That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 57
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Management changes at Eastpak and Kipling
VF Corp. saw a number of management changes on April 1. Nina Flood, until now president of Kipling Americas, left to become president of another VF brand, Eastpak. Settling in Antwerp, Belgium, Flood now has charge of the backpack brand’s marketing and sales operations and is reporting to Martino Scabbia ...
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Mizuno appoints new country manager for Germany and Austria
Mizuno, the Japanese sporting goods manufacturer, has recently appointed Christian Wiesender as country manager for Germany and Austria. In this function, he will not only support existing customers, but also promote the company’s sales strategy and brand communication in both markets. Wiesender will work closely with Jean-Paul von der Linden, ...
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Base Detall Sport parts ways with its general director
According to the Spanish trade magazine CMDsport, Base Detall Sport will be “doing without” its general director of five years, Alex Cucurull, so as to “follow through on” and even expedite the strategic plan developed by its board of directors in consultation with the company’s management and commissions as well ...
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Wolverine appoints global brand presidents
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Joelle Grunberg as global president of its Sperry division and Tom Kennedy as global president of the Wolverine brand, with oversight for the Licensing Group and membership on the acquisitions team. Grunberg has spent the past seven years as president and chief executive for North and ...
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Clarus appoints EVP of operations and talent
Clarus Corp. has appointed Kelly Davis as executive vice-president of operations and talent, effective March 26. Davis previously served as a vice-president and general manager of Idex Corp., a diversified engineered products company, where he was responsible for the Trebor and Knight business units. Prior to joining Idex, he served ...
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TaylorMade appoints CFO
TaylorMade Golf Company has appointed Rick Paschal as chief financial officer, with oversight of finance, accounting and treasury as well as IT. He will report to the company’s chief executive, David Abeles. Paschal served for years in finance-related executive positions at the food companies Pepsi, Pillsbury, Nestlé and Godiva before ...
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Jochen Gärtner is Fila’s new European sales director
Jochen Gärtner has taken over the position of sales director Europe for Fila, a brand for which the Deichmann group holds the European license indirectly. With immediate effect, he will be responsible for sales and marketing for all collections – with the exception of the tennis category. Gärtner was hired ...
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New manager at X-Technology
X-Technology Swiss, the owner of X-Bionic, X-Socks and Apani, has hired Luca Bacherotti as its new chief operations officer. Bacherotti has more than 30 years of high-level managerial experience in the textile industry, having worked for Asics, Tommy Hilfiger and Levi Strauss. In his new role at X-Technology, he is ...
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Bogner’s CEO resigns
Andreas Baumgärtner, who has been the chief executive of Bogner since November 2017, will be leaving the company at the end of March. According to the company, Baumgärtner is leaving at his own request and for personal reasons. He will resign on March 31 but continue to serve in an ...
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Nike appoints new president for Iberian subsidiary
American Nike, Nike’s Iberian subsidiary, has named Marco Deotto president. For the past five years, Deotto has been Nike’s senior finance director for southern Europe. He also spent more than a year as finance director for Italy. Before joining Nike, he held various finance-related positions with Heinz Italy and rose ...
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ArticleJoint management for SportScheck and Karstadt Sports
(updated March 12 2020) Thomas Wanke has been appointed to the newly created position of chief executive of both Karstadt Sports and SportScheck. The former CEO of SportScheck, Markus Rech, is no longer in charge. Furthermore, Stefan Weiss, chief sales officer at Karstadt Sports, will from now on serve as ...
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Jochen Zeitz is running Harley-Davidson
Jochen Zeitz, the former chief executive of Puma, will temporarily take over the position of CEO and president of Harley-Davidson, the famous American brand of motorcycles. The German executive, who has been of a member of its board of directors since 2007, will hold the position until an official successor ...
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Richard Johnson joins Signa for international capital markets
The Signa Group has entrusted Richard A. Johnson (no connection with the current chairman, president and CEO of Foot Locker) with the management of its expansion in international capital markets, with a particular emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and the non-German speaking European markets. With Johnson, Signa ...
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New Callaway manager for softgoods
Callaway Golf Company has made Joe B. Flannery executive vice president for apparel and other soft goods. This will include the supervision of the Jack Wolfskin brand, which was acquired by the American golf company one year ago, as well as other properties such as TravisMathews. Flannery has been with ...
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Columbia appoints chairman
(OIC) At its meeting of Jan. 24, the board of directors of Columbia Sportswear appointed as its chairman the company’s long-standing president and chief executive, Tim Boyle, who is now 70 years old. He takes the place on the board that was previously occupied by his “tough mother,” Gert Boyle, ...
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Thule appoints CFO
(OIC) Thule has announced that Marianne Bonrud Hagelqvist, the current group accounting director, has taken over as acting chief financial officer of Thule Group, effective Feb. 14. She is replacing Lennart Mauritzson, who has resigned as CFO, until Jonas Lindqvist, currently chief financial officer at Arjo, a global supplier of ...
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A new executive team at Nike
John Donahue, the new chief executive of Nike, has installed a new leadership team to replace the one that accompanied the outgoing CEO, Mark Parker, from April 1 onward. Two former Parker lieutenants, Eric Sprunk and Elliott Hill, will retire from the company later this year. Like Trevor Edwards, who ...
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Change of the guard at Burton
Burton Snowboards has announced that John Lacy will be the company’s sole chief executive. He has shared this role over the past 18 months with Donna Carpenter, who will now take over the position of chairperson of Burton’s board of directors from her late husband and company founder, Jake Burton ...
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New CEO for Rapala
In the midst of reforms to turn around the business, Rapala VMC has appointed Nicolas Warchalowski as its new chief executive, effective from March 1, 2020. He has had an extensive career in international consumer businesses, heading up companies such as BabyBjörn, Peak Performance and Haglöfs.
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New top managers at Wolverine
Wolverine World Wide has appointed Joelle Grunberg as global president of its Sperry division and Tom Kennedy as global president of the Wolverine brand, with oversight for the Licensing Group and membership on the acquisitions team. Grunberg has spent the past seven years as president and chief executive for North ...
