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David Patchell-Evans
Founder & CEO, Goodlife Fitness
Phil Harkins
Founder & CEO, Prossimo Global Partners
David Patchell-Evans
Founder & CEO, Goodlife Fitness
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David Patchell-Evans ‘Patch’ is the founder and CEO of GoodLife Fitness, Canada’s largest fitness club chain, fourth largest in the world and largest owned by a single owner. Patch opened his first gym in London, Ontario in 1979 and has grown the company to more than 500 Clubs, including GoodLife Fitness and Fit4Less by GoodLife, 1.2 million members and 10,000 Associates. Patch has served both as president of canfitpro, Canada’s largest fitness education and certification body, and as chair of the IHRSA Board of Directors. A two-time best-selling author, award-winning entrepreneur, five-time Canadian rowing champion, and a notable philanthropist, Patch and GoodLife have received 25+ national and international awards including the International Iconic Brand Award, Canada’s Best Managed Companies, Canada’s Best Gym (Best Health magazine), Canada’s Most Admired CEO. In 2021 Patch and was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame, joining an elite group of the country’s longstanding, most innovative business leaders.
Phil Harkins
Founder & CEO, Prossimo Global Partners
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Phil is an internationally known expert in the areas of organization development, leadership, communication, executive advising, and CEO succession planning. Through his work, he has led hundreds of organizations toward better performance and overall value creation. He has facilitated over 800 meetings and has been a principal speaker at over 400 conferences, symposia, and retreats throughout the world. Phil’s clients include large and small companies, as well as government agencies, healthcare systems, and non-profit organizations. Throughout his career, Phil has worked with leaders, executive teams, and Boards in over twenty-five countries. Today he is helping organizations become more successful by using the tools and a proven methodology that value creation is a function of having the right talent in mission critical positions. His passion is in helping create Category One teams and using play-to-win/refuse-to-lose strategies and architecture. Then getting the culture right and not settling for less. Phil is a trained psychologist at Harvard University and has authored original research and published significant books on emerging global leaders, leadership, succession, progression, and development, change management, and communication. Author of Powerful Conversations, Everybody Wins, In Search of Leadership, Skin in the Game, The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching, Best Practices in for Succession Planning, Best Practices in Leading the Global Workforce, and Best Practices in Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Handbook. Phil is recognized as a Top 50 Executive Coach/Executive Advisor worldwide.