All Executive changes articles – Page 37
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News briefsDeuter with new key account manager national sales
Source: Deuter Ingo Walkner Ingo Walkner has joined Deuter’s sales team as national key account manager. Already on Feb. 1, he succeeded Martin Zanker, who has been promoted to head of e-commerce and own retail. In his new role, Walkner, who was most recently working at ...
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News briefsItalian bicycle brand Colnago taps former Selle Royal executive as CEO
Nicola Rosin In October 2020, industry veteran Nicola Rosin announced his departure from the Selle Royal Group. Since then, there have been rumors that he could become CEO of his home country’s legendary road bike brand, Colnago Ernesto & C. S.r.l., which was founded in 1954 in ...
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Hoka strengthens product team
Hoka One One has announced Evie Moe and Matt Rask as new senior members of its product team. Moe has been hired as the brand’s first senior director of apparel. Hoka’s apparel division was launched in March 2020, and it is growing rapidly. Most recently, Moe served as the vice-president ...
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News briefsAnta Sports appoints new executive team members
Anta Sports Products Ltd announced two executive changes. Bi Mingwei has been appointed as an executive director of the company, effective July 1. Mingwei is currently a vice president of Anta Sports and a director of certain subsidiaries within the group, primarily responsible for financial management, business processes, information management ...
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News briefsSchöffel strengthens presence in digital and brick-and-mortar retail
In order to support its retail partners and strengthen its presence in the outdoor and bike sector both digitally and stationary, Schöffel is specifically expanding its sales and marketing teams. Carolin Schöttle joins the brand’s digital sales team with immediate effect. The new key account manager digital sales will support ...
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News briefsHerrmans Bike Components with new CFO
Source: Herrmans Oy Shayekh Ahmed, CFO On January 1, 2020, Finnish company Herrmans Oy Ab had officially reorganized itself by splitting the business of its two divisions Bike Components and Worklights into two independently operating companies. Since then, the Finnish group has been working on the unbundling ...
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Jones Snowboards hires Martijn Linden as VP Softgoods for apparel line
With the hiring of industry veteran Martijn Linden as new VP of softgoods, California-based Jones Snowboards is making it clear that the launch of the brand’s new apparel line, slated for fall/winter 2021, is not meant to be a flash in the pan. After careers at Armada, Black Diamond, Patagonia, ...
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News briefsPierer E-Bikes recruits two former Magura executives to its management
Source: Pierer E-Bikes GmbH Olaf Müller Pierer E-Bikes GmbH (brands GasGas Bicycles, Husqvarna E-Bicycles, R Raymon), the bicycle and e-bike subsidiary of Austrian two-wheeler specialist Pierer Mobility AG, has strengthened its management team with two former Magura managers. While Olaf Müller joins the e-bike supplier’s management team ...
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News briefsBrandan Hoffmann will be Wolverine’s new CEO
Source: Wolverine Worldwide Blake Krueger (left) and Brendan Hoffman Blake Krueger is gradually relinquishing his duties at Wolverine Worldwide, where he worked for 28 years, most recently as president and CEO since 2007 and additionally as chairman since 2009. Brandan Hoffmann, who took his place as president ...
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Oberalp names Marion Alexandre head of Southern Europe
The Oberalp Group has appointed Marion Alexandre as general manager of Southern Europe, effective June 1. Alexandre will be in charge of the territories of France, where she has taken over the role from Pierre-Jean Touchard, as well as Spain, Portugal and Andorra. Most recently, Alexandre served as global commercial ...
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Giro with marketing hires and promotions
California-based Giro Sport Design, part of Vista Outdoor since 2016, announced several changes to its brand and marketing team. Peter Nicholson has been hired as brand manager for Giro Bike. He was most recently a partner at True Communications, the company’s PR agency. During his 11-year tenure at True, he ...
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Burton appoints Chief Strategy Officer
Ali Kenney, previously SVP of strategy & insights, has been promoted to chief strategy officer at Burton, a new position within the company. Kenney will lead key work around brand purpose, corporate strategy, consumer centricity, sustainability, equity/diversity/equality/inclusion and prioritization of key growth opportunities. Her defining moment early in her career ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin's COO is leaving
Alexander Hauser Alexander Hauser, COO of Jack Wolfskin, will leave the German outdoor company at the end of June 2021. According to a company spokeswoman, it was decided not to recruit a successor for the position in Germany in this form. Among other things, Hauser was responsible ...
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ArticleColonna takes the helm at K2-MDV
Source: K2 Sports John Colonna After three years as president of K2 Sports, John Colonna has been named president and CEO of K2-MDV Holdings. He will be responsible for the Marker Dalbello Völkl (MDV) and K2 Sports businesses, overseeing the global presence of the K2 Skis, K2 ...
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Authentic Brands Group creates new role of president EMEA
New York City-based Authentic Brands Group (ABG), whose large portfolio of brands includes outdoor brand Eddie Bauer and skiwear brand Spyder, has hired Henry Stupp as president, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), a newly created position at ABG. Stupp will drive ABG’s brand and business expansion in EMEA and ...
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News briefsChanges in Canyon Bicycles’ communications team
After four and a half years as global communications manager at Canyon Bicycles GmbH, Thorsten Lewandowski will officially leave the German D2C provider at the end of June, but is currently already on residual leave. Lewandowski will, however, remain with the industry. We expect more information in July. Prior to ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin hires Selim Say as VP Footwear
Source: Jack Wolfskin Selim Say As part of the strategic realignment under new CEO Richard Collier, Jack Wolfskin is strengthening its footwear division and making it a key focus with the hiring of footwear expert Selim Say as vice president footwear, a newly created position. Say will ...
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Accell Group’s CSCO to leave the company
At its 2015 annual general meeting, Europe’s leading premium bicycle supplier Accell Group N.V. announced that the newly created position of chief supply chain officer (CSCO) would be filled by industry newcomer Jeroen Both, who would also join the management board as its fourth member. Now, the group’s supervisory board ...
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News briefsHartje hires export sales manager for international market expansion
Source: HARTJE Coen Bosch Hermann Hartje KG welcomes bicycle industry veteran Coen Bosch as a new executive to its ranks. Since May 1, he has been responsible for the export business of the northern German bicycle wholesaler, importer and supplier in the area of bicycles/bicycle parts. As ...
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ArticleNew boss and new structures for Dachstein’s parent
Juha Luhtanen, 51, became the new managing director of the Luhta Sportswear Company on May 4, taking the place of his older brother, Vesa Luhtanen, who has retired after many years at the helm of the Finnish-based family-owned company, previously known as the L-Fashion Group. The change of management has ...
