Executive Changes – Page 84

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    Monique Matheson, a woman who has spent 19 years at...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Monique Matheson, a woman who has spent 19 years at Nike in various roles, has been promoted to the position of executive vice president in charge of global human resources. Reporting directly to Mark Parker, chairman, president and chief executive of Nike, she is replacing David Ayre who will retire ...

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    The Falke Group has appointed Martin Winkler as its new...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    The Falke Group has appointed Martin Winkler as its new chief executive. The 48-year-old will replace Uwe Bergheim who has stepped down with his retirement. Winkler joins the German hosiery company from LG Electronics where he was chief operating officer responsible for the German consumer business. Previously, he worked for ...

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    Lars Oolberg has been appointed to a new position as...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Lars Oolberg has been appointed to a new position as chief operating officer of Rapala VMC. He will be in charge of all its businesses except Russia, Japan and the Hooks division of the group, which handles manufacturing of fishing hooks. These other operations will report directly to Jussi Ristimäki, ...

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    Davide Bertuzzi is taking over in October as the new...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Davide Bertuzzi is taking over in October as the new chief financial officer of Decathlon Italia. He joined Decathlon in Italy almost 20 years ago, but spent the last few years in finance management in France and Turkey. Returning to Italy, Bertuzzi will take the place of Lorenzo Mian, who ...

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    Creating a new position, Peak Performance has hired Miklos von...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Creating a new position, Peak Performance has hired Miklos von Pronay as urban sales representative for Central Europe. His job will be to expand the brand's sales in the fashion sector. Von Pronay comes from Tiger of Sweden, where he covered the German-speaking countries. He previously worked for Closed as ...

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    CEP has appointed Lena Heinrich as its new apparel manager....

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    CEP has appointed Lena Heinrich as its new apparel manager. Heinrich, a trained textile designer and a successful triathlete, will join the clothing team of the compression brand led by Jochen Seitz. After completing her training as a seamstress, Heinrich studied design at the University of Hof. Her last position ...

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    Confirming the company's fashion-oriented approach, Canada Goose is proposing the...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Confirming the company's fashion-oriented approach, Canada Goose is proposing the nomination of Maureen Chiquet, a former CEO of Chanel, as a member of the board of directors at the shareholders' meeting scheduled for Aug. 15

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    Gary Klein is stepping down as chief financial officer of...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Gary Klein is stepping down as chief financial officer of Sequential Brands at the end of August, and the company's president, Andrew Cooperon, will take his place on an interim basis until a replacemen t is found

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    David Dinis has been made account manager for Kappa in...

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    David Dinis has been made account manager for Kappa in Portugal

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    Harold Rubrech, who left last year as CEO of Sport...

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    Harold Rubrech, who left last year as CEO of Sport 2000 International, is now running a printing company in Bruchsal, the Adam NG Group

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    Christian Singer has been appointed as international general manager for...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Christian Singer has been appointed as international general manager for Tennis Point from the start of next year. This specialist retailer was taken over at 78 percent around the end of last year by Signa Retail, the Austrian entity that owns Karstadt. Singer will work together with Christian Miele, who ...

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    Nate Smith is leaving Oakley to become president of the...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Nate Smith is leaving Oakley to become president of the Americas region at Boardriders, the former Quiksilver group, which owns the Quiksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes brands. He takes over from Greg Healy, who will return to Australia to lead the group's business in Asia-Pacific. Healy had moved to California ...

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    Moncler has announced a review of its top management functions,...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Moncler has announced a review of its top management functions, to make the company more flexible, the company said. The main managerial functions are concentrated in the hands of Roberto Eggs and Luciano Santel, who will continue to report directly to Remo Ruffini, the company's chief executive. The marketing and ...

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    Nikwax has appointed Brian Davison, current director of sales, as...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Nikwax has appointed Brian Davison, current director of sales, as its new president. He replaces Rick Meade, who will be leaving the company to seek new opportunities after three years in that role. In addition, Heidi Allen, the current marketing director, has been promoted to vice-president of marketing. She will ...

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    Salomon has hired Axel Dutreil as its new director of...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Salomon has hired Axel Dutreil as its new director of e-commerce and digital marketing. He will oversee the brand's digital strategy and e-commerce on a global level. Dutreil, 37, was most recently director of e-business and digital marketing at Celio. He has previously worked at Kusmi Tea and The Kooples ...

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    Rossignol has appointed François Goulet as the new president of...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Rossignol has appointed François Goulet as the new president of its North America division, effective July 17. He replaces Ron Steele, who is to retire after 40 years with the company. Steele will remain until September 2018 in an advisory capacity. Goulet was most recently vice-president and general manager of ...

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    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) formally announced at the OutDoor...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) formally announced at the OutDoor show that Mark Held has decided to step down as its secretary general as soon as his successor is found. We understand that he would like to leave in one or two years – possibly by the middle of next ...

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    Bernd Mayer, international sales manager at Leki, has left at...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Bernd Mayer, international sales manager at Leki, has left at his own request after 30 years with the German supplier of poles. Mayer was responsible for Leki's sales in Asia and Eastern Europe. Leki aims to focus more intensely on North America, Asia and Scandinavia in the near future. Michael ...

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    Morten Mosland has been appointed as marketing and business development...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Morten Mosland has been appointed as marketing and business development manager at Viking Footwear, after a few months working with the Norwegian footwear brand on a consultancy basis. Mosland previously spent nearly ten years with the Carlsberg Group. He is replacing Karl Henrik Felde, who left to become international marketing ...

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    Jan-Elof Cavander, senior vice president of Rapala VMC in charge...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Jan-Elof Cavander, senior vice president of Rapala VMC in charge of treasury, finance, corporate planning and IT, has been appointed as chief financial officer of the Finnish-based company and a member of its executive committee