VF Corp. saw a number of management changes on April 1. Nina Flood, until now president of Kipling Americas, left to become president of another VF brand, Eastpak. Settling in Antwerp, Belgium, Flood now has charge of the backpack brand’s marketing and sales operations and is reporting to Martino Scabbia Guerrini, VF Corp.’s executive vice president and group president for the EMEA region. Flood has been with VF for 17 years, beginning as senior marketing director for Nautica, which VF has since divested. Before VF, she spent 10 years at Guess. Paula Gozzo was appointed vice president and general manager of Kipling Americas, having previously served as the brand’s senior director of merchandising and product development. Gozzo is now reporting to Vera Breuer, Kipling’s global president. Markus Hamm is now vice president and general manager of Kipling EMEA and has moved to Antwerp to take charge of marketing and sales. Like Gozzo, he now reports to Vera Breuer. Hamm joined VF in 2004, with sales positions at Jansport and Eastpak. He was most recently Eastpak ‘s head of wholesale, strategic accounts, sales and digital.

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