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Book Summit tickets here! The HCM Summit is a high-end, all-keynote conference that brings together thought leaders, operators, investors, associations and suppliers from across the world of fitness, health and wellness to examine issues critical to the sector.
We'll be unveiling the programme for HCM Summit 2026 soon, but you can take a look at the outstanding lineup of keynote speakers we have for 2026 here.
You can also see the speakers and contributors who have shared creative insights, success stories and innovations shaping the future of health, fitness, spa and wellness at HCM Summit 2025 and HCM Summit 2024.
View the HCM Summit 2025 speakers here and the HCM Summit 2024 speakers here.
All the speaker presentations and live on-stage interviews from both previous HCM Summits are available to watch on-demand free of charge so everyone can benefit from the insight shared.
Watch the HCM Summit 2025 speaker videos here and the HCM Summit 2024 speaker videos here.
Organised by respected business media outlet Leisure Media and its title HCM, the event has been designed to balance active networking with insightful conference sessions with a focus on deepening understanding of the current landscape for the sector and the opportunities this presents.
An exclusive, invitation-only, curated trade show will run alongside the event, bringing new and innovative services and equipment to the attention of delegates, while a series of social events will enable delegates, speakers and exhibitors to network and deepen relationships.
In addition to its live audience in London, the summit will also be webcast globally throughout the day and also available on-demand as a permanent archive, ensuring that it can be reached by all who are interested in participating.
If you're a decision maker, influencer or rising star in the fitness, health and wellness sector and you're interested in hearing from world leaders from across the sector and networking with your peers, the HCM Summit is for you.
You'll also have the opportunity to be exposed to some of the latest innovations in the summit exhibition and meet our stellar lineup of speakers.
The live audience will be limited by the capacity of the venue, so we recommend early booking and for those who are unable to make it to London, the summit will be live streamed on the day and available on-demand after the event.
Delegate registrations will open soon.
If you would like to get involved with the HCM Summit as a speaker, exhibitor, sponsor, partner, supplier or exhibitor, we'd love to hear from you on [email protected].
Humphrey Cobbold is non-executive chair of PureGym Group, having handed over the role of CEO of PureGym to Clive Chesser on 1 January 2025.
He joined the company in January 2015 and oversaw rapid growth and international expansion which took the business from 84 gyms in the UK (@ January 2015) to more than 650 today across the UK, Denmark, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia and the US.
As well as guiding more than 300 organic new site openings, Cobbold oversaw the group's acquisition of LA Fitness in 2015, Soho Gyms in 2018, Fitness World in 2020, and Blink Fitness in 2024. He also managed the sale of the business from CCMP to Leonard Green Partners in 2017 (valuing PureGym at more than £600m) and secured £300m investment from KKR in 2021 to support expansion.
He was previously CEO of Wiggle Ltd, the online retailer of cycling and triathlon-related products, which he led while growing revenue from £30 million to over £170 million over four years from 2009 to 2013.
Cobbold has extensive experience gained through former roles, which include director of strategic development and an executive committee member of Trinity Mirror (now Reach Plc – the UK's largest newspaper publisher); investment director at Candover Partners (European PE Investment Firm); and as co-head of the UK media and corporate finance practices for McKinsey, where he worked for 15 years.
He has lived and worked in the UK, New Zealand, France, Spain and South Africa, as well as having experience in the US, across Europe and in Latin America. He speaks French reasonably fluently and Spanish badly.
Cobbold holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University where he was a senior scholar and an MBA with Distinction from Insead Business School.
Having been a keen sportsman, he still exercises and cycles regularly and keeps as fit as he can in body and mind. He has been married for more than 30 years and has three grown up children.
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HCM has been committed to supporting innovative companies in bringing products to market for over 40 years and has collaborated with all the major players across the industry in raising their profile, generating sales leads, launching new products and building their reputation.
The HCM summit gives suppliers of products and services to the fitness, health and wellnes sector the chance to meet and network with buyers while showing and demonstrating their latest offerings.
Take a look at our sponsorship packages which have been designed to suit every budget and marketing need and if you have something additional in mind, give us a call and we'd be happy to customise a special activation that will deliver against your objectives.
For sponsorship bookings in health and fitness, call Jan Williams on +44 (0)1462 471909 or email [email protected]
For sponsorship bookings in wellness, call Astrid Ros on +44 (0)1462 471911 or email [email protected]
The venue for the HCM Summit will be The QEII Centre. Located opposite Westminster Abbey, the QEII Centre is less than a five minute walk from the Thames, and a two-minute walk from a royal park.
The Centre is served by exceptional transport links providing easy access to everything the city has to offer, from world-class restaurants and nightlife to shopping and culture. Within an hour's transfer from five international airports, you will have an effortless journey to the Centre.
Queen Elizabeth II Centre
Broad Sanctuary
London SW1P 3EE
For sponsorship bookings in health and fitness:
Call Jan Williams on +44 (0)1462 471909 or email [email protected]
For sponsorship bookings in wellness:
Call Astrid Ros on +44 (0)1462 471911 or email [email protected]
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