Gareth Helm, NED – Anytime Fitness, NED – Higgidy Ltd

Gareth has worked in marketing for over 30 years with businesses all around the world. His experience ranges from Marketing Director in start-ups like Innocent Drinks and Bear Snacks, through to the Chief Marketing Officer in larger corporations like McDonalds Restaurants in the UK and HomeServe globally. Gareth has also spend a major part of his career in digital platform businesses. He was Chief Marketing Officer for Zoopla, uSwitch and MoneySuperMarket and NED for Tails.com and has been involved in 4 successful business sales.

In 2022 Gareth split from corporate life Gareth to build his own ‘grand design’ with his wife in Devon and start a plural career under his business www.sideminds.com. His plural blend combines a number of NED roles with coaching and consultancy support focus primarily on marketing leaders and executive boards. Gareth is also a published author on marketing leadership (The Marketing Leader’s CODE) and a trained in coach at Ashridge-Hult Business School.

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