That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 67

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    Woolrich International has appointed Stefano Saccone as its new chief...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Woolrich International has appointed Stefano Saccone as its new chief executive. Saccone joins from VF Corp., where he spent seven years, most recently as vice-president/general manager of Vans. Prior to VF Corp., he held marketing roles at Ralph Lauren, and served as general manager of sportswear and action sports at ...

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    Indorama has appointed Deepak Parikh, up till now the president...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Indorama has appointed Deepak Parikh, up till now the president of Clariant's business in North America, as its new chief strategy officer

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    Mizuno Iberia has made Josep Maria Munill its new sales...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Mizuno Iberia has made Josep Maria Munill its new sales director. For the past several months, Munill has been working with Oliver Strenguetto, who runs the Iberian subsidiary, to establish the Japanese company's sales team on the peninsula. Munill has otherwise spent his 20-year career at Fila, as sales director ...

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    David W. McCreight, a 56-year-old former president of Under Armour,...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    David W. McCreight, a 56-year-old former president of Under Armour, Lands' End and Anthropologie, has been named a director of Wolverine Worldwide, replacing Joseph R. Gromek, who is retiring

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    The Adidas Group has three new members on its supervisory...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group has three new members on its supervisory board. At the company's annual general meeting on May 9, Thomas Rabe, Bodo Uebber and Jing Ulrich were elected to the board. Rabe has been the chief executive of Bertelsmann since 2012, Uebber is financial director of Daimler and Ulrich ...

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    Canada Goose has promoted Ana Mihaljevic from senior vice president...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Canada Goose has promoted Ana Mihaljevic from senior vice president of planning and sales operations to chief commercial officer. She will oversee the company's global commercial business while continuing to take charge of sales planning and sales operations. She will be seeking to expand the wholesale channel, the direct-to-consumer (DTC) ...

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    Puma has appointed John Miller as its new senior vice-president...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Puma has appointed John Miller as its new senior vice-president of wholesale for North America. He joins Puma from G-Form, the sports protection brand, where he has held the role of senior vice-president and general manager of sales and marketing since October 2017. Prior to G-Form, he spent 11 years ...

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    VF Corp. is moving Jeremie Blondel from Vans to The...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    VF Corp. is moving Jeremie Blondel from Vans to The North Face. Filling a newly created role, he will serve as vice president of sales for TNF in Europe, the Middle East and Africa with responsibility for the entire wholesale business in the region. Blondel will work under Jan van ...

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    JD Sports Fashion has an experienced non-executive director on its...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion has an experienced non-executive director on its board. Kath Smith, the former executive of the Adidas Group who served as general manager and vice president of The North Face EMEA until last year, has joined the board of directors of the fast-growing U.K.-based retailer. She wanted to ...

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    Mondraker has hired Thierry Gracia as its sales director for...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Mondraker has hired Thierry Gracia as its sales director for southern Europe, a newly created position, which covers the French, Spanish and Portuguese markets

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    MIPS, a Swedish firm that regards itself as the world's...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    MIPS, a Swedish firm that regards itself as the world's leading supplier of helmet-based safety technologies to protect against rotational movements, appointed on May 10 its former chief financial officer, Max Strandwitz, to the position as chief executive. Strandwitz replaces Johan Thiel, who will work together with the newly appointed ...

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    Taking a position previously occupied by Joel Sandoz, Mark Phares...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Taking a position previously occupied by Joel Sandoz, Mark Phares has gone back to Smith Optics to serve as its new vice president of global sales. He had already spent 17 years with the U.S.-based Safilo subsidiary in various sales and management roles before leaving for OluKai, where he oversaw ...

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    Tretorn is developing its online business with the aim of...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Tretorn is developing its online business with the aim of boosting the proportion of online transactions with consumers and through retailers and internet marketplaces. The long-term goal is for online sales to account for 40 percent of total sales. To achieve it, a new team of three employees has been ...

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    Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has made Scott Ziegler its new retail director for Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA), with responsibility for the region's 170 Havaianas points of sale, from mono-brand stores to franchisees and concessions. Ziegler is no stranger to the region, having ...

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    Jason LaRose is leaving as president of North America for...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Jason LaRose is leaving as president of North America for Under Armour, after two and half years in which the brand's sales in the region kept declining. Meanwhile, Under Armour has a new senior marketing manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland: the 30-year-old Nicolas Schwartz succeeds Philipp Walter, who is ...

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    Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both managing directors of zLabels, will be leaving the company. zLabels, the e-tailer's nine-year-old private label division, was closed on April 1, although the company has indicated that it will continue to offer “everyday essential” clothing and footwear products under 11 ...

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    Sergio Khiel has been appointed as the new chief executive...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Sergio Khiel has been appointed as the new chief executive and president of Fischer Skis' U.S. subsidiary, effective May 1. He takes the place of Ryan Leach, who left the company in December. Khiel served most recently as vice president of strategy and business development for DPS Skis. Prior to ...

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    Kering and its parent company, Artemis, are keeping a foot...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Kering and its parent company, Artemis, are keeping a foot in the door at Puma. Héloise Temple-Boyer and Fiona May replaced two top executives from Kering, Jean-Marc Duplaix and Béatrice Lazat, on Puma's supervisory board at the company's annual meeting. Born in 1969, May won Olympic silver in the long ...

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    Bernard Liatti, a former top manager of the Rossignol Group,...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Bernard Liatti, a former top manager of the Rossignol Group, has been named senior adviser of the Wingate bank, in connection with its opening of an office in Lyon

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    Christophe Villemin, co-founder and new chief executive of Black Crows...

    2019-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Christophe Villemin, co-founder and new chief executive of Black Crows (see our previous issue), has appointed a new manager in charge of operations, Nathalie Dougados, who has worked for Clarins, Christian Louboutin and Capgemini Consulting