{"id":51062,"date":"2024-07-11T17:06:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T09:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/?post_type=all_speakers&#038;p=51062"},"modified":"2024-08-22T16:15:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T08:15:50","slug":"humphrey-cobbold","status":"publish","type":"all_speakers","link":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/speakers\/humphrey-cobbold\/","title":{"rendered":"Humphrey Cobbold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Humphrey Cobbold is Chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puregym.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.puregym.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PureGym Group<\/a> \u2013 a position he has held since 2015.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since joining PureGym he has driven the development of the business from an 80 site UK operator to becoming an international business with over 600 sites across 5 countries. He was previously CEO of Wiggle Ltd, one of the world\u2019s leading online sports good retailers, which he led while growing revenue from \u00a330 million to over \u00a3170 million over four years from 2009 to 2013. He has extensive business experience gained through his former roles which include Director of Strategic Development and an Executive Committee Member of Trinity Mirror (now Reach Plc \u2013 the UK\u2019s largest newspaper publisher); Investment Director of Candover Partners (a mid\u2011market European PE Investment Firm); and, as Co\u2011Head of the UK Media and Corporate Finance Practices for the pre\u2011eminent global management consulting firm, McKinsey &amp; Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humphrey has lived and worked in the UK, New Zealand, France, and South Africa as well as having extensive experience in the US, across Europe, and in Latin America. Humphrey holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University where he was a Senior Scholar and an MBA with Distinction from Insead. He is married with three adult children, he is a sports lover but also enjoys quieter pursuits such as reading widely, photography and travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humphrey is also a speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/americas\/\">Beyond Activ Americas<\/a> in NYC, USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humphrey Cobbold is Chairman of the PureGym Group \u2013 a position he has held since 2015. Since joining PureGym he has driven the development of the business from an 80 site UK operator to becoming an international business with over 600 sites across 5 countries. He was previously CEO of Wiggle Ltd, one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":51063,"template":"","speakers-type":[59],"class_list":["post-51062","all_speakers","type-all_speakers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speakers-type-2024-americas-speakers-confirmed"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/all_speakers\/51062","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\/51063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"speakers-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondactiv.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers-type?post=51062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}