Founder / ScaleFitEngine
Michelle Furniss

Michelle Furniss has spent 25 years doing nearly every job in fitness – selling memberships on the gym floor, teaching Les Mills, managing big-box clubs and owning studios. Then on the supplier side, as GM at Xplor, scaling software and payments globally. Experience and insight across 20k businesses led her to found ScaleFitEngine – commercial advisory specifically for fitness.

Her mission is simple – help fitness businesses find growth. From owner-operators working 60+ hour weeks sweating next week’s payroll, to suppliers breaking into international markets.

A Harvard Business School graduate, advisory board member and advocate for women in leadership, Michelle brings a rare 360 view of the industry – and a genuine drive to see others win.

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Growth & Revenue Summit
Independent Operators: A peer session for those going it alone
Friday 11 September 2026
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Business of Fitness Theatre 1
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Mel Tempest
CEO
Ignite Fitness Business Events
Michelle Furniss
Founder
ScaleFitEngine
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Scott Hunt
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