That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 84
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Thomas Seifert is leaving as German country manager of Polar...
Thomas Seifert is leaving as German country manager of Polar Electro at the end of this month for another assignment outside the sporting goods sector. His place will be taken over by the current local chief operating officer, Lars Adolff. Seifert joined the Finnish company in April 2013 after running ...
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Poc has taken over the distribution of its products in...
Poc has taken over the distribution of its products in Switzerland from Distributors Airtool
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Intercycle is taking on the distribution of Skullcandy in Switzerland...
Intercycle is taking on the distribution of Skullcandy in Switzerland
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Jochen Schnell, one of the members of Intersport Germany's executive...
Jochen Schnell, one of the members of Intersport Germany's executive board, is leaving at his own request after spending more than 15 years with the group in various positions. Citing “very private reasons” for his departure, the company said his responsibilities for product and marketing will be taken over by ...
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Gary Bryant, who has been with Amer Sports for 14...
Gary Bryant, who has been with Amer Sports for 14 years, is going to serve as general manager for its cycling division, which includes Mavic and Enve, following the resignation of Bernard Millaud, who has led it for 15 years. Bryant, who is a British citizen, has served most recently ...
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Boardriders has appointed Alexandre Malsch as global digital brand manager...
Boardriders has appointed Alexandre Malsch as global digital brand manager for Quiksilver and Roxy, based at its European headquarters on the Basque Coast of France and reporting to the company's chief executive, Pierre Agnès. Nine years ago the 32-year-old manager co-founded a French online media group, the Melty Group, and ...
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Footjoy has announced that Russell Lawes has been appointed sales...
Footjoy has announced that Russell Lawes has been appointed sales and marketing director for the U.K. region with immediate effect. For the past ten years, he has served as Footjoy's marketing manager. Lawes will be responsible for the overall sales and marketing operations in the U.K., Ireland and South Africa ...
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Brunswick Bowling Products has announced three promotions within the company,...
Brunswick Bowling Products has announced three promotions within the company, which come after the appointment of Corey Dykstra as the new chief executive in July of this year. Brian Graham has been named vice-president of consumer and aftermarket products. Graham previously led sales and marketing. Billy Orlikowski has been promoted ...
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Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The...
Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The 46-year-old replaces Wolfgang Helmberger. Rettig has been with Amer Sports since 2006. At Amer, she was initially in charge of marketing for the cycling division in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Afterwards she was promoted to GTM (Go to Market) trade ...
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Claudia Lange has been appointed head of media relations at...
Claudia Lange has been appointed head of media relations at the Adidas Group. Lange assumed the newly created position, based at the headquarters in Herzogenaurach in Germany, at the beginning of August. She is responsible for the global media relations team and for the management and coordination of the media ...
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Creating a new position, Walter Wansauer has been named by...
Creating a new position, Walter Wansauer has been named by Fischer as head of sales for both Germany and Austria. The executive, who has been with the company for nearly 20 years, had been appointed a year ago as country manager for Germany, taking the place of Siegfried Passreiter after ...
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Michele Norsa, the former top manager of Benetton Sportsystem and...
Michele Norsa, the former top manager of Benetton Sportsystem and Sergio Tacchini who worked as managing director of Salvatore Ferragamo for ten years until last year, has agreed to serve as vice president of Gruppo Biagiotti, helping the young Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna after the sudden death last spring of her ...
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Bergans is strengthening its international sales force. The new international...
Bergans is strengthening its international sales force. The new international focus includes the appointment of John-Olav Evans as international strategic account manager. In this new position, he will be responsible for serving and developing relations with Bergans' distributors and key strategic clients in the international market. Another new recruit is ...
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Neil Venables, former senior director of field sales at the...
Neil Venables, former senior director of field sales at the Adidas Group in the U.K., is taking over from Tom Foley as general manager of Intersport UK, covering the U.K. and Ireland. The handover started in August to make sure Venables is fully operational ahead of Foley's departure on Sept. ...
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T.J. McMeniman, who served most recently as global marketing director...
T.J. McMeniman, who served most recently as global marketing director at Bauer Hockey, has been appointed vice president of marketing at Costa, the American brand of sports sunglasses recently acquired by Essilor International. He will have global responsibilities, reporting to Holly Rush, chief executive of Costa. Before joining Bauer in ...
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Sebastian Janus has left Foot Locker Europe to undertake voluntary...
Sebastian Janus has left Foot Locker Europe to undertake voluntary work in Asia and South America. The 32-year-old chief financial officer of the company's European e-commerce business finished the job at the end of August. Janus joined Foot Locker's management team in 2013, after establishing Tredex, a specialist in e-commerce, ...
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Nixon, the brand of sports watches and accessories, will have...
Nixon, the brand of sports watches and accessories, will have a new chief executive, Scott Kerslake. The American manager is set to leave the Columbia Sportswear group on Aug. 18. The has been running Prana since 2009, building it up to reach a turnover of $100 million by 2014, when ...
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Christian Fischer will serve as the agent of Blackyak in...
Christian Fischer will serve as the agent of Blackyak in Austria
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Callaway Golf Co. has appointed Brian Lynch as its new...
Callaway Golf Co. has appointed Brian Lynch as its new chief financial officer. He will also continue as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Lynch, who joined Callaway in 1999, was named general counsel in 2012. He assumed the additional role of interim CFO in April, filling the ...
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The supervisory board of Kettler has appointed Olaf Bierhoff as...
The supervisory board of Kettler has appointed Olaf Bierhoff as the new managing director and chief financial officer to replace Stephan Mathys. The 53-year-old Bierhoff joins from Severin Elektrogeräte GmbH where he has worked for 17 years, most recently as head of finance and controlling as well as head of ...
