Jan van de Wouw is to become director for Sport 2000 in the Netherlands from the start of October, after an executive career that included stints at Ahold, Accenture and British Petroleum. The job has been vacant since the abrupt departure of another promising recruit, Bertil van der Sluis, who only stayed at the company for a few weeks. Van de Wouw will work closely together with Damy Rutjes, formerly in charge of the Runnersworld banner at Euretco. He became buying and merchandising manager for Sport 2000 at the start of September and will continue in this capacity until further notice. His replacement at Runnersworld has not yet been announced. Steve Evers continues to supervise Sport 2000 and Runnersworld.