{"id":26413,"date":"2023-02-10T12:16:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T04:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefitsummit.com\/?post_type=all_speakers&p=26413"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:37:00","slug":"sander-van-den-born","status":"publish","type":"all_speakers","link":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/speakers\/sander-van-den-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Sander van den Born"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sander van den Born is Chief International Officer at Purpose Brands<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sander leads the international growth strategy, which aims to reach 10,000 clubs and studios worldwide by 2030 \u2013 just as the Anytime Fitness brand shifts from convenience to coaching and the studio brands are poised for introduction and growth outside of the U.S. He leads the international team efforts to accelerate new master franchisee agreements and openings, grow existing markets, implement modernization and quality improvements across operations, and grow multi-branded unit sales to diversify and strengthen SEB’s global footprint. \u200b
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Based in Europe, van den Born’s career has taken him around the world for three decades, working for some of the world’s largest health and fitness, consulting and IT services brands across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North America. He joined SEB from GoodLife Fitness Group, where he served as chief marketing and technology officer. He also led marketing, innovation and strategy for nearly a decade at IT consulting services firm CGI. \u200bA former competitive cyclist, van den Born holds an executive MBA from Nyenrode Business University and an undergraduate degree from Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. \u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sander is also a speaker at Beyond Activ Europe<\/a> in Madrid, Spain. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Executive Vice President, International<\/p>\n

Self Esteem Brands<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35299,"template":"","speakers-type":[18,24,60,69,64,65,82,81,79,68],"class_list":["post-26413","all_speakers","type-all_speakers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speakers-type-2023-world-speakers","speakers-type-2024-emea-speakers","speakers-type-world-speakers","speakers-type-2025-americas-speakers","speakers-type-2025-emea-speaker","speakers-type-2025-world-speakers","speakers-type-2026-asia-speakers","speakers-type-2026-europe-speakers","speakers-type-2026-world-speaker","speakers-type-2025-world-fitwell"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/all_speakers\/26413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/all_speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/all_speakers"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"speakers-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers-type?post=26413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}