Executive Changes – Page 108
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Sportéco reports the appointment of Sébastien Bellard to the position...
Sportéco reports the appointment of Sébastien Bellard to the position of general manager of DJO France, the company that owns Cefar-Compex
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Smith Sports Optics has appointed Cale Meyer as promotions manager,...
Smith Sports Optics has appointed Cale Meyer as promotions manager, based at the company's marketing headquarters in Portland, Oregon
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Primaloft has appointed Stefan Brandt as sales & marketing territory...
Primaloft has appointed Stefan Brandt as sales & marketing territory manager for Austria, Switzerland and Southern Germany, reporting to Chris Humphris , European sales manager
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Fabian Engelhorn, who has been running the sports & leisure...
Fabian Engelhorn, who has been running the sports & leisure segment of the eponymous German department store operation, has become chief executive of the company, supervising all operations. Andreas Hilgenstock, who was in charge of fashion and general clothing, will concentrate on strategy and communication. Simon Engelhorn continues to take ...
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Anna-Lena Schulte-Angels has been appointed joint general manager of Sport...
Anna-Lena Schulte-Angels has been appointed joint general manager of Sport Voswinkel, the sporting goods retail chain controlled by Intersport Germany. She takes the place of Jochen Schnell, who has joined the executive board of the group. Schulte-Angels worked previously in leading positions at the cosmetics and jewelry chains of Douglas ...
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The top management has changed at Sport Alliance, the Italian...
The top management has changed at Sport Alliance, the Italian voluntary group led by Sportler of Bolzano and Sportland of Brescia. Georg Oberrauch, chairman of Sportler, has become its chairman again, replacing Marco Odolini of Sportland. Andrea Morin is its chief executive and commercial director, taking the place of Fabio ...
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Jin-Goon Kim, the former interim chief executive at Li-Ning, resigned...
Jin-Goon Kim, the former interim chief executive at Li-Ning, resigned as executive director and executive vice-chairman last week, marking his complete departure from the Chinese sportswear company. Li-Ning said he was leaving to pursue other business commitments. Kim was installed at Li-Ning from July 2012 by Texas Pacific Group (TPG), ...
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Jeffrey Delfgaauw, 38, has been named head of design for...
Jeffrey Delfgaauw, 38, has been named head of design for Brunotti Sportswear. After working for Quiksilver Europe in France, he served for 14 years as design manager at another Dutch-based boardsports apparel company, Protest, building up a team of 16 people. For its part, Protest has replaced Delfagaauw through the ...
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Creating a new position, Pentland Brands has appointed Dave Grange...
Creating a new position, Pentland Brands has appointed Dave Grange as president of its operations in North America. He previously ran its licensed Lacoste Footwear operation in North America.
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Electric, which belongs to the Kering group, has announced that...
Electric, which belongs to the Kering group, has announced that Kip Arnette, one of its co-founders, is retiring after 15 years with the American brand of eyewear. Arnette founded Electric in 2000 together with Bruce Beach. The brand specializes in snow goggles and sunglasses, but offers also prescription eyewear. Arnette ...
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Miguel Almeida was appointed executive vice president digital at Lululemon...
Miguel Almeida was appointed executive vice president digital at Lululemon Athletica, starting at the Canadian fitness apparel company from the middle of July. He was most recently group vice president, digital commerce and mobile solutions at Walgreens, as part of a 15-year career focusing on digital strategies. He previously worked ...
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PrimaLoft has announced the opening in June of its first...
PrimaLoft has announced the opening in June of its first wholly-owned subsidiary in Asia, and has hired Boris Lu as operations manager. The new office is located in Xiamen, China, a busy port city where the textile sector is well established, between the key destinations of Hong Kong and Shanghai. ...
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Reporting a 55 percent increase in orders, Sportfack says that...
Reporting a 55 percent increase in orders, Sportfack says that Five Seasons, the Swedish brand of affordable sportswear, has signed an agreement with the big Swiss Manor Group. As we previously reported, Erik Johansson, the young chief executive of the company, has been negotiating supply agreements with several key accounts ...
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Bill Bird, former chief financial officer of Srixon Cleveland Golf...
Bill Bird, former chief financial officer of Srixon Cleveland Golf XXIO USA, its interim president since March and board member, has been appointed president of the organization
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Falke says it has registered more customers than expected...
Falke says it has registered more customers than expected on its new B2B internet portal, which is designed to speed up deliveries and reorders, among other services
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Matt Pearson has started as acting chief financial officer and...
Matt Pearson has started as acting chief financial officer and joined the board of Sports Direct International (SDI) earlier this month. Pearson joined the leading British sports retailer and wholesaler as group financial accountant from EY (formerly Ernst & Young) in June 2007 and was later appointed group financial controller. ...
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Olaf Koch, president of the Metro group, has transferred the...
Olaf Koch, president of the Metro group, has transferred the management of Metro Cash & Carry from himself to the Russian country manager for this subsidiary of the German retail company, Pieter Boone. Boris Minialai, buying director of Metro C&C Russia, is taking over his place.
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Franz Koch, who left as chief executive of Puma in...
Franz Koch, who left as chief executive of Puma in March 2013 after only two years in the job, has become a managing partner of Mykita, a brand of designer eyewear in Berlin, with an undisclosed financial stake. He will oversee B2B sales, production, finance, IT and human resources. The ...
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Stöckli Swiss Sports has appointed a new chairman, Josef Felder,...
Stöckli Swiss Sports has appointed a new chairman, Josef Felder, who has been for many years the chief executive of Zurich Airport, taking the place of Niklaus Knüsel at the head of a downsized board of directors. Separately, Theo Sandu, 36, has been named manager of Stöckli's bike division. Stephan ...
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The Lafuma Group has appointed a new brand manager for...
The Lafuma Group has appointed a new brand manager for Eider and is in the process of recruiting a brand manager for Millet. At Eider, Aurore Calmier takes the place left vacant a few months ago by the reassignment of a manager of the group, Thibaut Cornet, to the post ...
