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    Patagonia with new GM EMEA

    2023-05-25T14:46:00Z

    Source: Patagonia Nina Hajikhanian Patagonia has appointed Nina Hajikhanian as its new General Manager for the EMEA region. She succeeds Matthijs Visch, who took over the post in April 2021 from Ryan Gellert, who moved into the role of global CEO of the holding company Patagonia Works ...

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    The North Face's GM EMEA Van Leeuwen becomes GM Americas

    2022-10-11T10:43:00Z

    Source: The North Face Jan Van Leeuwen After four years as general manager of The North Face EMEA, Jan Van Leeuwen has been promoted to the brand’s GM of the Americas. He follows Marissa Pardini, who has been filling the VP/GM role for the last two years ...

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    ​Sea To Summit hires GM for EMEA

    2022-10-05T09:51:00Z

    SGB reports that Australia-based adventure gear brand Sea to Summit has hired David Ledouble as general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Ledouble, an outdoor industry veteran, most recently worked at Helen of Troy as managing director for HydroFlask EMEA and senior director for OXO. Prior to that, ...

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    Nicolas Foulet is Quiksilver Europe’s new president

    2021-07-28T08:15:00Z

    According to Shop Eat Surf, Nicolas Foulet, chief information officer at Boardriders since 2015, is the new president of EMEA for Quiksilver. He takes over the role from Greg Healy, who was responsible for Europe in addition to APAC since 2019. Healy had added Europe to his portfolio after Thomas ...

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    Patagonia hires new general manager, EMEA

    2021-04-13T09:01:00Z

    Patagonia has announced that it has hired a new general manager for Patagonia EMEA, effective this May. Matthijs Visch will lead Patagonia’s growing business in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, which today includes more than 230 employees and 11 brand stores. He takes over from the previous general ...

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    VF’s new fulfillment center in the U.K. begins operations

    2021-04-07T08:11:00Z

    VF Corp., through its local subsidiary VF Northern Europe Limited, has begun operations at its new fulfillment center in Bardon, Leicestershire, which will employ about 250 people at peak times. The new 55,800-square-meter center will have “state-of-the-art automation capabilities putting it at the forefront of the footwear and apparel industry.” ...