According to Shop Eat Surf, Jeff McGuane, president of Fox Racing, has been promoted at Vista Outdoor to lead a restructured Action Sports division, which includes Fox Racing, Bell, Giro, Blackburn, Krash, Copilot and Raskullz. Vista Outdoor acquired Fox Racing in August 2022.
According to the same media source, McGuane’s promotion was accompanied by other changes at Fox and the Bell and Giro brands. Fox’s chief financial officer, Tanya Hayden, was named global CFO for the new division. Marci Gerlach, Fox’s vice president of people and culture, will assume the post of vice president of global people and culture in the new group. Bell and Giro President Ric Kern is expected to retire March 31, while Noah Fox, vice president of operations for Bell and Giro, will be named vice president of global operations for the restructured group.
Vista Outdoor announced plans last year to split its outdoor and sporting goods businesses into two separate publicly traded companies, a plan that is expected to be finalized this year. The new Action Sports division is part of the planned outdoor products company.
Vista Outdoor will report its Q3 results on Feb. 1.
