Halo Leisure’s board of trustees has named enterprise mainstay Scott Rolfe as its new chief executive.

Rolfe joined the leisure operator 12 years ago as one of the founding members of its senior management team and has since been director of operations and managing director of its trading arm.

Rolfe replaces Halo's founding CEO Jon Argent, who has left after 12 years at the helm to become national partnerships director at GLL.

In his new role as Halo chief, Rolfe is tasked with continuing the enterprise's growth as it delivers health, sport and leisure across Herefordshire, Bridgend County and Shropshire.

"Health and wellbeing is now recognised as a priority for local economies and communities – it has never been more important to make sport and fitness initiatives accessible to everyone,” said Rolfe.

“It has never been more important to see leisure providers like Halo working in partnership with health practitioners to prevent health problems and to help more people, get more active, more often.”