That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 106
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Jérôme Lévèque has become vice president of sales in Latin...
Jérôme Lévèque has become vice president of sales in Latin America for the Adidas Group, taking over from Theodoros Makryniotis, who has left the company. He is reporting to André Maestrini, managing director for Latin America. Lévèque joined the sales department at Adidas France in 1996, and he has served ...
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Lolë, the brand of fitness women's wear owned by Coalision,...
Lolë, the brand of fitness women's wear owned by Coalision, has announced the arrival of Géraud Maréchal as vice president for Europe, in charge also of distributors in Africa and the Middle East. He succeeds Pierre-Louis Lacoste, who has left to oversee Etsy France. Maréchal will report to Bernard Mariette, ...
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Carrie Teffer will join Crocs's management as executive vice president...
Carrie Teffer will join Crocs's management as executive vice president and as its new chief financial officer on Dec. 16, resigning from its board of directors. She previously ran financial affairs at PetSmart, Weber-Stephens and Timberland. Mike Smith has been acting as interim CFO at Crocs lately.
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Odlo has completed the reorganization of its management structure with...
Odlo has completed the reorganization of its management structure with the appointment of Antoine Sathicq as chief sales officer. The position is new, but it covers most of the functions of the previous sales director, Claes Broqvist, who left the company a few weeks ago. The other members of the ...
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Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent...
Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent weeks. The latest recruit is Robert Olsson, who has become the company's new senior designer for apparel. In the ‘90s, Olsson was one of Sweden's biggest freeride skis stars. At the peak of his career, he began designing garments for ...
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Lululemon has adjusted its organizational structure to support its strategic...
Lululemon has adjusted its organizational structure to support its strategic development with greater focus on design, innovation and upgraded operations. As part of this strategy, the yoga-inspired apparel company has eliminated the function of chief product officer and instead appointed Lee Holman as creative director to supervise both men's and ...
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Michael Klein has been placed in charge of Falke's Ergonomic...
Michael Klein has been placed in charge of Falke's Ergonomic Sport System, in a promotion from his previous role as innovation manager for the segment. The executive worked previously for Adidas and CEP.
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Frank Saeger is no longer in charge of sales in...
Frank Saeger is no longer in charge of sales in Germany, Austria and Northern Italy for Sealskinz. His functions will be taken over by Mike Storey, international sales director of the British supplier of sport socks company. The decision is said to be related to a recent investment in the ...
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Joe O'Neil, who spent more than 30 years in the...
Joe O'Neil, who spent more than 30 years in the athletic footwear business, is to take over as chief executive at Newton Running, replacing the company's co-founder, Jerry Lee. O'Neil is to lead operations, product development, sales, marketing, merchandising and finance. Lee will remain as Newton Running's chairman, stepping away ...
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Bogner has appointed Alexander Wirth as its new chief operating...
Bogner has appointed Alexander Wirth as its new chief operating officer and deputy chief executive. He is set to become CEO in due time, taking the place of Willy Bogner, who assumed the role a few months ago after the departure of Oliver Pabst. The 40-year-old acted most recently as ...
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Andrea Tiling has been named brand manager and marketing director...
Andrea Tiling has been named brand manager and marketing director of Roeckl Sports, the German producer of sports gloves based in Munich. She has spent 11 years as marketing manager at K2 Sports' European subsidiary in Germany, where she has been replaced by Larissa Rau.
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Under Armour (UA) has announced that Brad Dickerson, the company's...
Under Armour (UA) has announced that Brad Dickerson, the company's chief operating officer and chief financial officer, will be leaving UA to pursue another professional opportunity outside of the athletic performance industry. Dickerson joined UA in 2004. He has been serving as chief financial officer since 2008, and in early ...
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Maier Sports, the German outdoor and snow sports apparel brand,...
Maier Sports, the German outdoor and snow sports apparel brand, has hired Dennis Dietrich, previously at Internetstores, to become project manager for public relations and marketing, as part of the marketing team led by Stefan Taft
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Stefano Saccone has been appointed vice president and chief executive...
Stefano Saccone has been appointed vice president and chief executive for Eastpak, taking the place of another Italian manager, Massimo Ferrucci, who is in line to become vice president of VF Corporation in charge of emerging markets. Saccone has been working at VF's European headquarter in Switzerland since 2012 as ...
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Martin Lebeau, who comes from Merrell, has been appointed Canadian...
Martin Lebeau, who comes from Merrell, has been appointed Canadian general manager for Saucony, another brand that belongs to Wolverine Worldwide
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Bob Hurley is stepping down as chief executive of the...
Bob Hurley is stepping down as chief executive of the surfwear brand that he founded, and which was acquired by the Nike group in 2002. Hurley was appointed interim chief executive in 2012, after the departure of Michael Egeck. He supervised product development and marketing for Hurley, which employs about ...
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Dominique Roshardt has replaced Michael Bogner as product manager...
Dominique Roshardt has replaced Michael Bogner as product manager of Löffler
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An experienced executive, Liz Braund, has joined Royal Robbins in...
An experienced executive, Liz Braund, has joined Royal Robbins in the position of vice president of merchandising and design. She will also be in charge of product development and innovation. Braund has spent 20 years in performance apparel, working for important brands such as Nike, The North Face and Oakley. ...
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Brunotti Sportswear has a new marketing manager, Marjolein Jongenelen, covering...
Brunotti Sportswear has a new marketing manager, Marjolein Jongenelen, covering all of Europe for the Dutch-based action sports apparel brand
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Reiner Thalacker is no longer the chief executive of Wintersteiger....
Reiner Thalacker is no longer the chief executive of Wintersteiger. He left at the end of September for personal reasons, company officials say, after three years with the Austrian company, a global leader in ski maintainance equipment and other businesses. Thalacker was also responsible for sales, marketing and customer service. ...
