Executive Changes – Page 114
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Brad Stewart has left Amer Sports, where he was in...
Brad Stewart has left Amer Sports, where he was in charge of global digital marketing lately. A spokesperson says he is not going to be replaced directly, as his functions will be taken over by the department of Victor Duran, senior vice president of marketing and B2C. He founded Bonfire ...
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Massimo Mazza recently joined Le Coq Sportif as Italian country...
Massimo Mazza recently joined Le Coq Sportif as Italian country manager, replacing Giorgio Trevisan who has moved to Superdry. Mazza had been acting as Italian country manager for Quiksilver and Roxy since 2011. He was previously involved in marketing at Eastpak and Nike in Italy. In 2007, he co-founded a ...
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Pamela Schröder, 35, has been promoted to the position of...
Pamela Schröder, 35, has been promoted to the position of marketing manager at Chiemsee, the German boardsports brand owned by the Schmidt Group. She is replacing Tobias Blick, who will leave the group at the end of March.
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Uhlsport has announced that Melanie Steinhilber has been promoted to...
Uhlsport has announced that Melanie Steinhilber has been promoted to executive director for marketing/sponsorship and product management, effective March 1. She will become part of a management team of three, together with Dominik Solleder, in charge of national/international sales, and Peter Kuhl, manager for finance, purchasing, product development and logistics. ...
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Accell Group has announced that it intends to appoint Jeroen...
Accell Group has announced that it intends to appoint Jeroen Both to the board of directors as chief supply chain officer. He will be responsible for the continued integration and optimization of the supply chain. The supervisory board plans to formalize his appointment after the general meeting of shareholders of ...
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Zebco Europe has hired Dirk Dehnhardt from Dam as export...
Zebco Europe has hired Dirk Dehnhardt from Dam as export director and acting sales director. The German-based company has also appointed Pär Lindberg to the vacant role of sales director for Scandinavia. He will be responsbile for the creation of a new structure of sales agents in Sweden, Norway, Denmark ...
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Crocs has realigned regional management functions, reducing the geographical structures...
Crocs has realigned regional management functions, reducing the geographical structures from four to three, including one for the European Union and another for the Americas. In this context, David Thomson, who has been most recently executive vice president of Tommy Hilfiger for Asia-Pacific, has been named by Crocs to a ...
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Mark S. Hoplamazian, a director and former president and CEO...
Mark S. Hoplamazian, a director and former president and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corp., has joined the board of directors of VF Corp., which has been expanded to 13 members. Two director, Ursula O. Fairbarn and George Fellows, will not stand for re-election because of a minimum retirement age of ...
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Arc'teryx has named Stéphane Tenailleau to the newly-created role of...
Arc'teryx has named Stéphane Tenailleau to the newly-created role of senior manager, EMEA consumer and channel marketing. Tenailleau, 42, will be leading an eight-member team based in Garching, north of Munich. The French national has a strong background across the fashion, sport and apparel industries. Most recently, he worked on ...
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Carson Schubert has been appointed global marketing manager of Ride...
Carson Schubert has been appointed global marketing manager of Ride Snowboards
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Simon Whitmarsh-Knight has been promoted by Invista to global marketing...
Simon Whitmarsh-Knight has been promoted by Invista to global marketing leader for activewear and outdoor
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Thierry Guibert has become the new chief executive of Lacoste,...
Thierry Guibert has become the new chief executive of Lacoste, replacing José-Louis Duran, who is leaving the group owned by Maus Frères since the end of 2012. Guibert, 44, has been working since 1999 within the former PPR group, now called Kering. He became the CEO of its former furniture ...
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Werner Ziener, who founded the Austrian sports glove company that...
Werner Ziener, who founded the Austrian sports glove company that carries his name in 1969, has decided to retire, having reached the age of 70. His 34-year-old son Markus Ziener, who has been acting as general manager since 2005, will take over the reins fully.
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Sunice has a new chief financial and operating officer, Jean...
Sunice has a new chief financial and operating officer, Jean Cloutier, who has been working in both capacities since 1994 at Outdoor Gear Canada. He also acted as president of the Bicycle Trade Association of Canada between 2010 and 2011.
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Amer Sports Europe has appointed Armin Fuchs to the new...
Amer Sports Europe has appointed Armin Fuchs to the new position of vice president of sales, coordinating all the various sales organizations in Europe. The 44-year-old had already been promoted in 2012 from the position of German country manager to general manager for the Central Zone, covering Germany and nine ...
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The Adidas Group has expanded the responsibilities of its Spanish...
The Adidas Group has expanded the responsibilities of its Spanish country manager, Nigel Griffiths, to supervising all of Southwest Europe, comprising the Iberian Peninsula as well as France. This follows the recent appointment of Guillaume de Monplanet as the company's new country manager for France, replacing Alain Pourcelot who has ...
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Karstadt has appointed a new marketing manager, Manfred Mandel, who...
Karstadt has appointed a new marketing manager, Manfred Mandel, who previously worked for Real and Rewe. Meanwhile, Terry von Bibra has resigned as the company's chief omni-channel retail officer, responsible also for Karstadt Sport's online and omni-channel activities.
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Robert Suter has resigned as chief executive of Conzzeta, the...
Robert Suter has resigned as chief executive of Conzzeta, the Swiss holding company that controls the Mammut Sports Group, by mutual consent with the board of directors. He had held the post for six years. The group's chairman, Ernst Bärtschi, will run the executive board on an interim basis, pending ...
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Bergans, the Norwegian outdoor company, is searching for a chief...
Bergans, the Norwegian outdoor company, is searching for a chief executive as Ragnar Jensen is preparing to retire. This was confirmed by ads placed in Scandinavian trade publications. The 71-year-old Jensen has been in charge since 1981 but he previously worked for Ally, a brand of canoes and kayaks taken over by ...
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Stadium, the big Swedish sporting goods retailer, has appointed Stefan...
Stadium, the big Swedish sporting goods retailer, has appointed Stefan Högkvist as its new sales director, starting on March 1. He comes from KappAhl, the Swedish fashion retailer, where he held a similar position. Högkvist has extensive experience in senior positions in the retail and service sector. He previously worked ...
