That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 107
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Creating a new position, Billabong has appointed Deanna Jackson as...
Creating a new position, Billabong has appointed Deanna Jackson as vice president of women's sales for North America
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Reebok's efforts to expand in Europe have become more harmonized...
Reebok's efforts to expand in Europe have become more harmonized since Chris Froio was appointed to head up the fitness brand's business around Western Europe in February. Based in Herzogenaurach, he reports directly to Gil Steyaert, managing director of the Adidas Group for Western Europe. This regional layer was created ...
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Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was...
Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was appointed in July to take the place of Joe Sanchez, who became vice president of product development at Costa Sunglasses last December. Like Sanchez, Peters has worked for many years at Zeal's parent company, Maui Jim Sunglasses. He started as ...
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Rapala has expanded its executive board from five to seven...
Rapala has expanded its executive board from five to seven members and created the new position of deputy chief executive officer, which will be filled by Jussi Ristimäki. In addition to his current role as chief financial officer, Ristimäki will have the overall responsibility of group's supply chain and working ...
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Adidas hired Egon Zehnder last February to head-hunt a new...
Adidas hired Egon Zehnder last February to head-hunt a new chief executive to take over the place of Herbert Hainer after his present contract expires in March 2017, according to Bloomberg. The 61-year-old Hainer has been running the group since 2001. Bloomberg quoted a couple of institutional shareholders of Adidas ...
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Lululemon has appointed Miguel Almeida, former vice president of digital...
Lululemon has appointed Miguel Almeida, former vice president of digital commerce and mobile solutions for Walgreens, as executive vice president for digital operations, reporting directly to the company chief executive, Laurent Potdevin
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Dorel Sports has appointed Russell Merry to the role of...
Dorel Sports has appointed Russell Merry to the role of senior vice president and general manager of North America and the U.K. for Cycling Sports Group (CSG), which sells Cannondale and other bike brands to independent bicycle dealers (IBDs). He will report directly to Peter Woods, president and chief executive ...
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Jussi Mikkola of Finland has been confirmed as the chairman...
Jussi Mikkola of Finland has been confirmed as the chairman of Intersport International Corp. (IIC) for at least one year, replacing Klaus Jost who resigned a few months ago following his departure from Intersport Germany. The annual meeting of the organization, which was held in Sweden, also elected Steve Evers, ...
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Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs...
Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs since 2011, is leaving the company in early November to occupy a similar position at West Marine. Mike Smith, a former executive of Collective Brands and Wolverine Worldwide who joined Crocs earlier this year as senior vice president of finance, ...
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Crocs has promoted Terence Reilly from vice president of global...
Crocs has promoted Terence Reilly from vice president of global marketing to senior vice president and chief marketing officer
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Pon Holdings, the owner of Gazelle, Derby Cycle and other...
Pon Holdings, the owner of Gazelle, Derby Cycle and other brands, has announced changes at the head of Pon Bicycle Group. Armin Landgraf is the new chief executive, replacing the retiring Rob Oudshoorn, who has led Pon Bicycle Group since Jan. 1, 2013 and has been a member of the ...
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Michael Millenacker has returned to Royal Robbins as its new...
Michael Millenacker has returned to Royal Robbins as its new chief executive, starting immediately and replacing Bob Orlando. He will also serve on the board directors of BRS Outdoor Holdings, owner of Royal Robbins, which is looking at new acquisitions (more on this and on the company in the next ...
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Protest has appointed Anjet Wesselink as head of marketing, replacing...
Protest has appointed Anjet Wesselink as head of marketing, replacing Martijn Jegerings who has moved to Switzerland. She will report to Wesley van Wijnbergen, sales and marketing director of the Dutch-based action sports apparel company. Wesselink has been organizing big snow and surf events. She worked most recently at a ...
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SportScheck has appointed a new member of the executive board,...
SportScheck has appointed a new member of the executive board, Lars Schöneweiss, who will take care of finance, controlling, IT, logistics and human resources from October. He will replace Guido Jaenisch, who is leaving the company at the end of this month. The 46-year-old manager has worked recently in similar ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed John Coe as managing director of...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed John Coe as managing director of its London-based subsidiary, taking the place of Dan LeVesconte, to “drive continued growth” for its brands in the region. As general manager of Chaco since March 2011, Coe has been running Wolverine's fastest-growing brand. He gained international experience as president ...
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Head is consolidating its sales operations in Germany and Austria....
Head is consolidating its sales operations in Germany and Austria. Rainer Schramm, who has been running its German subsidiary, will take responsibility also for Austria. The Austrian country manager, Rob Koch, will remain available for support until the end of this year, and the company praised him for expanding Head's ...
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ElliptiGo, the San-Diego based creator of outdoor elliptical bicycles, has...
ElliptiGo, the San-Diego based creator of outdoor elliptical bicycles, has hired Raphael Weishaupt as vice president of global marketing, a newly-established position. He will report directly to the company's chief executive, Bryan Pate. Weishaupt has held several marketing leadership roles at big companies such as General Electric (GE), eBay, and ...
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Franck Waterlot is taking on a new position being created...
Franck Waterlot is taking on a new position being created at Burton Europe as vice president of sales, product merchandising and marketing for the region, reporting to Hermann Kapferer, senior vice president and general manager of Burton Snowboards' subsidiary, which is based in Austria. Since 2007 Waterlot had been acting ...
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Mike De Bell, former chief sales officer for Crocs, has...
Mike De Bell, former chief sales officer for Crocs, has been recruited by Xero Shoes to act as vice president of global sales. As previously reported, John McCarvel, Crocs' former chief executive and president, has become chairman and lead investor in the young American company. Dennis Driscoll, former head of ...
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Ned Post, a former manager of Benetton Sportsystem who led...
Ned Post, a former manager of Benetton Sportsystem who led and grew Smith Optics for more than 20 years until his retirement earlier this year, will act as an adviser to Combat Flip Flops. This American company sells tongs, neckties and other products and invests some of the proceeds in ...
