That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 123
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Rolf Frischknecht, a 55-year-old Swiss manager who left the executive...
Rolf Frischknecht, a 55-year-old Swiss manager who left the executive board of Sport Eybl & Sport Experts last year, after its acquisition by Sports Direct International, is joining the executive board of Sport Scheck in Germany to run its 18 bricks-and-mortar stores business. He already acted as chief financial officer ...
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Body Glove Wetsuits and Rusty Surfboards recently announced new appointments....
Body Glove Wetsuits and Rusty Surfboards recently announced new appointments. Body Glove has hired Joe McNulty as sales manager for the surf, wake and dive categories. Rusty has hired Royce Cansler as vice president of sales. However, both positions cover only the U.S. or North America.
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Dainese has appointed Dan Walczewski as U.S. director of sales...
Dainese has appointed Dan Walczewski as U.S. director of sales for winter sports and cycling
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Bastian Hübschen has been promoted to the position of country...
Bastian Hübschen has been promoted to the position of country manager of Brooks Running Company for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He is taking the place of Heiner Ibing, who is leaving the company after 16 years. Ibing built up the brand's strong position in the German-speaking countries and took care ...
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Steve Murray, the former president of Vans who has been...
Steve Murray, the former president of Vans who has been acting as president of Deckers Corp. for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has been appointed as chief executive of Dr. Martens, the iconic British brand of work and casual boots. He will take the place of David Suddens, who ...
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George Bodenheimer, former president of the ESPN network, joins Under...
George Bodenheimer, former president of the ESPN network, joins Under Armour's board of directors
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Mistral has named Steve West as its new international brand...
Mistral has named Steve West as its new international brand manager. West will play an active role in the company's evolution into stand-up paddle boarding (SUP) and assist with Mistral's licensees. He will be working in close association with Mistral's managing director, Ado Huisman, to realign the brands focus and ...
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Keen has hired Michael Minter as its first in-house vice...
Keen has hired Michael Minter as its first in-house vice president of creative. Minter was most recently global creative director/global director of marketing at Sanuk. He brings years of experience from the outdoor, action sports, surf and footwear industries. At Sanuk, he led the design and development process as global ...
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Wilson Sporting Goods has hired Nick Gonzales as global marketing...
Wilson Sporting Goods has hired Nick Gonzales as global marketing director
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An industry veteran, Jay McGregor, will work for Reef as...
An industry veteran, Jay McGregor, will work for Reef as vice president of sales for the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions
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Paul Stratta is going to leave after 15 months as...
Paul Stratta is going to leave after 15 months as interim chief executive of Karbon Kinetics, the London-based company behind the high-end, collapsible Gocycle e-bike, after the upcoming Eurobike trade show. The company has announced a 53 percent increase in units sold for the first six months of this year. ...
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According to local reports, Mike Weccardt has left as chief...
According to local reports, Mike Weccardt has left as chief executive of Sport Eybl, the leading Austrian sporting goods retail chain recently acquired by Sports Direct International. His position is said to have been transferred to Thomas Bittermann, an attorney who was involved in the takeover proceedings. Other top managers ...
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Armin Weber has been appointed marketing manager of Amer Sports...
Armin Weber has been appointed marketing manager of Amer Sports for Central Europe, concentrating on digital marketing for the various brands of the group. He has taken the place of Stephan Hagenbusch, who recently became European marketing manager of Black Diamond. Weber had previously handled similar functions at Quiksilver Europe.
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Halti, the Finnish winter sports and outdoor apparel brand, has...
Halti, the Finnish winter sports and outdoor apparel brand, has just completed a strategic review after the arrival of a new chief executive, Jukka-Pekka Vuori, earlier this year. Vuori was previously the chief marketing officer at Fonecta, a Finnish company specialized in media. He replaced Martti Uusitalo, who remains one ...
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Matthias Malessa is leaving as chief human resources officer of...
Matthias Malessa is leaving as chief human resources officer of the Adidas Group at the end of this month for personal reasons. The recruitment of his successor is in progress. Malessa has spent 27 years with the company, starting off as a trainee in 1987. He took care of international ...
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Skullcandy has named David Raffone as chief sales and revenue...
Skullcandy has named David Raffone as chief sales and revenue officer, with effect from Aug. 11 at the latest. He has spent more than 20 years in sales of branded consumer electronics, acting most recently as vice president of Sony Electronics' U.S. sales division.
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Jean-Marc Taillieu has replaced Eric Lairet as general manager of...
Jean-Marc Taillieu has replaced Eric Lairet as general manager of TBS, the sports brand of the French Eram shoe retailing group. A former European retail manager of Quiksilver, he has worked for Fila and other companies. TBS has an annual turnover of around €50 million. A large part of the ...
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Graham Rickard, managing director of Dare2b, the snow and action...
Graham Rickard, managing director of Dare2b, the snow and action sports apparel brand owned by the Regatta Group, was appointed managing director of the Regatta brand of outdoor apparel as well. This brand was previously supervised by Keith Black, the entire group’s chief executive and chairman. While Black is handing ...
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Ping has appointed Giles Birkhead as European apparel sales director,...
Ping has appointed Giles Birkhead as European apparel sales director, effective June 1. The appointment comes after Ping announced the acquisition of Ping Collection Europe from its former licensee in November 2013. Birkhead has worked in the apparel industry since 1991 and more recently in golf apparel since 2000, working ...
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Victoria Appelqvist is the new marketing director for Stadium. She...
Victoria Appelqvist is the new marketing director for Stadium. She will be responsible for all the Nordic markets as well as Germany, where Stadium will open its first store outside of Scandinavia this autumn. Appelqvist comes to Stadium from Samsung Electronics, where she was marketing manager for the Nordic markets.
