10 Facts About Phillip Mills

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Phillip Mills is the founder, executive director, and former chief executive of Les Mills International and a founder of Pure Advantage, a green business lobby group.

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Phillip Mills's father Les was a multiple representative at both Games.

3.

Phillip Mills competed in the 110m hurdles at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch and the 110m and 400m hurdles at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Phillip Mills attended the University of California, Los Angeles on a track and field scholarship and graduated with a degree in philosophy in 1978.

5.

The Les Phillip Mills business floated on the stock market in 1984 and was taken over by an investment company in 1987.

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In 2005, Les Phillip Mills International was named New Zealand Services Exporter of the Year by NZ Trade and Enterprise.

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In 2011 Phillip Mills was presented with an Australian Fitness Network Lifetime Achievement Award.

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In recent years Phillip Mills was named on The National Business Review Rich List in 2011.

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Phillip Mills has developed a group fitness management system for maximizing the commercial benefits of the Les Mills programs.

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Phillip Mills is the founder of Pure Advantage, a group of New Zealand business leaders lobbying for green economic policy.