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title: "WellBiz Brands Inc. Appoints Ankin Laysha as COO"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8bfc9d29-73c8-45cb-b961-4904f7efc66b
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20230524_wellbiz_brands_inc_appoints_ankin_laysha_as_coo.html
category: "Beauty & Wellness"
industry: "Beauty & Wellness"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2023-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T20:32:11.154Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1450101499163-c8848c66ca85?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# WellBiz Brands Inc. Appoints Ankin Laysha as COO

**TL;DR:** WellBiz Brands Inc. has appointed Ankin Laysha as its new COO, who will drive a new platform approach to supporting franchisees. Laysha brings experience in strategy, innovation, and franchising in the beauty, wellness, and fitness sectors to her new role.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-05-24. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20230524_wellbiz_brands_inc_appoints_ankin_laysha_as_coo.html).*

## Story

Laysha brings broad experience in strategy, innovation and franchising in the beauty, wellness and fitness sectors to her new role. Most recently, she served as head of innovation and consumer insights and senior director of strategy and design at 24 Hour Fitness®, where she led partnerships with boutique fitness franchisors and wellness/recovery franchise networks and operated in multi-unit multi-brand environments. Previously, she served as an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company® and focused on service operations and customer experience in retail and consumer sectors.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in banking and finance from the London School of Economics and a master’s in business administration from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.

“In moving to a new operations support model for franchisees, WellBiz Brands is beefing up support, creating common toolkits and systems to fuel operational improvements and business growth of its franchisees, adding more cross-functional and specialized expertise and a single point of contact for franchisees to further strengthen relationships,” Laysha said. “I’m also a loyal customer of the brands, and so it’s exciting to see how those businesses are growing organically and contributing to the communities in which they operate.”

WellBiz Brands CEO Jeremy Morgan said, “Ankin brings impressive energy and experience to WellBiz Brands’ operations team at a critical time. Her background in training and consulting in the corporate environment, along with her unwavering pursuit of best practices and the empathy she developed while operating multiple franchise locations herself, will serve franchisees well.”

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Beauty & Wellness (sector)
- franchise support (topic)
- executive appointment (topic)
- beauty and wellness (topic)
- WellBiz Brands (company)
- 24 Hour Fitness (company)
- McKinsey & Company (company)
- Jeremy Morgan (person)
- Ankin Laysha (person)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20230524_wellbiz_brands_inc_appoints_ankin_laysha_as_coo.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8bfc9d29-73c8-45cb-b961-4904f7efc66b).