All Executive changes articles – Page 28
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Cotopaxi appoints president
Source: Cotopaxi Damien Huang Just days after hiring a VP of People & Inclusion, Salt Lake City-based outdoor gear brand Cotopaxi has named Damien Huang president to drive strategy, operations and execution, reporting to founder and CEO Davis Smith. Cotopaxi began its search for its first-ever president ...
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Mammut appoints new CEO
Source: Mammut Heiko Schäfer The Swiss outdoor company Mammut Sports Group AG has appointed Heiko Schäfer as its new CEO, effective Sept. 1, 2022. For Schäfer, who previously served as chief operating officer of Hugo Boss AG, Mammut represents a return to the world of sporting goods. ...
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Mountain Equipment strengthens its team
After several years of double-digit growth, Mountain Equipment has added three new members to its brand team to consolidate and strengthen its market position. Philippa Hill joined the team last summer as sustainability manager. Her responsibilities include Mountain Equipment’s parent company, Outdoor & Sports Company Limited (OSC), which also represents ...
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Deckers announces change in leadership of performance lifestyle division
Deckers Brands has announced that Wendy Yang will step down from her role as president of Performance Lifestyle at the end of the month after seven years of leading the Hoka and Teva brands to new heights. Stefano Caroti, president of omnichannel and a 30-year industry veteran, will assume Yang’s ...
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Patrik Frisk to exit Under Armour
Source: Under Armour Patrik Frisk Nearing the completion of a multi-year, $525 to $550 million restructuring, and 10 days after disclosing that short-term challenges will impact its sales, profitability, and margins for much of 2022, Under Armour on May 18 appointed Colin Browne as its interim president ...
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Cotopaxi expands executive team
Source: Cotopaxi Marissa Magno Outdoor gear brand and certified B Corp Cotopaxi has hired Marissa Magno as VP of People & Inclusion. This newly created role supports the employee-centric culture and DNA of the lifestyle brand. Magno steps into the role from her previous post at Anheuser-Busch, ...
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Successor for management of Schöffel Austria confirmed
Source: Schöffel Ferdinand Krottenthaler Following the departure of Jürgen Nairz announced in January after almost twelve years at the helm of Schöffel Austria GmbH, the company has now announced that Ferdinand Krottenthaler will take over as managing director on June 1. Krottenthaler most recently worked as senior ...
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Pål Wibe steps down as chief executive of XXL
Source: XXL ASA Pål Wibe, CEO XXL ASA The board of Nordic sports retailer XXL ASA and Pål Wibe agreed on May 13 that the latter will step down as CEO on Sept. 1 of this year. The Norwegian Sports Industry Association wrote in a statement that ...
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Recco hires partnership and sales developer
Source: Recco AB Paul Rosenquist Recco AB has hired Paul Rosenquist as a new partnership and sales developer. He will focus primarily on building and strengthening partnerships with rescue organizations, government agencies and year-round outdoor stakeholders around the world, and will execute projects focused on communications and ...
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Solo Brands with new CFO and new board members
Solo Brands has appointed Somer Webb as CFO, effective May 16. Sam Simmons, the company’s current CFO, will remain with Solo Brands to ensure a smooth transition. Somer brings more than 15 years of financial experience to Solo Brands. She has extensive experience in financial planning and analysis, mergers and ...
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Resale company Trove has a new CEO
Trove, the California-based branded e-commerce specialist that counts Patagonia, Arc’teryx, REI, Allbirds and Lululemon among its clients, announced that its president, Gayle Tait, who has also been a company board member since January 2021, was promoted to CEO. Andy Ruben, who has served as CEO since the company’s launch in ...
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Felix Jahn, grandson of company founder, is new CSR manager at Schwalbe
The former Schwalbe product manager urban/trekking/e-bike, Felix Jahn, is the new corporate social responsibility (CSR) manager of the German brand that belongs to the family-owned company Ralf Bohle GmbH. All current and new projects relating to sustainability and social responsibility will now be centralized in the newly created position. Jahn ...
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Haglöfs promotes Sara Lindqvist to new head of business development
Haglöfs has hired Sara Lindqvist as head of business development to take responsibility for future business models for the brand and bringing new ideas to life. The hiring of Lindqvist is related to a new business unit at Haglöfs, “New Ventures,” which focuses on models outside of the brand’s core ...
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eVent expands its sales team
eVent strengthens its sales department with employees in North America, China and Southern Europe.
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VanMoof expands leadership with Gillian Tans in new role as president
Source: VanMoof Gillian Tans The Dutch e-bike company VanMoof announced the appointment of Gillian Tans as president. Tans, previously CEO at Booking.com, takes on the newly created position immediately. During her 20-year tenure, Tans oversaw Booking.com’s massive expansion from a Dutch start-up to the world’s leading online ...
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Rapala’s COO Lars Ollberg retires
Rapala VMC will bid farewell to company veteran Lars Ollberg this month after 44 years with the Finnish-based fishing tackle company. Ollberg began his Rapala career in 1978 as a sales representative and subsequently has also worked in marketing and sourcing positions at many of the company’s business units around ...
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Lenzing’s Q1 revenues grow double-digit despite rising costs
Lenzing, the Austrian manufacturer of wood-based specialty fibers, posted revenues of €615 million in the first quarter of 2022, representing a 25.7 percent increase year-on-year, primarily driven by continued high demand for wood-based biodegradable specialty fibers and higher fiber prices. Specialty fibers currently account for 73.3 percent of its fiber ...
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Endura appoints brand director as founder and general manager step down
Following the announcement by Jim McFarlane, founder of cycling apparel brand Endura, and managing director Pamela Barclay that they will retire from day-to-day operations, Noah Bernard has been appointed brand director to lead the company in the future. McFarlane founded Endura in 1993 and has co-managed the brand with Barclay ...
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Newell Brands names Chris Peterson president and CFO
Newell Brands Inc., the owner of several brands including Marmot, Coleman and Campingaz, has promoted Chris Peterson, former chief financial officer and president business operations, to president and chief financial officer. Peterson will continue to lead all aspects of the company’s financial operations and maintain oversight of supply chain, procurement, ...
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Icebreaker promotes Josh Vaughan to general manager EMEA
Source: Icebreaker Josh Vaughan Josh Vaughan, a long-term Icebreaker executive who had been sales director EMEA for the last two years, has been promoted to the position of general manager EMEA for the brand. According to Icebreaker’s parent company, VF Corp, Vaughan will report directly to Jan ...