That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 43
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New MD, narrowed focus for Rossignol’s Spanish ski plant
The head of Skis Rossignol de España, Enric Casas, is retiring in October at the age of 65, after 35 years with the company. Casas joined Rossignol in 1986 as an engineer and went on to become a technical manager. He was appointed managing director of the Spanish manufacturing subsidiary ...
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Pabst steps down as CEO of Mammut
Source: Conzzeta Oliver Pabst Following the successful completion of change of ownership from Conzzeta to Telemos Capital, the board of directors of Mammut Sports Group and its CEO, Oliver Pabst, jointly announced that Pabst will step down and that Greg Nieuwenhuys, chairman of the board of directors ...
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News briefsPolygiene hires Sean Tindale as new CMO
The Swedish-based Polygiene Group has appointed Sean Tindale as its new chief marketing officer, with effect from the end of September. He is joining in from Vero Moda, a fashion brand owned by the Besteller Group, where he was the global marketing director from April 2020 to June 2021. Before ...
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New presidents for Mountain Hardwear and prAna
Columbia Sportswear has announced the promotion of Troy Sicotte to the position of president of its Mountain Hardwear brand and the appointment of Monica Mirro as president of prAna. They will both be reporting to Craig Zanon, who became the group’s senior vice president for emerging brands earlier this year. ...
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VF board member steps down, reportedly over her views on racism
VF Corp. announced that Veronica Wuu has decided to step down as one of the 12 members of the group’s board of directors, pointing out that this was not the result of any disagreement on any matter relating to VF’s operations, policies or practices. Wuu had joined the board in ...
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ArticleA new CEO for SportScheck
Signa Retail has appointed Matthias Rucker, a partner of the Boston Consulting Group, as the new CEO of SportScheck, in replacement of Thomas Wanke. Starting on Oct. 1, he will be tasked with expanding the digital transformation of the German sporting goods retail chain into an experiential platform for sports ...
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ArticleWeSports makes many purchases and adds e-com pioneer Johan Ryding to its board
The young Swedish WeSports group has engaged in a big shopping spree, taking over many companies in the last few months. It has also announced that Johan Ryding has joined the company’s board of directors. Ryding is one of the founders of Sportamore, the first Nordic online sports store, and ...
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Former European executive of Burton joins Myutility Bag
Myutility Bag (MUB), the French start-up acquired by Frank Heissat five months ago, has completed a new round of financing and added an experienced partner to help boost its international development. Franck Waterlot, who served as joint European managing director and vice president of commercial and marketing operations a tBurton ...
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New cross-functional management structure at Stadium
Stadium has decided to reorganize the top management under its CEO, Karl Eklöf, following the departure of Magnus Wåhlander, general manager of its Stadium chain. He is leaving the leading Swedish sports retail group after 25 years to become president and CEO of Coop Mitt. Under the new structure, the ...
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News briefsDohrmann will leave as CEO of the Internetstores group
After more than three years as CEO of the Internetstores group, Hans Dohrmann will leave the German multi-channel retail company, which operates websites and physical stores in the cycling, camping and outdoor markets such as Addnature, Bikester, Brügelmann, Campz and Fahrrad.de. According to the group’s Berlin-based parent company, Signa Sports ...
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Frasers promotes Nevitt to CCO, Al-Mudallal to COO
Frasers Group, the parent company of U.K.-based Sports Direct, promoted Sean Nevitt to chief commercial officer and David Al-Mudallal to chief operating officer. Nevitt, previously global head of commercial, has been with the company for over 30 years. Al-Mudallal joined the business in 2017, first as head of talent at ...
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News briefsNew CEO and board members for Ecco
Ecco’s CEO, Steen Borgholm, stepped down from his post on Aug. 20 “by mutual agreement” after four years and more than two decades with the Danish footwear company. He will be replaced by Panos Mytaros, who has been with the company for 27 years, taking care mainly of the production ...
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News briefsBlack Diamond hires a ski industry veteran, Mike Hattrup
Black Diamond Equipment has named Mike Hattrup business unit director for its ski category, reporting to the company’s global vice-president of product, Kolin Powick. He will cover the brand’s entire ski and snow safety business including skis, avalanche transceivers, JetForce airbag backpacks, probes, shovels, as well as snowpacks and ski ...
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News briefsChris Hammann is K2 Sports’ new country manager for Germany
Source: K2 Sports Chris Hammann A sporting goods industry expert, Chris Hammann, has jumped on board at K2 Sports starting Aug. 1, taking over the role of country manager for Germany at the K2 Sports office in Penzberg near Munich. He succeeds Karsten Möhrer, who has left ...
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News briefsBrooke Farris becomes Rip Curl’s CEO
Kathmandu Holdings has announced that Brooke Farris will assume the position of CEO of Rip Curl, effective Aug. 16, 2021. The appointment follows the previously announced promotion of Michael Daly, who has headed up Rip Curl for 19 years, to CEO and managing director of the whole group. In her ...
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ArticleAmer names Fogliato as Salomon’s president and CEO
Amer Sports has found a new and experienced executive with an excellent background in the sporting goods industry, Franco Fogliato, to head up Salomon as president and CEO. He will take on the responsibily by March 15, 2022, at the latest. Columbia Sportswear announced a few days ago that Fogliato ...
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Franco Fogliato leaves Columbia
Columbia Sportswear announced that Franco Fogliato, executive vice president of global omnichannel since Nov. 2020 and executive VP and general manager for the Americas since 2017, has informed the company of his intention to leave after a short transition period ending Sept. 3, 2021. Fogliato joined the group in 2013 ...
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Ashley passing CEO role at Frasers to his daughter’s fiancée
Michael James Wallace Ashley, who founded the company now called Frasers Group in 1982 and owns 64 percent of its shares, is planning to hand over the position of CEO to Michael Murray on May 1, 2022, after the end of the company’s current financial year. A statement from the ...
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New head for Adidas North America
Rupert Campbell, a 54-year-old British national who has been running Adidas’ operations in Russia and the CIS countries since 2018, is set to succeed Zion Amstrong as president of Adidas North America from next Jan. 1, reporting to Roland Auschel, executive board member in charge of global sales. Adidas’ CEO, ...
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News briefsMarkus Dirr appointed executive director product marketing and sales at Messe München
Source: Messe München Markus Dirr Just in time for the restart of the trade show season, ISPO organizer Messe München has established a new central division, “Product Marketing and Sales.” The newly structured unit is to bring together the marketing and sales competencies of the two disciplines ...
