That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 3
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News briefsPeak Ski promotes Catie Park to business development director
Source: Peak Ski Company Catie Park Montana-based Peak Ski Company has promoted Catie Park to Director of Business Development and Special Projects. Park most recently served as Retail Manager at Peak. “Catie’s passion for all things outdoors and the mountains, including skiing, hiking, and backcountry adventures, makes ...
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News briefsManagement changes at Alibaba
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced the appointment of Eddie Yongming Wu as Group CEO and Chairman of Taobao and Tmall Group with immediate effect. He will also serve as CEO of the two subsidiaries. He replaces Daniel Zhang, who is resigning from the group’s executive positions to focus ...
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News briefsCanada Goose fills new position of President, Finance, Strategy & Admin
Source: Canada Goose Beth Clymer, new President, Finance, Strategy & Administration Canada Goose has created a new position – President, Finance, Strategy & Administration – and hired Beth Clymer, who will be responsible in this role for finance, human resources & culture, corporate strategy and legal. “Beth ...
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News briefsNew CEO for PrimaLoft
Compass Diversified (CoDi), the Westport, Connecticut-based owner of several sporting goods brands, including Boa Technology, 5.11 and Velocity Outdoor, announced the appointment of Anne Cavassa as Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary PrimaLoft Inc. effective Jan. 1, 2024. The move follows Cavassa’s recent appointment as President of the company. The ...
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News briefsSportsShoes.com expands marketing and design teams
UK online retailer SportsShoes.com has announced 10 new appointments to its brand marketing, social media and design teams to support its continued growth and development strategy. Maryse Haynes is joining the company as Marketing Coordinator from sports and mountain apparel brand Inov-8, where she was Head of Marketing. She previously ...
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News briefsNils Hult leaves Madshus
Referring to an internal message of Elevate Outdoor Collective (EOC), the Norwegian industry magazine sportsbransjen.no has reported that Nils Hult is leaving Madshus, the Norwegian brand specializing in cross-country skiing products within EOC, founded in 1906. “The functions that Nils Hult held have been absorbed by the structural changes and ...
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News briefsNew HR Director at Adidas
The Supervisory Board of Adidas has appointed Michelle Robertson as a member of its Executive Board, responsible for Global Human Resources, People and Culture, effective Jan. 1, 2024. The British national has held various HR positions at Adidas and previously at Reebok for over 18 years. Since July 2023, she ...
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News briefsUK Athletics has a new president
UK Athletics has announced the election of former Olympic heptathlon champion Dame Denise Lewis as the organization’s new president. Lewis takes over from Jason Gardener, who has held the role since 2015. Lewis won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics after winning bronze at Atlanta 1996. Since retiring ...
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News briefsGildan appoints new CEO
Canadian sportswear brand Gildan Activewear has appointed a new President and CEO, Vince Tyra. He will take up the role on Feb. 12, 2024, replacing co-founder Glenn Chamandy, who has worked for Montréal-based Gildan for 40 years, 20 of them as CEO. “Over the span of his 40-year career, Glenn ...
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News briefsAlpargatas hires Mondelez exec as CEO
Liel Miranda, CEO of Mondelez International’s Brazil business unit since 2019, will join the publicly traded Brazilian footwear company Alpargatas as CEO on Feb. 1, 2024. He will replace the group’s interim CEO Luiz Fernando Edmond, who will remain a member of the company’s Board of Directors.
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News briefsStrava appoints former Nike, Google exec as CEO
Source: Strava Michael Martin Strava has announced the appointment of Michael Martin as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Martin will also join Strava’s Board of Directors when he takes office on Jan. 2, 2024. The news comes after Michael Horvath, who co-founded Strava 15 years ago ...
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News briefsNew executive appointment for Reebok Europe and Reebok LTD
Source: NGG Markus Kleber New Guards Group (NGG) announced the appointment of Markus Kleber as Senior Vice President, General Manager of Reebok Europe and Reebok LTD. He will lead the business strategy and oversee all functions of Reebok Europe and Reebok LTD. Kleber joins NGG from Adidas, ...
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ArticleAlibaba’s president steps down from Farfetch board
J. Michael Evans, President and board member at Alibaba, has resigned from the board of directors at Farfetch, according to a company filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Farfetch qualifies the resignation as being “in furtherance of the arm’s length commercial relationship” it has maintained with Alibaba ...
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News briefsPeloton CMO exits after less than a year
Source: Peloton Leslie Berland Peloton’s Chief Marketing Officer, Leslie Berland, has left her role at the fitness company to join telecom firm Verizon Communications. The move comes less than a year after Berland, who previously worked as CMO of Twitter (now X), joined Peloton in Jan. 2023. ...
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News briefsHanesBrands names VP, global CMO for Champion
Source: HanesBrands Richard Mcleod HanesBrands announced that Richard Mcleod has been named Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of Global Champion. Mcleod will be responsible for driving Champion’s global brand strategy and omni-channel brand positioning. He joins Champion from Canada Goose where he was the SVP of the ...
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News briefsSport 2000 France has a new CEO
Source: Sport 2000 Emmanuelle Bahuaud Emmanuelle Bahuaud will serve as the new chief executive of Sport 2000 France, effective Jan. 2, 2024. She will replace Stéphane Solinski, who left the company in September to pursue other opportunities. Solinski is now the CEO of Laf Santé. Bahuaud, a ...
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News briefsHeiQ welcomes new Non-Executive Director from Lenzing
Source: HeiQ Robert van de Kerkhof Robert van de Kerkhof will join the Board of Directors of HeiQ plc as a Non-Executive Director with effect from Jan. 1, 2024. He will also become Chairman of the Environmental, Occupation, Health & Safety and Sustainability Committee and join the ...
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News briefsFrench business network Medef appoints a co-President for its Paris 2024 committee
Medef (Mouvement des Entreprises de France), the leading network of entrepreneurs in the country, has appointed Fabien Gilot as co-president of the organization’s committee for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Gilot will join forces with Dominique Carlac’h, who was already at the committee’s helm and will now share responsibilities with him. ...
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News briefsPuma appoints new GM for Japanese business
Source: Puma Ryokusai Inoue Puma has appointed Ryokusai Inoue as the new General Manager of Puma Japan with immediate effect. He will report directly to Germany-based Puma CEO Arne Freundt. Inoue joined the company in 2015 as Director of Retail. In this position, he shaped the success ...
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News briefsChanges at the helm of The Lycra Company
Source: The Lycra Company Gary Smith The Lycra Company announces that it has appointed Gary Smith as Chief Executive Officer, effective Nov. 27, 2023. Smith will succeed Dean Williams, who has served as acting CEO since August. Williams will retain his role as Chief Financial Officer and ...
