That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 73
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Brian Small, who is now 62 years old, is retiring...
Brian Small, who is now 62 years old, is retiring as chief financial officer of JD Sports Fashion on Oct. 31 after 15 years with the company, which has made many important acquisitions lately, including those of Go Outdoors in the U.K. and The Finish Line in the U.S. Under ...
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Accell Group, the parent company of bicycle brands including Raleigh,...
Accell Group, the parent company of bicycle brands including Raleigh, Sparta, Atala, Haibike and others, has announced the appointment of Ruben Baldew as the new chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors, effective Nov. 1. Baldew, who currently serves as financial director at Unilever Thailand, will ...
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Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who...
Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who will report to Kasper Rorsted, the company's chief executive. The previous general counsel, Frank Dassler, left the company earlier this year, and Paul Ehrlich had stepped in on an interim basis. Ehrlich will resume his post as general counsel for ...
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Albert Habsburg was recently appointed to the position of commercial...
Albert Habsburg was recently appointed to the position of commercial director at Schöffel, responsible for controlling, finances, legal issues and all financial matters linked to the company's operative business. For the past 17 years, Habsburg had been working for Kunert, the sock specialist based in Germany. Schöffel has restructured its ...
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Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire...
Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire as the company's president and chief executive effective Dec. 31, and that Fabrizio Gamberini has been hired as the new president of the U.S. operation. Also, the company has announced that Richard Riegel, currently a member of U.S. company's board ...
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Iconix Brand Group has announced that Robert Galvin was appointed...
Iconix Brand Group has announced that Robert Galvin was appointed as chief executive, president and a member of the board of directors of the company, effective Oct. 15. Galvin was most recently chairman of Cherokee. He has previously served as chief operating officer and European president of Sports Brands International, ...
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Pentland Brands has appointed Katrina Nurse as the company's new...
Pentland Brands has appointed Katrina Nurse as the company's new chief finance officer. She is replacing Sam Gilburd, who took a career break in 2017, after ten years with the group, and Mandy Venters, who had been serving as interim CFO since March of last year. Nurse is coming off ...
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Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to...
Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to be its first global artistic director. He will be splitting his time between his own Christopher Raeburn brand, based in London, and Timberland's offices in New Hampshire, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Known for his green philosophy and use of recycled ...
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Peter Smith has been appointed chief executive of Bollé Brands,...
Peter Smith has been appointed chief executive of Bollé Brands, the new company formed by A&M Capital to run the Bollé Safety business and the consumer eyewear and helmet business of Bollé, Cébé and Serengeti recently bought from Vista Outdoor, Smith was most recently the CEO of Musto. He previously ...
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The NBA has appointed Ralph Rivera as its new managing...
The NBA has appointed Ralph Rivera as its new managing director for Europe and the Middle East, effective Jan. 2, 2019. He replaces Ben Morel, who stepped down from the role in May to become the chief executive of Six Nations. Rivera was most recently managing director at Eurosport Digital ...
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Jorcani has been appointed as the distributor of Capranea, the...
Jorcani has been appointed as the distributor of Capranea, the Swiss brand of high-end skiwear, in Spain and Andorra
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The board of directors of Columbia Sportswear has elected Sabrina...
The board of directors of Columbia Sportswear has elected Sabrina Simmons to direct its Nominating and Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees. Simmons will also be a candidate for full-term board membership at the company's 2019 annual shareholders meeting. Currently, Simmons sits on the boards of Williams-Sonoma and ELF Cosmetics, chairing ...
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Burton Snowboard's current president, John Lacy, will be joining Donna...
Burton Snowboard's current president, John Lacy, will be joining Donna Carpenter, joint owner of the company along with her husband Jake Burton Carpenter, as its co-chief executive. The company has also appointed Sarah Crockett, formerly with Vans and REI, as its new marketing director. Sharing a two-decade history, John Lacy ...
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In a surprise move, MCM has named the German designer...
In a surprise move, MCM has named the German designer Dirk Schönberger to be its new global creative director. Schönberger is leaving Adidas, where he has served as creative director since 2010. Denis Dekovic will be assuming a modified version of his former post at Adidas. Schönberger is well known ...
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Oy Sultrade, one of the major distributors of sports products...
Oy Sultrade, one of the major distributors of sports products in Finland and the Baltic countries, has a new chief executive, Sari Rosin, replacing Risto Salo, the former CEO of Halti, who is leaving the company. Rosin, 46, will remain CEO of Oy Transmeri Ab, one of the subsidiaries of ...
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Lacoste has selected for the first time a woman, Louise...
Lacoste has selected for the first time a woman, Louise Trotter, as the brand's creative director, replacing Felipe Oliveira Baptista after eight years in the post. Trotter comes from the U.K., where she has been in charge of style for a British fashion brand, Joseph, during the last nine years. ...
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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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Puma is strengthening its corporate communications team with the appointment...
Puma is strengthening its corporate communications team with the appointment of Robert Jan Bartunek as senior manager of corporate communications. He will report to Kerstin Neuber, who was recently promoted to the position of senior head of communications following the departure of Ulf Santjer. Bartunek, 36, has worked as journalist ...
