Colomb
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Maurice Tan
Senior Consultant
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endota spa
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Golden Gate Ventures
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Co-Founder & Director
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Michelle Yong
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Mike Beeney
Director, APAC
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Chief Customer Officer
ABC Fitness
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CEO
Jetts Thailand
Mike Nysten Director World Gym Australia
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Founding Director
World Gym Australia
Minister Edwin Tong
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth & Second Minister for Law
Singapore Government
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Vice President
Renaissance Corporation
Mylene Mendoza-Dayrit
President & CEO
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Nathanicha Thongbai
Vice President
Rakxa Wellness & MK Real Estate
Nathaniel Farouz Managing Director, Senior Living Keppel
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Managing Director, Senior Living
Keppel
Nazar Musa
Founder and Chairman
Spartans Boxing Club
Nichole Jardine, Sales Director (APAC), Merrithew
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Sales Director, Asia-Pacific
Merrithew
Nicole Noye
CEO
Collective Wellness Group
Nishita Lalvani CMO Rewardz
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CMO
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Pablo Viñaspre
Founder & CEO
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Paddy Murray
VP Global Marketing
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Patrick Del Bianco
International Key Account Manager
Technogym
Paul Bowman
CEO
Wexer
Paul John Hawco Executive Global Director Integrated Wellbeing Banyan Group
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Executive Director, Integrated/Global Wellbeing
Banyan Group
Peter Pastijn
Business Development Manager
Studio Grow
Peter Thew Group Director MOVE [REPEAT]
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Co-Founder & Group Director
MOVE [REPEAT]
Porko Elango
Head, Fitness
Cult.fit
Professor Jiri Dvorak BDMS Wellness Clinic
Professor Jirí Dvorák
Co-Founder
BDMS Wellness Clinic
Raphaelle Faure
Director, APAC
Biologique Recherche
Reina Lim Acting Group CEO True Group
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True Group
Richard Boyd Director Global Wellness Designs
Richard Boyd
Director
Global Wellness Designs
Richard Burnet
Global CEO & Director
Body Fit Training (BFT)
Riyaad Karriem
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Regional Medical Manager, Asia Pacific
Chevron
Roy Teo
Chief, Industry Development, Technology & Innovation
Sport Singapore
Ruben Torel Director of Healthcare + Wellness QUO
Ruben Toral
Director of Healthcare + Wellness
QUO
Russell Harrison
CEO
Spartans Boxing Club
Ryan Hogan
CEO
Les Mills Asia Pacific
Sahil Batra Vice President, International Benefits Wells Fargo
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Industry Practice Leader, Health Solutions
Aon
Sam Canavan
Managing Director, APAC
ClassPass & Mindbody
Sander van den Born Executive Vice President, International Self Esteem Brands
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Self Esteem Brands
Scott Walton
Sales Director, APAC & MEA
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RX Health
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Partner, Healthcare
Jungle Ventures
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CEO
KX Pilates
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