Speaker

Tony Payne

Chief Executive Officer
Technogym South Africa

Tony Payne is a wellness entrepreneur and thought leader with over 30 years of experience in the fitness and medical wellness industries across Africa. He is a founding director of PentaSystems, the exclusive distributor of Technogym in Southern Africa, serving over 8,000 clients in 11 countries, in Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. Tony also co-founded Activate Health, a corporate and clinical wellness business operating over 20 sites for clients including Discovery, Anglo American, and FirstRand. A graduate in Physical Education and Sports Science from Wits University, Tony took his first business, a medical technology company to a JSE listing at just 26. He is passionate about integrating wellness into hospitality and corporate environments, and frequently speaks at International conferences. In May 2025, Tony and his brother Kevin were named Business Persons of the Year by the Italian-South African Chamber of Commerce.