That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 87
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Angel Martinez, who left as chief executive of Deckers Brands...
Angel Martinez, who left as chief executive of Deckers Brands one year ago, is reportedly running to become the mayor of Santa Barbara, California next November
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José Antonio Galán Matamoros has been appointed as the head...
José Antonio Galán Matamoros has been appointed as the head of sales for Lotto Sport Italia's Spanish subsidiary, replacing José Maria Munill who had been with the brand for 15 years
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Richard Tooby has been designated as the new chairman of...
Richard Tooby has been designated as the new chairman of Polygiene, the Swedish developer of odor control solutions for garments. Tooby, who comes from the chemicals industry, has been an independent director of the board since October 2015. He will take the place of Lennart Holm, who became chairman at ...
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Michael Kraushaar has been named interim managing director for the...
Michael Kraushaar has been named interim managing director for the Winora Group in Germany following the resignation of Susanne Puello in March
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Supra has hired Kara Duffy as the brand's new senior...
Supra has hired Kara Duffy as the brand's new senior global director of product, with immediate effect. She will report directly to Cape Capener, the brand's president. Most recently, Duffy was global director of footwear operations at DC Shoes, part of Quiksilver. In her new role at Supra, she will ...
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Bryan Timm is leaving as president and chief operating officer...
Bryan Timm is leaving as president and chief operating officer of Columbia Sportswear, after 20 years with the company. The company says his responsibilities will be handled by other senior managers while it goes through a reassessment of its operating model. Tim Boyle, chief executive of the group, says Timm ...
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Christoph Mannel has left as general manager for Central Europe...
Christoph Mannel has left as general manager for Central Europe at Oberalp, the parent company of Salewa, Dynafit, Wild Country and Pomoca
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Claire Jenkins has resigned as a member of Sports Direct's...
Claire Jenkins has resigned as a member of Sports Direct's board of directors with immediate effect. The former manager of Rexam had been appointed as non-executive director six years ago. She was the only female director on the board. Her departure, for which no formal explanations were given, comes after ...
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Sport Finance has moved Philippe Sachet from the U.K. to...
Sport Finance has moved Philippe Sachet from the U.K. to Spain to run Kappa Sport Iberia, taking the place of Francisco Cuesta after eight years. Sachet was previously working under Mark Ward, who has been running the British subsidiary of Sport Finance Distribution for two years. Sport Finance is the ...
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Active Brands, the Norwegian group that is changing hands (see...
Active Brands, the Norwegian group that is changing hands (see our latest issue), has established its own subsidiary in Finland and has taken full control of four of its brands in this market: Dæhlie, Johaug, Kari Traa and Sweet Protection. The new office is located near Helsinki's airport and run ...
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Susan Lyne, former CEO of the AOL Brand Group and...
Susan Lyne, former CEO of the AOL Brand Group and president of the BBG Ventures investment fund, joins the board of directors of GoPro
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Eva Emstedt has been elected as a new member of...
Eva Emstedt has been elected as a new member of Thule Group's board of directors
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Callaway Golf is looking for a permanent replacement for Robert...
Callaway Golf is looking for a permanent replacement for Robert K. Julian. The manager has left the company after two years as its senior vice president and chief financial officer. He is being replaced on an interim basis by the company's general counsel, Brian P. Lynch, who has been with ...
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Many members of Sport 2000 and Fair Play in the...
Many members of Sport 2000 and Fair Play in the Netherlands attended a farewell party for Hans de Winther, the departing director of sports retailing at ANWR-Garant Nederland, who received words of warm praise and other tokens of appreciation from various protagonists in the Dutch sports industry
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Compressport has opened a French sales subsidiary in Annecy, keeping...
Compressport has opened a French sales subsidiary in Annecy, keeping the agents of its former distributor for the country, Sigmax Europe
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Kristin Versümer has been appointed to the position of chief...
Kristin Versümer has been appointed to the position of chief digital officer of Sportalm, the Austrian sports apparel firm. Sitting on its executive board, she will be responsible for Sportalm's e-commerce business, its marketing activities, sales and international expansion, in close cooperation with Wilhelm and Ulli Ehrlich, owners of the ...
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Billabong has appointed Kevin Meehan as global general manager of...
Billabong has appointed Kevin Meehan as global general manager of the RVCA brand. He replaces Bill Bettencourt, who is joining a footwear brand that has yet to be disclosed. Meehan joins the company from Volcom, where he was most recently president of the Americas. He brings 20 years of experience ...
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Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell...
Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell in Canada, will act as interim executive in charge of the Canadian market for Inov-8, the British footwear brand taken over by Descente two years ago. Triquet has been in the sporting goods industry for 30 years, working also for ...
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Sportimex Benelux is expanding its offering of ice skating and...
Sportimex Benelux is expanding its offering of ice skating and inline skating products with the Roces brand, which will be sold alongside brands from CCM to Tempish and Ferrari Skates
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Stefan Bernard, who was the German country manager for Garmin...
Stefan Bernard, who was the German country manager for Garmin between the end of 2011 and the end of 2015, will be in charge of strategy and sales and marketing operations for Hoka One One and Teva across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will be based in London. ...
