The Finnish company Spinnova is underlining its growth ambitions with the onboarding of Allan Andersen as chief sales officer and a member of the management team. According to a company release, the position is newly created and will play an essential role in supporting Spinnova’s growth and scaling. Andersen started in his post on May 2, 2022, and reports to the CEO. Lotta Kopra, commercial manager of Spinnova until now, continues as chief product officer and member of the Spinnova management team.
Spinnova’s new CSO Andersen brings long experience from commercial and business development roles in the sporting goods industry. Before joining Spinnova, he worked for Under Armour from 2013 to 2022 in several positions, including director of sales, director of commercial optimization and go-to-market, chief of staff of global revenue and director of international business development. Before, he worked for Adidas Nordic and Adidas Latin America in sales and ultimately advancing to sales director of Adidas Latin America.
Spinnova specializes in fibers from wood and recycled waste and has developed its own production process. Since last year, it has been listed on the stock exchange and is currently expanding its production capacities. Since the company’s start in 2014, it has already worked with brands like Adidas, Bergans, The North Face, Hennes & Mauritz and the Danish Bestseller group.
