Executive Changes – Page 110
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Descente has set up a new organization structure to accelerate...
Descente has set up a new organization structure to accelerate its penetration of foreign markets. In April, the Japanese company formed a new Global Business Unit, headed up by Yoshikazu Tanaka as managing director for sales and marketing. He previously had the same function for the whole group. In the ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has a new chief financial officer. Michael D....
Wolverine Worldwide has a new chief financial officer. Michael D. Stornant, a 49-year-old executive who has been with the group for 19 years, assumes the role of senior vice president, CFO and treasurer, with effect from June 12. He served most recently as vice president of corporate finance, after handling ...
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Michael Austermühle, 46, has been appointed country manager of Patagonia...
Michael Austermühle, 46, has been appointed country manager of Patagonia for Germany and Austria, replacing Norbert Sandner who has been made European alpine and climbing manager. Austermühle was most recently the German country manager of The North Face, a company with which he worked for the past seven years. Prior ...
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Silke Sauer, 37, is the new head of licenses at...
Silke Sauer, 37, is the new head of licenses at Bogner, replacing Karin Silcher. She previously worked in licensing at two German fashion brands, S. Oliver and Gerry Weber.
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Christian Beidatsch replaces Ralf Albracht as marketing manager for the...
Christian Beidatsch replaces Ralf Albracht as marketing manager for the Ergonomic Sport System division of Falke
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Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark,...
Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark, Tom Tinning, who takes the place of Thomas Vangsaard, now in charge of Denmark for Ecco. Tinning, 45, started off as a sales rep for Nike and later became Danish sales manager for the big athletic brand. He worked for ...
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Black Diamond Inc. has made a number of changes in...
Black Diamond Inc. has made a number of changes in its design and product development departments to spur innovation in its apparel and equipment categories. Doug Heinrich, a former executive of Patagonia and Icon Health & Fitness, has been promoted from vice president of equipment to the position of senior ...
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Alexis Maillet has been appointed as European marketing manager for...
Alexis Maillet has been appointed as European marketing manager for Electric, the brand of eyewear, helmets, goggles and other accessories, from the start of May. Maillet formally heads up marketing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), a position that has been vacant for a year. Based at Electric's ...
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In view of the strong development of its golfwear line,...
In view of the strong development of its golfwear line, Kjus has decided to strengthen its sales force by hiring a salesman for the U.K. and Ireland, instead of working with an independent agent. The job has been assigned to Alistair Brown, who has more than ten years of experience ...
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Lululemon Athletica has announced that Delaney Schweitzer, executive vice president...
Lululemon Athletica has announced that Delaney Schweitzer, executive vice president of global retail, has resigned from the company, effective May 29. Schweitzer is one of the company's pioneers. She joined Lululemon in 2002, and helped the yoga-inspired athletic apparel firm grow from one store in Canada to more than 300 ...
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Han-Bo Shim, vice president and managing director for TaylorMade in...
Han-Bo Shim, vice president and managing director for TaylorMade in South Korea, has been appointed to the same position at Columbia Sportswear. The outdoor company said earlier this month that it was under pressure from bloated inventories in the crowded South Korean market, and that it was replacing its local ...
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Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods and outdoor company recently spun...
Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods and outdoor company recently spun off from Alliant Techsystems (ATK), has appointed a vice president of marketing, Brett Merrell, and a vice president of investor relations, Michael Pici. They report to Mark DeYoung, chairman and chief executive of Vista Outdoor. Merrell has been placed in ...
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Heather Jackson, described as an expert in IT and change...
Heather Jackson, described as an expert in IT and change management, has become a non-executive director of JD Sports Fashion, parent company of Blacks, Millets and other outdoor retail chains in the U.K. She is also a non-executive director of Ikano Bank from Sweden, where she chairs the remuneration and ...
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Patrick Pons de Vier, former brand manager for Salomon, is...
Patrick Pons de Vier, former brand manager for Salomon, is head of global footwear at Brooks, the U.S. running footwear company, starting last month. Pons de Vier spent about 18 years at Salomon, starting in 1996 in marketing for snowboarding products. He was leading strategic business development for Salomon's winter ...
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Wolverine Worldwide announced that Gene McCarthy, who has been president...
Wolverine Worldwide announced that Gene McCarthy, who has been president of the Merrell brand since August 2013, has left the company. His functions are being taken over on a temporary basis by Jim Gabel, president of the company's Performance Group, which also includes Chaco and Saucony. Gabel came to Wolverine ...
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Keen has hired Chris Heffernan, a seasoned executive in the...
Keen has hired Chris Heffernan, a seasoned executive in the footwear industry, as general manager of Keen Utility. Heffernan previously spent three years at Honeywell International, as general manager of safety footwear and vice president of global product. He also worked for seven years at Timberland as global brand manager ...
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Jörg Aumüller is reportedly taking over as country manager for...
Jörg Aumüller is reportedly taking over as country manager for German and Austria at Helly Hansen in the middle of May. The job was previously handled by Harry Schedlbauer, who has left in January to become global commercial manager at Atomic Austria. Aumüller has been in the outdoor and sports ...
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Dean Polic has been appointed as country manager for Mammut...
Dean Polic has been appointed as country manager for Mammut in Germany, starting from June. He has been with the company for 14 years and is currently head of marketing for the Swiss outdoor brand in Germany. His predecessor, Ernst Schweble, who has been building up Mammut in Germany since ...
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Lowa is reinforcing its investments in Asia with the appointment...
Lowa is reinforcing its investments in Asia with the appointment of Matthias Preussel in the new position of sales director for Asia-Pacific. He previously worked as head of sales at Mammut, helping to set up a Chinese subsidiary for the Swiss outdoor brand, supervising its operations in South Korea and ...
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Daniel Grohman will be the new chief financial officer for...
Daniel Grohman will be the new chief financial officer for Björn Borg from July 15, replacing Magnus Teeling
