Executive Changes – Page 94
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Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position...
Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position of chief product officer and Kevin Spreekmeester to the new position of chief brand officer. Turlington, who worked previously in leading roles for Nike, Patagonia, The North Face and Fila, had been a consultant of Canada Goose over the last ...
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Christopher Lindner joined Acushnet last month as president of FootJoy....
Christopher Lindner joined Acushnet last month as president of FootJoy. He acted previously as president of Keds, one of the footwear brands owned by Wolverine Worldwide, which is now led by Gillian Meek. More in Shoe Intelligence.
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Andrew Cooper has been named president of Sequential Brands, reporting...
Andrew Cooper has been named president of Sequential Brands, reporting to Yehuda Shmidman, chief executive of the parent company of And 1, Avia, Revo and other brands. He was previously senior vice president of Priceline.com and then a partner of Pegasus Capital Advisors
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David Sharp has handed in his resignation as president and...
David Sharp has handed in his resignation as president and chief executive of Rocky Brands as well as a director of the American company, where he has served in various management roles since 2000. Mike Brooks, chairman, will take over his functions on an interim basis until his successor is ...
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Michael Burk has been appointed as chief executive at 21...
Michael Burk has been appointed as chief executive at 21 Sports Group, after Jörg Mayer, the founder and largest shareholder of the online sports retailer, became chairman of the supervisory board. The changes also led to the appointment of Henner Schwarz as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Both ...
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Marco Dippe is the new German country manager of Lacoste,...
Marco Dippe is the new German country manager of Lacoste, responsible also for the other German-speaking countries and Scandinavia, taking the place of Sanjiv Singh who left in May
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Ulf Kinneson has resigned as chief executive of Intersport Sweden...
Ulf Kinneson has resigned as chief executive of Intersport Sweden after 3.5 years in the post, where he played a crucial role in transforming the buying group into an integrated retailer through a change of ownership. He will continue as a director of Intersport Sweden, and he will also join ...
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Stefan Rosenkranz and Reinhold Hugo, who have been acting as...
Stefan Rosenkranz and Reinhold Hugo, who have been acting as country managers of Salewa Sport for Germany and Switzerland, respectively, are going to leave the Oberalp Group as part of the reorganization of its activities in Central Europe. Christoph Mannel, who has been the general manager of Oberalp Austria since ...
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Siegfried Passreiter, who is now 61 years old, has retired...
Siegfried Passreiter, who is now 61 years old, has retired from Fischer and Löffler after 18 years of work for the Austrian company, where he acted most recently as managing director of its German subsidiary. As planned, his position has been taken over by Walter Wensauer, sales manager of the ...
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Willy Bogner has appointed two new members to its executive...
Willy Bogner has appointed two new members to its executive board. Both of them have worked at Hugo Boss before, among other stations. One of the new members is Christian Ender, who joined Bogner at the beginning of this year to act as international sales manager. He will be responsible ...
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Massimiliano Brunazzo is to take over at the start of...
Massimiliano Brunazzo is to take over at the start of October as the general manager for the business unit covering the training category at the Adidas Group. He takes over from Brian Grevy, who obtained the job two years ago and has left the group, apparently to become chief marketing ...
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In a bid to bolster its accelerating international business, Under...
In a bid to bolster its accelerating international business, Under Armour has named a company veteran, Kip Fulks, as chief product officer, and recruited two new executives to its senior management team - Colin Browne as president of global sourcing, and Andy Donkin as chief marketing officer. Both men will ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has announced the appointment of Mike Jeppesen, the...
Wolverine Worldwide has announced the appointment of Mike Jeppesen, the current president of its Global Operations Group, to an expanded role as president of the Wolverine Heritage Group, which includes the Wolverine, Harley-Davidson, Bates, and HyTest brands. He takes over from Ted Gedra, who has recently retired after 30 years ...
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Ecco Golf has announced the appointment of Andrzej Bikowski as...
Ecco Golf has announced the appointment of Andrzej Bikowski as its new lead designer, effective Aug. 15. Most recently, he was head of the design team at Ecco Sport. As an expert in industrial design and the shoe making process, Bikowski has worked at a number of lifestyle and sports ...
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Bridgestone Golf has hired Angel Ilagan as president and chief...
Bridgestone Golf has hired Angel Ilagan as president and chief executive, responsible for overseeing all aspects of the specialty sports-equipment maker's core business functions, including product planning, sales, marketing and customer operations. Ilagan comes with broad experience in marketing and luxury goods. Before joining the Covington, Georgia-based subsidiary of Bridgestone ...
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Sole Technology has appointed Esmail Mawjee as interim president of...
Sole Technology has appointed Esmail Mawjee as interim president of the company. Sole Technology's brands include Etnies, éS, Emerica, Altamont, ThirtyTwo and STI Lab. In his new position, Mawjee will report directly to the owner and chief executive officer, Pierre-André Senizergues. Mawjee most recently served as president of the Active ...
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Lululemon has announced the resignation of Rhoda Pitcher effective Aug....
Lululemon has announced the resignation of Rhoda Pitcher effective Aug. 3. Pitcher is the longest-serving board member whose very existence as a real person was questioned this summer by an article in TheStreet.com. A reporter from the news outlet was allegedly unable to reach her and questioned her educational credentials, ...
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Nike has promoted Steve Lesnard as vice president and general...
Nike has promoted Steve Lesnard as vice president and general manager for global running, with effect from Aug. 1. He takes the place of Patrick Seehafer, who will become vice president of merchandising for Europe. Lesnard, who is currently in charge of running for North America, has spent 19 years ...
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Confirming an article in Boardsports Source, Adidas says it is...
Confirming an article in Boardsports Source, Adidas says it is building up a dedicated action sports team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) under the Adidas Originals umbrella, servicing primarily the skate and snowboard community. The Western Europe unit has been run since last year by Bjorn Wiersma, ...
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In the framework of an internal restructuring process, Head Sport...
In the framework of an internal restructuring process, Head Sport appointed Roman Stepek as chief executive for its sportswear division with effect from July 1. Stepek, who replaces Daniel Gottschall, reports directly to Head's controlling shareholder and chief executive, Johan Eliasch. He will be responsible for the realignment of Head's ...
