That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 133
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Gary van Rooyen is leaving as managing director of New...
Gary van Rooyen is leaving as managing director of New Balance South Africa to purchase and run Coreban, a Hawaiian brand of stand-up paddling boards, together with some associates. Following his departure, Craig Bowen, national sales manager, will become country manager for South Africa. He will report to Ricky Knight, ...
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Ignasi Puig, general manager of Intersport España, was unanimously elected...
Ignasi Puig, general manager of Intersport España, was unanimously elected as a member of Intersport International Corporation's board of management at its annual general meeting in Ljubljana last month. He takes the place of Marco Giunta, who left earlier this year as chief executive of Italy's Cisalfa. Puig has been ...
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Holmenkol, the German marketer of ski wax and maintenance products,...
Holmenkol, the German marketer of ski wax and maintenance products, has appointed Conrad Götzel head of sales for the German-speaking countries and to take care of the key accounts in the same region. The 30-year-old will additionally supervise marketing and product management. Götzel has been working on Holmenkol's trade marketing ...
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Sascha Kautschitsch left Maier Sports, the German marketer of sportswear,...
Sascha Kautschitsch left Maier Sports, the German marketer of sportswear, on Sept. 30. He acted briefly as managing director of the company and, later on, as consultant in charge of brand strategy and business development. Kautschitsch intends to stay within the outdoor industry to assist related companies with advice in ...
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Peter Kats is Vans' new vice president of sales for...
Peter Kats is Vans' new vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Based at VF Corporation's European office in Switzerland, he has taken the place of Jan van Leeuwen, who has become vice president and general manager of the brand. Kats, 44, has been European licensing ...
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Adri Zwarthoff, formerly an international executive at O'Neill, has been...
Adri Zwarthoff, formerly an international executive at O'Neill, has been appointed as chief executive of X-Tend, the Dutch company that functions as the Benelux subsidiary of Craft, the sports apparel brand owned by the New Wave group in Sweden. Zwarthoff spent the last 19 years at O'Neill, where he became ...
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Burton Snowboards appoints Bill Anderson as senior brand director...
Burton Snowboards appoints Bill Anderson as senior brand director
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Intersport France has appointed François Neukirch, who was at the...
Intersport France has appointed François Neukirch, who was at the helm of Groupe Go Sport until one year ago, as its new managing director. He replaces François Bouche, who has left the company. Neukirch, 53, brings long-standing experience in the retail and sporting goods sector. He worked at Décathlon from ...
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Jack Wolfskin has appointed Philipp Prechtl to the new post...
Jack Wolfskin has appointed Philipp Prechtl to the new post of head of retail, reporting to Markus Bötsch, chief sales officer. The 35-year-old worked most recently with Ernst & Young, after acting as regional sales manager of Aldi.
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the Merrell brand, reporting to Jim Zwiers, president of the company's Performance Group. His experience of more than 30 years in the footwear and apparel industry includes leadership roles as senior vice president of footwear at Under Armour, co-president of Timberland, ...
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Rip Curl Europe reports the appointment of Henri Rodriquez as...
Rip Curl Europe reports the appointment of Henri Rodriquez as manager of its surfwear division, reporting to the new chief executive, Wilco Prins. Rodriguez comes from Billabong, where he filled similar functions.
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Joining two other members of its executive board, Michael Sylvester...
Joining two other members of its executive board, Michael Sylvester has been appointed managing director of Fink Schuhe + Sport, the German shoe and sports retailer based in Wiesbaden. He is responsible for sales, marketing, accounting, finance and controlling. The other two managing directors are still Rolf Lahr, responsible for ...
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IC Companys, parent of Peak Performance and other sportswear brands,...
IC Companys, parent of Peak Performance and other sportswear brands, has appointed a new chief financial officer shortly after naming Mads Ryder as its chief executive officer. The new CFO is Rud Trabjerg Pedersen, who has been in charge of finance for Levi Strauss' operations in Europe, the Middle East ...
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Shimano celebrated the retirement of Hans van Vliet with a...
Shimano celebrated the retirement of Hans van Vliet with a cocktail and dinner party in a castle on Lake Constance during the Eurobike show. He worked for the Japanese company for 40 years, most recently as chief communications officer at Shimano Europe.
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Xavier Nidecker, from the family that founded the Swiss snowboard...
Xavier Nidecker, from the family that founded the Swiss snowboard brand by the same name, has become global brand manager of Jones Snowboards. Based in Switzerland, he will work closely with Jeremy Jones on product development, creative and global marketing initiatives. Jones Snowboards has also promoted Seth Lightcap to global ...
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The president of NBA International, Heidi Ueberroth, who has overseen...
The president of NBA International, Heidi Ueberroth, who has overseen the global expansion of the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA), said that she will leave her post at the end of 2013, after nearly 20 years at the helm of the organization. The 48-year-old, who still is one of the highest-ranking ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Jodi K. Watson to the new...
Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Jodi K. Watson to the new position of president of consumer direct operations, reporting directly to Blake W. Krueger, chairman, chief executive and president of the growing American footwear group, which is committed to expanding the online and retail operations of its brands around the world. ...
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Toni Karuvaara started on July 1 in the new position...
Toni Karuvaara started on July 1 in the new position of fish team leader at Patagonia Europe. His job will be to turn Patagonia into the number one specialist supplier of high-quality fly fishing clothing in Europe. Fly fishing is said to be a true passion for Karuvaara, who has ...
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Roman Müller, 46, will lead the SportXX division of Migros...
Roman Müller, 46, will lead the SportXX division of Migros as of Sept. 1, taking the place of Felix Kuhat at the head of this Swiss sporting goods retail operation. He has spent six years with Manor Group and four years with Odlo. At Manor, which owns the Athleticum chain, ...
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Keen Footwear's new president, Mike Abbott, who had joined the...
Keen Footwear's new president, Mike Abbott, who had joined the company as its president at the beginning of July, has already left the company. The former chief executive officer of Specialized Bicycles and Burton Snowboards was going to fill a void left by the departure one year ago of James ...
