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Fitness First appoints new CFO
Fitness First, one of the world’s largest health club chains, has appointed a new group chief financial officer.
Zillah Byng-Maddick, who recently held the same post at the Thresher Group, will join the company this autumn.
Byng-Maddick, who is also currently a non-executive director of Gondola Holdings, whose brands include Pizza Express and ASK, said: “I very much look forward to working with the board and senior management of Fitness First in driving the company forward.”
Fitness First, one of the world’s largest health club chains, has appointed a new group chief financial officer.
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