Guy Sauveyre, who left Noël in 1992 to set up Uhlsport’s French subsidiary, is retiring from the sporting goods business at the age of 62 and recycling himself with an investment in the area of food and entertainment. He is being replaced by two managing directors, according to the German system, who have been promoted from their previous positions at Uhlsport France. They are Thomas Bouvrande and Laurent Gaya.