 Chris St. George
Co-Chairman
Chris St. George is the Co-Chairman and Co-Founder of Olive Group.
Chris was previously Group Managing Director from 2003 to 2008 before assuming the role as Co-Chairman. Chris has both a military and entrepreneurial background having been involved in a number of successful start-up businesses including The Third Space Health and Fitness Centre, where he was the founding director and leading shareholder prior to its successful divestiture to Graphite Capital.
Chris was commissioned into the British Army in 1992 and served with the Coldstream Guards and the Parachute Regiment. During his career, Chris spent much of his time on operations or managing training tasks in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Chris was awarded the Sword of Honour at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 1992 and the United Nations Force Commanders Commendation in 1994.
 David St. George
Co-Chairman
David St. George is the Co-Chairman and Co-Founder of Olive Group.
David was previously a Director and Member of Senior Management at Union Bancaire Privée, working between London and Geneva, where he was responsible for hedge fund portfolios of US$4.5 billion. Prior to Union Bancaire Privée, he worked for Banco Garantia in Brazil and Flemings in London. He also practised as a Barrister in the UK. David is also Chairman and Co-Founder of Global Brands Group, a licensing agency and brand consultancy, and a member of the Advisory Board of the St. Louis Rams.
David graduated with a BA Honours degree in Law from Trinity College, Cambridge.
 Gavin Mayhew
Chief Executive Officer
Gavin was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2008 having previously completed successful roles as President of the IPS division and Group Chief Operating Officer. Gavin is responsible for strategic direction and the day-to-day operations of the business. Gavin joined Olive Group in 2003 from The Third Space, one of London's largest Health and Fitness Centres where he was the General Manager and an Operating Board member since its start up in 2000.
Gavin has a wealth of commercial experience and expertise gained during his career in the international arena. He gained some of this international experience while working for GTECH, the world's leading international online lottery and gaming provider in Mexico City, where he ran the database design consultancy for the Mexican Lottery and established the GTECH Marketing Department. Gavin spent two years developing his marketing and research skills in over 10 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean when he ran the GTECH in-house Latin American market research team. Gavin's flair for international business and commercial activity began with his first job, based in San Francisco, managing on-going operations for The Sharper Image in a number of countries including Mexico, Switzerland, Japan and Australia.
Gavin holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, a BA from Brown University, USA and is fluent in Spanish.
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