That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 94
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An Adidas veteran, Timo Pape, has joined Odlo International in...
An Adidas veteran, Timo Pape, has joined Odlo International in the new position of brand director, responsible for category management, design and marketing. He had been assisting Odlo in these areas and in communication since last year. After working for seven years at Adidas in Portland and Herzogenaurach, and two ...
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Christopher Lindner joined Acushnet last month as president of FootJoy....
Christopher Lindner joined Acushnet last month as president of FootJoy. He acted previously as president of Keds, one of the footwear brands owned by Wolverine Worldwide, which is now led by Gillian Meek. More in Shoe Intelligence.
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Michael Burk has been appointed as chief executive at 21...
Michael Burk has been appointed as chief executive at 21 Sports Group, after Jörg Mayer, the founder and largest shareholder of the online sports retailer, became chairman of the supervisory board. The changes also led to the appointment of Henner Schwarz as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Both ...
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Ulf Kinneson has resigned as chief executive of Intersport Sweden...
Ulf Kinneson has resigned as chief executive of Intersport Sweden after 3.5 years in the post, where he played a crucial role in transforming the buying group into an integrated retailer through a change of ownership. He will continue as a director of Intersport Sweden, and he will also join ...
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Massimiliano Brunazzo is to take over at the start of...
Massimiliano Brunazzo is to take over at the start of October as the general manager for the business unit covering the training category at the Adidas Group. He takes over from Brian Grevy, who obtained the job two years ago and has left the group, apparently to become chief marketing ...
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Willy Bogner has appointed two new members to its executive...
Willy Bogner has appointed two new members to its executive board. Both of them have worked at Hugo Boss before, among other stations. One of the new members is Christian Ender, who joined Bogner at the beginning of this year to act as international sales manager. He will be responsible ...
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Sole Technology has appointed Esmail Mawjee as interim president of...
Sole Technology has appointed Esmail Mawjee as interim president of the company. Sole Technology's brands include Etnies, éS, Emerica, Altamont, ThirtyTwo and STI Lab. In his new position, Mawjee will report directly to the owner and chief executive officer, Pierre-André Senizergues. Mawjee most recently served as president of the Active ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has announced the appointment of Mike Jeppesen, the...
Wolverine Worldwide has announced the appointment of Mike Jeppesen, the current president of its Global Operations Group, to an expanded role as president of the Wolverine Heritage Group, which includes the Wolverine, Harley-Davidson, Bates, and HyTest brands. He takes over from Ted Gedra, who has recently retired after 30 years ...
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Lululemon has announced the resignation of Rhoda Pitcher effective Aug....
Lululemon has announced the resignation of Rhoda Pitcher effective Aug. 3. Pitcher is the longest-serving board member whose very existence as a real person was questioned this summer by an article in TheStreet.com. A reporter from the news outlet was allegedly unable to reach her and questioned her educational credentials, ...
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Bridgestone Golf has hired Angel Ilagan as president and chief...
Bridgestone Golf has hired Angel Ilagan as president and chief executive, responsible for overseeing all aspects of the specialty sports-equipment maker's core business functions, including product planning, sales, marketing and customer operations. Ilagan comes with broad experience in marketing and luxury goods. Before joining the Covington, Georgia-based subsidiary of Bridgestone ...
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Ecco Golf has announced the appointment of Andrzej Bikowski as...
Ecco Golf has announced the appointment of Andrzej Bikowski as its new lead designer, effective Aug. 15. Most recently, he was head of the design team at Ecco Sport. As an expert in industrial design and the shoe making process, Bikowski has worked at a number of lifestyle and sports ...
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Stefan Rosenkranz and Reinhold Hugo, who have been acting as...
Stefan Rosenkranz and Reinhold Hugo, who have been acting as country managers of Salewa Sport for Germany and Switzerland, respectively, are going to leave the Oberalp Group as part of the reorganization of its activities in Central Europe. Christoph Mannel, who has been the general manager of Oberalp Austria since ...
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In a bid to bolster its accelerating international business, Under...
In a bid to bolster its accelerating international business, Under Armour has named a company veteran, Kip Fulks, as chief product officer, and recruited two new executives to its senior management team - Colin Browne as president of global sourcing, and Andy Donkin as chief marketing officer. Both men will ...
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Siegfried Passreiter, who is now 61 years old, has retired...
Siegfried Passreiter, who is now 61 years old, has retired from Fischer and Löffler after 18 years of work for the Austrian company, where he acted most recently as managing director of its German subsidiary. As planned, his position has been taken over by Walter Wensauer, sales manager of the ...
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In its third high-profile hire in recent months, Keen has...
In its third high-profile hire in recent months, Keen has appointed Tyler LaMotte to the new position of global vice president of brand marketing. Prior to Keen, LaMotte served as Apple's senior marketer, in charge of worldwide product marketing. He also worked at Patagonia as global business unit director for ...
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Nike has promoted Steve Lesnard as vice president and general...
Nike has promoted Steve Lesnard as vice president and general manager for global running, with effect from Aug. 1. He takes the place of Patrick Seehafer, who will become vice president of merchandising for Europe. Lesnard, who is currently in charge of running for North America, has spent 19 years ...
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In the framework of an internal restructuring process, Head Sport...
In the framework of an internal restructuring process, Head Sport appointed Roman Stepek as chief executive for its sportswear division with effect from July 1. Stepek, who replaces Daniel Gottschall, reports directly to Head's controlling shareholder and chief executive, Johan Eliasch. He will be responsible for the realignment of Head's ...
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Black Diamond Europe says it has completed its staff, with...
Black Diamond Europe says it has completed its staff, with 29 highly motivated members at its new headquarters in Innsbruck. Run by Tim Bantle, the top management includes Craig Foster, Georg Hoffberger and Stephan Hagenbusch. Foster, who has been with BD since 2009, is taking over the role of director ...
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Sally Pitkin is resigning as a director of Billabong International...
Sally Pitkin is resigning as a director of Billabong International to dedicate her time to her recent appointment as a member of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
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Cornelis Hendrik (Cees) de Witte will start a new assignment...
Cornelis Hendrik (Cees) de Witte will start a new assignment on Aug. 1 as chief executive of X-Bionic, the Swiss developer of high-tech sportswear and socks. He will take the place of the company's 66-year-old founder and owner, Professor Bodo Lambertz, who will become chairman. De Witte recently left Spyder ...
