AFTER STARTING HIS CAREER AS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT AT DELOITTE, DUNCAN HELD FC ROLES MANAGING £7M AND £5M SUBSIDIARIES AT IMG SPORTS AND IPG ADVERTISING GROUP. HE THEN MOVED OUT OF CORPORATE LIFE TO ADVISING AND WORKING WITH SMEs. AFTER SEEING HOW CHALLENGING CONSUMERS FIND WEIGHT LOSS, HE DECIDED TO FORM SURE. A FITNESS LOVER, HE HAS COMPLETED THE 150-MILE MARATHON DES SABLES.

EAMUS FOUNDED AND LISTED HIS FIRST VENTURE, IREVOLUTION, ONTO AIM IN 2001. HE THEN SPENT THE NEXT 8 YEARS AS THE CEO OF AIM AND LSE LISTED BUSINESSES FOCUSED ON SOFTWARE AND DATA CENTRES. IN THAT PERIOD HE RAISED £25M AND WENT THROUGH 11 M&A TRANSACTIONS. HIS FOCUS WITH SURE WILL BE ON BUILDING A REPLICABLE PROCESS AND ENSURING THE MODEL CAN BE SCALABLE FOR A MULTI-SITE ROLLOUT.

STEVE HAS SPENT SEVERAL DECADES OWNING AND RUNNING SOME OF THE MOST PROFITABLE AND RESPECTED HEALTH CLUBS IN THE INDUSTRY. HIS FIRST SUCCESS WAS TO FOUND AND SELL THE £15M AXIS CLUB GROUP TO CROWN SPORTS PLC. FROM THERE HE THEN FOUNDED RFL CO LTD AND BUILT HIS SECOND GROUP, INCLUDING THE VERY SUCCESSFUL MARLOW CLUB.