That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 74
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As reported in our previous issue, Knut Are Høgberg has been...
As reported in our previous issue, Knut Are Høgberg has been appointed to take over as new chief executive at Odlo. After his appointment, the Swiss outdoor brand presented a new executive management team consisting of him along with Adrian Schürmann, chief finance officer and Barbara Hösli, chief people officer. The ...
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Hummel, the Danish sports brand, assigned Marcus Leykam to the...
Hummel, the Danish sports brand, assigned Marcus Leykam to the position as sales manager for sports, responsible for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets. The 43-year-old worked in the past 20 years in the team sports segment for various brands, most recently for Jako in Switzerland. At Hummel, he will ...
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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 brand of mountain lifestyle clothing, Mountain Khakis, otherwise known as MK. He is taking the place of Ross Saldarini, who founded the company 15 years ago. He has left, reportedly to pursue other ...
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Tina Rolén, former marketing director at Haglöfs, has joined VF...
Tina Rolén, former marketing director at Haglöfs, has joined VF Corp. to take the marketing lead at Vans in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Rolén has spent many years in the sports, outdoor and fashion industry, working with brands from Nike and Adidas to Mini Rodini and Haglöfs. ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Michael Zeuch replaces Dennis Aubermann as manager of Sport 2000...
Michael Zeuch replaces Dennis Aubermann as manager of Sport 2000 Germany's team sports division, taking care of affiliated retailers that specialize in team sports under the voluntary group's new Absolute Teamsports banner. Zeuch reports directly to Hans-Hermann Deters, overall manager of the group's specialist retail formats. From 1998 to 2005, Zeuch ...
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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 ...
