Norman Basson - Founder & Non-Executive Director, Premier Global
Norman trained as a physical educationalist, sports coach and physiotherapist within the elite Army Physical Training Corps, in which he served twenty-two years until retirement in 1986. He then developed and successfully ran his own physiotherapy practice, health & fitness club and training centre, which he sold on to Elegant Ways PLC before establishing Premier in August 1992. Norman retired in May 2010 to spend time with his family and enjoying his passion for Golf. He continues to advice on quality of training in his non-executive capacity on the Premier Global Board.
Philip Walters - Co-Shareholder, Premier Global
Following an early career as a Chartered Accountant working for Deloitte Haskins & Sells in its Cardiff, Brussels and London offices, Philip joined Whitbread's JPM International where he became managing director in 1987. Philip managed an MBO from Whitbread in 1992 and also the eventual sale of the group to Sega Enterprises of Japan in 1996 for whom he continued to manage the group until 2001 when he left to drive his own M & A consultancy. Philip joined Premier in May 2004 as an equity partner in order to direct the business development and growth of the group.
Debra Stuart - Chief Executive Officer, Premier Global
Debra has enjoyed a 30 year long career in health and fitness education within the active leisure industry and has played an integral part in the development of national occupational standards and qualifications. She has provided consultancy services to organisations such as SkillsActive, the Register of Exercise Professionals and many other industry bodies. Debra has managed national business development strategies in line with learning and skills council funding policies for a number of large training organisations in the UK. She joined Premier Global as Executive Director of Active IQ in 2006 and successfully directed the awarding body’s business expansion strategy. Debra was promoted to Premier Global Group CEO in March 2008.
Victoria Branch, Sales & Marketing Director
Tori joined the Premier Global team in February 2010 as their Global Marketing Manager and was promoted to Sales & Marketing Director in September 2011 heading up the sales teams as well as delivering marketing strategies across Premier Global’s group of companies. A classically trained consumer marketeer with over 16 years marketing experience, Tori has strategic competence and is highly efficient in planning and delivering innovative national marketing strategies within B2B and B2C environments.
Malcolm Oakey - Contracts Director
For a 12 year period prior to Malcolm's appointment at Premier he served as the Group Accountant to a privately owned group of companies in the leisure and hospitality sector. Malcolm joined Premier in 1997 and was appointed finance director prior to the Company's national expansion programme and 5-year development plan in which he was a key-manager. He manages the Company's business relationship with over sixteen FE Colleges throughout the UK relating to LSC funding for Premier's training courses.
Dave Christophi - Operations Director
After a 14 year career working in logistics as part of a specialist airborne RAF support group, David left the military in 1999 to begin a new career in the health and fitness industry. Initially taking advantage of the resettlement package offered to him by completing the Premier Diploma in Personal Training and Sports Therapy, he then went on to complete his BA (Hons) in Sport, Recreation and Tourism whilst working as a personal trainer. In 2003, shortly after graduating, David joined Premier’s Liverpool team as a careers adviser and has since undertaken various regional and national business roles throughout the company, before moving in to his current position as Operations Director.
