Executive Changes – Page 64
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VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Jan Van Mossevelde...
VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Jan Van Mossevelde as vice-president and general manager of Icebreaker for the EMEA region, effective with this coming autumn. He will replace Peter Ottervanger, who has decided to leave the brand to pursue new opportunities. Van Mossevelde joined VF in 2015, and since ...
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Schöffel is expanding its management team to stimulate its international...
Schöffel is expanding its management team to stimulate its international expansion. The decision was made after the voluntary departure of Günther Herrmann, who had led Schöffel's marketing and sales department since 2018 as well as its product business unit since January. All the three business units that he previously supervised – ...
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Reebok has named Kerby Jean-Raymond, the founder and designer of...
Reebok has named Kerby Jean-Raymond, the founder and designer of Pyer Moss, as artistic director of Reebok Studies, a new company division that will reportedly focus on developing young new creative talent and ideas. The project has been compared to the Genius program of Moncler. Jean-Raymond has already collaborated with ...
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The supervisory board of the Adidas Group has extended the...
The supervisory board of the Adidas Group has extended the contracts of Karen Parker, the executive board member responsible for human relations, and Harm Ohlmeyer, chief financial officer, for five years to 2025
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Wouter Jager is leaving as global retail director for the...
Wouter Jager is leaving as global retail director for the Accell Group, according to Bike Europe
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Davide Grasso, former CEO of Converse, has become chief operating...
Davide Grasso, former CEO of Converse, has become chief operating officer at Maserati
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Andreas Rudolf, one of the two managing directors of Sport...
Andreas Rudolf, one of the two managing directors of Sport 2000 Germany, has announced that he will not renew his contract. He has worked for the German buying group for the past 13 years, serving most recently as joint managing director as joint managing director alongside Hans-Hermann Deters, overall manager of ...
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VF Corp. announced the appointment of Michel Bilodeau as vice...
VF Corp. announced the appointment of Michel Bilodeau as vice president and general manager in charge of Vans in the EMEA region, starting in October. He will replace Stefano Saccone, who had taken on the responsibility in April but is instead going to run Woolrich International (see the following article). ...
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Woolrich International has appointed Stefano Saccone as its new chief...
Woolrich International has appointed Stefano Saccone as its new chief executive. He takes over the role from Paolo Corinaldesi, who has served as Woolrich International's chief executive for the past three years. Saccone joins from VF Corp., where he was most recently vice-president and general manager of the Vans EMEA ...
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Freemotion has appointed Apostolos Seintis as sales director for Europe,...
Freemotion has appointed Apostolos Seintis as sales director for Europe, and Leopoldo Torres as sales director for Latin America. Seintis has been hired to drive the growth of the commercial fitness manufacturer in Europe. Freemotion is headquartered in Logan, Utah. Seintis spent 15 years at All Sport, where he helped ...
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Spy has announced that Tony Larson is returning to the...
Spy has announced that Tony Larson is returning to the company as creative director. Larson was part of Spy's branding and artistic direction from 2012 to 2015, which included the launch of the Happy Lens campaign. Earlier in his career, he served as designer and art director for Girl Skateboards ...
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Dynafit, a brand belonging to Oberalp, has appointed Silvia Loher...
Dynafit, a brand belonging to Oberalp, has appointed Silvia Loher to the newly created position of international trade marketing manager. Dennis Forte was appointed to the position of e-commerce and digital-marketing manager, replacing Sabrina Raab, who will be on maternity and paternity leave for one year, in June. Loher, 30, was ...
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Mark King, a former president of Adidas North America who...
Mark King, a former president of Adidas North America who is now 60 years old, has been made chief executive of Taco Bell, one of the American fast-food chains owned by Yum! Brands
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Robert Markovitch, a former president or chief executive of Ride,...
Robert Markovitch, a former president or chief executive of Ride, Coleman and K2, has been made interim CEO of CannTrust Holdings, a licensed Canadian producer of medical and recreational cannabis, following an investigation into the non-compliance with health regulations of his predecessor, Peter Aceto
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Hurley, Nike's boardsports apparel brand, has appointed John Schweitzer as...
Hurley, Nike's boardsports apparel brand, has appointed John Schweitzer as its chief executive and chief financial officer. Schweitzer is replacing Bob Coombes, who was made general manager in 2015, with the departure of Hurley's founder and CEO, Bob Hurley. Schweitzer has been with Nike since 2000 and first served in ...
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Fischer Ski has appointed a new general manager, Valter Bozzetto,...
Fischer Ski has appointed a new general manager, Valter Bozzetto, for its Fischer Footwear subsidiary in Montebelluna, taking the place of Andrea Carraro. Bozzetto, who has worked for other sporting goods brands, says he was convinced that he could engineer Fischer's alpine and cross-country ski boots in a more updated ...
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All Weather Sports (AWS), the parent company of Dita and...
All Weather Sports (AWS), the parent company of Dita and Nomad, has appointed Roelof de Leeuw as its new chief executive. Most recently, de Leeuw acted as managing director at Bosgroup brands such as Gant, Footwear Maruti and O'Neill footwear. He previously held management and director level positions at Simmer ...
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Life Fitness has made a number of executive appointments. Chris...
Life Fitness has made a number of executive appointments. Chris Clawson has succeeded Jason Worthy as chief executive. Clawson was originally hired by the American gym-equipment brand in 1994 as an executive in product development. He worked there for ten years before departing for Matrix Fitness Systems, where he served ...
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Nautilus has named James “Jim” Barr IV as its new...
Nautilus has named James “Jim” Barr IV as its new chief executive, effective July 29. He will also join Nautilus' board of directors. Barr is a digital/e-commerce veteran, with 12 years of experience as an executive in Microsoft's online businesses. Most recently, he served as group president at Ritchie Bros., ...
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Helge Mankowski, a former professional football player and up-to-date managing...
Helge Mankowski, a former professional football player and up-to-date managing director at Intersport Voswinkel, has left the executive board of the sports retail chain, which filed for insolvency protection proceedings under its own administration on April 24 and is currently up for sale. In January 2017, Intersport Germany appointed Mankowski as ...
