That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 63
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Targeting international expansion, Pentland Brands announced a new executive team...
Targeting international expansion, Pentland Brands announced a new executive team structure today. Richard Newcombe, who is now in charge of the group's footwear division, will add the responsibility of president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) across the whole brand portfolio, which includes Berghaus, Ellesse and Speedo, among ...
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The Hohenstein Group has announced Lutz Lehmann as chief executive...
The Hohenstein Group has announced Lutz Lehmann as chief executive of global strategies. In his new role, he will directly oversee Hohenstein's sales, marketing and business-development teams. For the past eight years, Lehmann served as chief executive of Hermes Hansecontrol Group. Prior to Hansecontrol, he held various roles at TÜV ...
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Marie Ahlstrand has been made sales manager of Daily Sports....
Marie Ahlstrand has been made sales manager of Daily Sports. She previously served as a business export manager at another Swedish golfwear brand, Röhnisch. Daily Sports had annual turnover of around 80 million Swedish kronor (€7.5m-$8.2m), a quarter of that from Sweden.
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Frank van Ven has returned to Life Fitness, after a...
Frank van Ven has returned to Life Fitness, after a brief stint at Asics, to become vice president of international sales. He had been with Life Fitness for 23 years, running its international business. Tim McCarthy has also come back to Life Fitness, which was recently spun off by Brunswick ...
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Jack Wolfskin, which was recently acquired by Callaway Golf Co....
Jack Wolfskin, which was recently acquired by Callaway Golf Co. at the end of last year, has appointed Diana Seung as general manager for its North American subsidiary in Salt Lake City. She was previously executive vice president of merchandising at Backcountry.com. She also worked as vice president of e-commerce ...
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Lennart Mauritzson will be stepping down as chief financial officer...
Lennart Mauritzson will be stepping down as chief financial officer of the Thule Group, giving six months' notice from August. He has accepted the post of chief executive at Backahill, a privately owned family company in Ängelholm, Sweden. Mauritzson, who will soon have been with the company for eight years, ...
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Emma Stjernlöf will be taking charge of Röhnisch Sportswear as...
Emma Stjernlöf will be taking charge of Röhnisch Sportswear as chief executive in 2020. She will be replacing Fredrik Röhnisch, who is relinquishing his operational duties after 19 years with the Swedish sports apparel company, nine of them as CEO. He will remain a partner and board member. Stjernlöf has ...
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Julbo has appointed Stefano Finazzi as its new country manager...
Julbo has appointed Stefano Finazzi as its new country manager for Italy, where the French company took over the distribution in April. He worked previously for an Italian importer of sports products, Socrep. He then took care of the Italian market for two of Oberalp's brands, Dynafit and Pomoca, before ...
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Canada Goose has appointed Woody Blackford to oversee global design...
Canada Goose has appointed Woody Blackford to oversee global design and merchandising, with a focus on category expansion and innovation, as the company is considering opportunities in new product categories, including footwear. Blackford will join Canada Goose this autumn as executive vice-president of design and merchandising. He has more than ...
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Prana has appointed Marcie Peters as vice-president of global sales....
Prana has appointed Marcie Peters as vice-president of global sales. Peters has 20 years of sales and leadership experience in the wholesale apparel, footwear and accessories sectors. Before joining the American brand owned by Columbia Sportswear, she served as director of department store sales at Under Armour. Prior to that, ...
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Milliken & Co. has appointed Chad McAllister as president of...
Milliken & Co. has appointed Chad McAllister as president of its Performance & Protective Textiles division, which includes the Polartec brand
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Armada Skis, the American manufacturer of ski gear and apparel...
Armada Skis, the American manufacturer of ski gear and apparel acquired by Amer Sports two years ago, has appointed Matt Rihm as director of product & innovation. Rihm will be laying out the global product roadmap and design strategy; heading up all R&D, product development, manufacturing and operations; and coordinating ...
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Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has...
Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has appointed Ivo van Ierland Fred Gregarek to the recently created position of sales manager for Central Europe. For the past five years, the 42-year-old Gregarek has been sales manager for Germany and Austria at Toms. He has also worked in ...
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Altra, the running brand recently acquired by VF Corp., has...
Altra, the running brand recently acquired by VF Corp., has hired Andrew Conley as its director of global product. Conley has spent his entire career in running shoes. He was most recently with Hoka One One, helping to expand the women's line and overseeing the launch of the Carbon X ...
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Günter Althaus, the 51-year-old German executive who has been the...
Günter Althaus, the 51-year-old German executive who has been the chief executive of the ANWR Group for the past ten years, has informed the board of directors that he will not renew his contract after it expires at the beginning of 2021, as he is envisaging new professional challenges. ANWR ...
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On Aug. 12, Anton Magnusson became managing director of Hestra-Handsken...
On Aug. 12, Anton Magnusson became managing director of Hestra-Handsken and Martin Magnusson & Co. He has been working for the Swedish family-owned glove maker since 2013, with oversight of its factories in various parts of the world. He was notably managing director of the factory in Hungary and recently ...
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Schöffel is expanding its management team to stimulate its international...
Schöffel is expanding its management team to stimulate its international expansion. The decision was made after the voluntary departure of Günther Herrmann, who had led Schöffel's marketing and sales department since 2018 as well as its product business unit since January. All the three business units that he previously supervised – ...
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Wouter Jager is leaving as global retail director for the...
Wouter Jager is leaving as global retail director for the Accell Group, according to Bike Europe
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Reebok has named Kerby Jean-Raymond, the founder and designer of...
Reebok has named Kerby Jean-Raymond, the founder and designer of Pyer Moss, as artistic director of Reebok Studies, a new company division that will reportedly focus on developing young new creative talent and ideas. The project has been compared to the Genius program of Moncler. Jean-Raymond has already collaborated with ...
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Davide Grasso, former CEO of Converse, has become chief operating...
Davide Grasso, former CEO of Converse, has become chief operating officer at Maserati
