That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 135
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Inov-8, the fast-growing British brand of sports shoes specializing in...
Inov-8, the fast-growing British brand of sports shoes specializing in trail running, has appointed Tim Parkin as head of European sales. He spent the last eight years at Asics. The company, which is celebrating its tenth year in business, previously appointed Rob Maynard as group finance director. He had previously ...
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Adriano Zuccala has left Vibram, where he had served as...
Adriano Zuccala has left Vibram, where he had served as general manager and head of operations since 2007, reporting to Marco Bramani. The latter resigned earlier this year as chief executive of the Italian company, after 25 years in the post, and transferred this role to Antonio Dus, formerly with ...
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Andrea Nalesso, a former executive of Geox, Dolomite and Diadora...
Andrea Nalesso, a former executive of Geox, Dolomite and Diadora who acted most recently as commercial director of Dainese, has joined the Salewa Group as general manager of its footwear division, replacing Antonio Dus who is now running Vibram.Michael Levi, who was born in the U.S., is joining the Italian-based ...
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Martin Berendsen, a well-known Dutch industry veteran, is appointed by...
Martin Berendsen, a well-known Dutch industry veteran, is appointed by Hi-Tec Sports as president of its Magnum brand. He ran Reebok's operations in the Netherlands for many years in the 1990s before moving to the U.S. to run the local Dr. Martens business. After various stations, he ran the European ...
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Tim Bartels, former vice president of sales at Keen Footwear,...
Tim Bartels, former vice president of sales at Keen Footwear, is now vice president of global footwear sales at Columbia Sportswear
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Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart has been promoted to the new position of...
Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart has been promoted to the new position of Timberland's president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The promotion follows the announced retirement of Richard O'Rourke, a Timberland veteran based in the U.K. who has been acting lately as senior vice president of international operations, in charge ...
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Jeff McGuane, the global president of Dorel's Cycling Sports Group...
Jeff McGuane, the global president of Dorel's Cycling Sports Group (CSG), has resigned from his post. McGuane's decision was reportedly due to personal reasons and was not related to Dorel's recent announcement that the group would cut 50 positions worldwide, following disappointing sales in the first half of the year. ...
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Two other top executives of Skullcandy have handed in their...
Two other top executives of Skullcandy have handed in their resignation as the audio company relocates from California to Utah. They are Aaron Behle, vice president of international sales, and Nate Morley, vice president of global marketing. As previously reported, the company's senior vice president and chief operating officer, Kyle ...
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On June 1, Thomas Kamm assumed the position of country...
On June 1, Thomas Kamm assumed the position of country manager for Austria and Germany at Merrell and Chaco, two of the brands of Wolverine Worldwide. He replaces Michael Dörner, who managed the sales of Merrell in central Europe for seven years. Dörner has left the group to become ...
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Annie Bourgade, who has been with Intersport for 20 years,...
Annie Bourgade, who has been with Intersport for 20 years, has replaced Catherine Soudan as buying director of Sport 2000 France, according to Sport-Guide.com. The same online news service reports that Thierry Feron, who has been with Kiabi for 23 years, has been named chief operating officer at the French ...
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SportScheck has appointed Steven Mattwig, 28, as the German sporting...
SportScheck has appointed Steven Mattwig, 28, as the German sporting goods chain's new buying director for sportstyle products and outdoor clothing and equipment. Mattwig, who has already spent ten year in the Otto Group, which owns SportScheck, succeeds Sonja Bunte, who has left the company.
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Samson Wong has been appointed president of the new 60/40...
Samson Wong has been appointed president of the new 60/40 joint venture for the Chinese market between Columbia Sportswear and Swire Resources, effective next Jan. 1. The 54-year old spent 23 years with Swire. He has been involved with Columbia since 2002, running Swire's operations as a distributor of the ...
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Schöffel has appointed Georg Kaiser, 48, to handle sourcing, logistics...
Schöffel has appointed Georg Kaiser, 48, to handle sourcing, logistics and quality control. Formerly with Frankenwälder, a German supplier of women's apparel, he reports directly to Peter Schöffel, chief executive of the company, who has takenover responsibility for the supply chain following the recent departure of another member of the ...
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Roddy Van Breda has been appointed managing director of Adidas...
Roddy Van Breda has been appointed managing director of Adidas South Africa, with effect from Aug. 1. He replaces Winand Krawinki who was recently named managing director of the Central Europe West region, as reported. Van Breda has been with the Adidas Group since 2003 and was most recently sales ...
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Uvu, the brand of high-end apparel for running and outdoor,...
Uvu, the brand of high-end apparel for running and outdoor, has appointed Sebastian Haag product manager and coordinator of the brand's Racing Laboratory which is the name used for the team of Uvu's sponsored athletes. Haag, actually a veterinarian, acted before as freelance product developer for Dynafit, the specialty brand ...
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PrimaLoft has appointed David Newey as global manager of partnership...
PrimaLoft has appointed David Newey as global manager of partnership marketing, responsible for developing marketing programs with North American and Asia brand partners. He previously worked for Valspar Corporation, a manufacturer of coatings, and for Polarmax.
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Steve Wilson has been appointed to the new position of...
Steve Wilson has been appointed to the new position of president of O'Neill Clothing USA. He acted as vice president of merchandising and design at O'Neill before joining Quiksilver in the role of general manager and senior vice president in charge of the Americas. In another interesting management change, Danny ...
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Pon Holdings has appointed Rob Oudshoorn as senior vice president...
Pon Holdings has appointed Rob Oudshoorn as senior vice president of its bicycle division to replace Xeno Grimmelt, who is leaving the Dutch company after 18 years. Oudshoorn joined Pon at the beginning of this year and is already the board member at the holding company in charge of the ...
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Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG,...
Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG, the British buying group led by her husband Ricky Chandler, whom she married in September 2011, and by Ward Robertson. The former Sara Coyle joined STAG in March 2010 as marketing manager. Reporting to Ricky and Ward, she will be ...
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Patrick Pons-de-Vier, who has been running the rather successful footwear...
Patrick Pons-de-Vier, who has been running the rather successful footwear segment of Amer Sports for the past nine years, catapulting Salomon to the second spot on our rugged outdoor footwear chart, has been promoted vice president of the Salomon brand. His former duties have been taken overby Jean-Marc Djian, formerly ...
