All Executive changes articles – Page 100
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Columbia Sportswear is reorganizing its Central European management to shift...
Columbia Sportswear is reorganizing its Central European management to shift responsibilities from a focus on countries to product categories to be handled supranationally: The company has appointed Stefan Gmeiner, so far sales manager for Germany, to the new position of category manager in charge of apparel, base layers and accessories ...
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Jeff Busic is rejoining Osprey Packs as its new international...
Jeff Busic is rejoining Osprey Packs as its new international director, effective May 1. It's a newly created position within the American company, covering 11 independent distributors around the world that are not handled by Osprey Europe. He had worked for the company before. He has also acquired experience at ...
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Effective this month, Siegfried Winkelbeiner will assume the role of...
Effective this month, Siegfried Winkelbeiner will assume the role of chief executive at Schoeller Textil, the maker of high-end fabrics. He replaces Hans-Jürgen Hübner, who has served the company for 48 years. Hübner joined the Swiss company in 1964, first in charge of the technical area, then in 1982 as ...
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The North Face has promoted Eric Pansier, marketing director for...
The North Face has promoted Eric Pansier, marketing director for EMEA, and Arne Arens, sales director for the region, to vice presidents of their respective departments
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Matthias Jendryschik, communication manager at Salomon in Germany, is moving...
Matthias Jendryschik, communication manager at Salomon in Germany, is moving to the headquarters in Annecy, France, to take care of global communication for footwear of the same brand
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Columbia Sportswear has confirmed a report that Petri Raatikainen, Finland-based...
Columbia Sportswear has confirmed a report that Petri Raatikainen, Finland-based country manager for the Nordics and the Baltics, has left the company. Formerly country manager for Salomon in Finland, Raatikainen was hired by Columbia about two and a half years ago when the company started to restructure its activities in ...
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Daniela Becker, marketing manager at Nikon's sports optics division in...
Daniela Becker, marketing manager at Nikon's sports optics division in Germany, has been promoted to marketing manager of sports and recreational optics at the Netherlands-based European operations of the Japanese company. She will keep some of her current functions and continues to be based in Düsseldorf.
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Woolrich, the old U.S. company of outdoor apparel, has promoted...
Woolrich, the old U.S. company of outdoor apparel, has promoted Nicholas Brayton to the role of president. Before, he was in charge of the brand's domestic licensing business. He is the first member of the Rich family at the top of the company since his father steered the firm, founded ...
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Effective March 1, the German-based operations of Outlast appointed Dirk...
Effective March 1, the German-based operations of Outlast appointed Dirk Keunen European sales manager of the specialty manufacturer of phase change materials. The 53-year-old has 27 years of experience in the apparel business. From 2005 through 2011, the Belgian served as vice president for sales in Europe and Asia of ...
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Lothar Lotterer, who was with Fjällräven and the Fenix group...
Lothar Lotterer, who was with Fjällräven and the Fenix group for eight years, has switched to the Danish company Seeland International. Reporting to Bent Rasmussen, international sales manager, Lotterer will serve as country manager for the German-speaking countries. Seeland is a specialty company in the field of hunting apparel that ...
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Sigg Switzerland, which has produced beverage bottles for more than...
Sigg Switzerland, which has produced beverage bottles for more than a century, has appointed Petric Zingg as its new chief executive, replacing Walter Hinder. Zing served most recently as vice president for international marketing at Rado watches. He previously acted as head of international communication at Swatch, and then as ...
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Hyung-Rae “HR” Cho has been named general manager of Columbia...
Hyung-Rae “HR” Cho has been named general manager of Columbia Sportswear's wholly owned Korean subsidiary. Cho, 53, comes from Levi Strauss & Company, where he was general manager for Korea. Previously he held the same position for Gillette and its subsidiary, Braun. He succeeds SR Cho, no relation, who was ...
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Primus has appointed Paul Rosenquist global sales manager for the...
Primus has appointed Paul Rosenquist global sales manager for the stove specialty brand. The 35-year-old was already with Primus, but switched to Brunton one year ago after Fenix Outdoor, the parent company of Primus, acquired the U.S. brand of accessories. Rosenquist will keep his role as Brunton's general manager for ...
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Holger Küsters, formerly with New Balance, has been appointed key...
Holger Küsters, formerly with New Balance, has been appointed key account manager of Silva in Germany
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Fenix Outdoor has a chief sustainability officer effective March 1....
Fenix Outdoor has a chief sustainability officer effective March 1. In the newly created position, Aiko Bode will supervise the performance of the entire group, which comprises the brands Fjällräven, Hanwag, Primus, Tierra and Brunton as well as the Swedish Naturkompaniet retail chain, in terms of social and ecological responsibility. ...
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In the new position of master planner at Hanwag, Hans-Christoph...
In the new position of master planner at Hanwag, Hans-Christoph Bauer will be the interface between purchasing, manufacturing and distribution at the German maker of outdoor footwear. The 27-year-old holds a bachelor's degree in international logistics management and will coordinate the work flow between the various production facilities in Germany ...
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Osprey has hired Dom Wolf as European marketing coordinator, replacing...
Osprey has hired Dom Wolf as European marketing coordinator, replacing Ash Lawton
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To meet the requirements of the brand's strong growth in...
To meet the requirements of the brand's strong growth in the bicycle sector, Vaude is about to rearrange its bike division. Martin Reiniger assumed the role of country sales manager export for the international markets effective Feb. 1. The former manager of bike-related brands such as Acros and Wheeler will ...
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David Kim has been promoted to director of operations and...
David Kim has been promoted to director of operations and communication at Hydrapak, the California-based supplier of hydration equipment. The company said that he had already excelled at factory communications, inventory management and logistics in his time there. In his new job he will be the main liaison among Hydrapak ...
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Will Stanton became Black Diamond's sales manager for northern Europe...
Will Stanton became Black Diamond's sales manager for northern Europe last December, based at the company's European office in Switzerland, taking the place of Bill Crouse. He had previously worked with Black Diamond as brand director for the company's U.K. agent, First Descent, and then for Patagonia in the U.K.
