That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 73
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Lululemon has appointed a new chief product officer, Sun Choe,...
Lululemon has appointed a new chief product officer, Sun Choe, to replace Tara Poseley who left in October 2015. The company's creative director, Lee Holman, had taken on the responsibility on an interim basis until Choe joined the company in 2016 as president of global merchandising. She previously worked for ...
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Louis Garneau, the Canadian cycling specialist, has appointed Martin Trudel...
Louis Garneau, the Canadian cycling specialist, has appointed Martin Trudel as executive leader of global sales and marketing. He will be responsible for the company's Garneau, Sugoi and Sombrio brands, and for overseeing new business development and opportunities. A 20-year veteran of the sporting goods industry, Trudel started to work ...
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Niels de Lange has been appointed as sales manager for...
Niels de Lange has been appointed as sales manager for the bike division of Shimano Europe, based in Eindhoven, replacing René Veenbuizen who has become the managing director of Shimano Benelux. De Lange has been working with Shimano since 2007, most recently as senior OEM sales manager. Shimano Europe has ...
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Peter Kuhl, former joint managing director of Uhlsport, left the...
Peter Kuhl, former joint managing director of Uhlsport, left the company at his own request at the end of July to take up new challenges. Since 2008, Kuhl worked for the German team sports company in various departments, among others in finance, purchasing, logistics, IT and quality assurance. He was ...
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Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong,...
Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong, has been named president of an American outdoor brand, Mountain Khakis, taking the place of the company's founder, Ross Saldarini
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Foot Locker has appointed a new senior vice president and...
Foot Locker has appointed a new senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Elizabeth S. Norberg, who comes from the hotel business
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Brunswick Corp. has appointed Marie Graul as chief financial officer...
Brunswick Corp. has appointed Marie Graul as chief financial officer of Life Fitness, where she will oversee the planned spinoff of the group's fitness operations into a separate publicly traded company
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Shimano Europe has announced the appointment of Erik Naberman as...
Shimano Europe has announced the appointment of Erik Naberman as managing director of its fishing tackle division. He replaces Cor Ax, who left the company earlier this year. Naberman has been with Shimano for 21 years. Most recently, he was managing director of Shimano Benelux, a role that he has ...
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Thomas Aigner has been appointed as global marketing director for...
Thomas Aigner has been appointed as global marketing director for Salewa from the start of November. He will take over from Maurizio Priano, who has been in charge of the outdoor brand's marketing for five years and who left the company at the end of July. Aigner spent the last ...
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The change in European leadership reported at the Adidas Group...
The change in European leadership reported at the Adidas Group last month has revealed several other changes, particularly the appointment of Markus Baumann as senior vice president in charge of global product operations for Adidas. Baumann has already been with the Adidas group for eleven years, the last three of ...
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Hermann Broekhof, 66, has decided to retire after working for...
Hermann Broekhof, 66, has decided to retire after working for 40 years as a journalist in the sporting goods sector for two Dutch trade publications, first for Tendens and then for Sport Partner. He will continue as a freelance writer in the sports and outdoor sectors. Admitting that its printed ...
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Robert Lazzaroni, a 25-year veteran of the industry, has been...
Robert Lazzaroni, a 25-year veteran of the industry, has been appointed by Salomon as Nordic regional commercial manager for the Americas
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K2 Sports has appointed Black Peak Trading, an agency run...
K2 Sports has appointed Black Peak Trading, an agency run by Andy Collin, to handle sales and marketing of all its brands in the U.K.
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After 18 years, Tomas Solin is leaving the role of...
After 18 years, Tomas Solin is leaving the role of chief executive at Salming Sports. The new CEO is Tomas Theil, which brings previous consumer brand experience from roles at Ikea and New Wave Sports. According to a press release issued by Salming Sports, the time has come for the ...
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Nicolas Warchalowski is stepping down from his CEO position at...
Nicolas Warchalowski is stepping down from his CEO position at Peak Performance after four years at the helm of the company. Under his management, the Swedish brand that belonged to the Danish IC Group underwent strategic changes that boosted its revenues and profit margins. As previously reported, Peak Performance was ...
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Eddie Miyoshi, a veteran of Volcom, has been made CEO...
Eddie Miyoshi, a veteran of Volcom, has been made CEO of HUF Worldwide, an American skate brand
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Clemens Tinzl will become the new chief executive at Kästle,...
Clemens Tinzl will become the new chief executive at Kästle, the Austrian ski company, in mid-September. He succeeds Bernd Knünz, who joined Kästle as CEO four years ago and is now leaving, citing personal reasons. Knünz started to work for Kästle in Salzburg before the company moved back to its ...
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Willi Jungen, who has been the Swiss country manager of...
Willi Jungen, who has been the Swiss country manager of Jack Wolfskin for 11 years, will become the chief executive of Snowlife, the Swiss producer of winter gloves, starting in September. He will take the place of Daniela Wenk, owner of the Swiss company, which is also the local distributor ...
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Chris Adamek, who has been a management consultant more than...
Chris Adamek, who has been a management consultant more than 20 years for Columbia Sportswear and other companies, has been named vice president and chief of staff for the Columbia brand, reporting to Joe Boyle, executive vice president and brand president of Columbia
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Adam Chamberlain has been appointed as U.S. sales manager at...
Adam Chamberlain has been appointed as U.S. sales manager at Norrøna, making him the Norwegian outdoor brand's first hire in the country. In more than two decades in the American outdoor industry, Chamberlain previously spent more than six years as vice president of marketing at Black Diamond Equipment, after another ...
