All Executive changes articles – Page 43
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New international sales director at Protective
Source: Protective Jörg Kazubek Jörg Kazubek took over the position of international sales director at German cycling apparel brand Protective. Kazubek looks back on more than 30 years of experience in the industry as well as in sales. During his 14 years at Thaler Sports, he worked ...
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Garmin Italy with executive changes
Garmin Italy has appointed Sara Cesarotti as marketing and communication manager for the sports, outdoor, and automotive sectors. Cesarotti was hired from Google Italy, where she served as retail marketing manager. The company has also announced changes in its Marine division, where Carlo Brevini has been promoted to sales & ...
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New VP Marketing for Grundéns USA
Grundéns, a Swedish fishing apparel and footwear manufacturer, has hired Ashley Williams as VP of marketing for its U.S. operations. Williams most recently served as senior director of global marketing for Keen, where he led the creation and execution of the company’s omnichannel brand strategy, go-to-market process and fully integrated ...
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News briefsDesign expert Sonia Lunardon joins new outdoor brand Artilect
Source: Artilect Sonia Lunardon Artilect, the action/outdoor brand newly founded by Trent Bush and Corry Taylor, has hired Sonia Lunardon as director of technical design and development. In this role, Lunardon joins design director Erica Cahn and co-founder and CEO Bush on the brand’s growing design team. ...
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News briefsAntonio Dus is the new CEO of Cicli Pinarello
Source: Pinarello Antonio Dus After heading Tecnica Group for the past five years, Antonio Dus has now been named the new global CEO of Cicli Pinarello. He has a financial stake in the high-end bicycle brand, which came under L Catterton’s control, the LVMH-backed private equity firm, ...
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News briefsGiro brings Rome co-founder on board as snow brand manager
U.S. helmet specialist Giro, owned by Vista Outdoor, has hired Josh Reid as its new snow brand manager. Reid has a 25+ year career in the snowsports industry. He started as a prototype tester at Burton Snowboards, eventually having a hand in everything from leading Burton’s hardgoods testing department for ...
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News briefsColumbia hires new senior VP for U.S. sales from Nike
Columbia Sportswear has named Tim Sheerin senior vice president of U.S. sales for the Columbia brand. Before joining Columbia, Sheerin spent twenty years in various senior sales and strategy positions at Nike. In his most recent role as VP, North American sales, he led Nike’s wholesale business for the Nike ...
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ArticleWolverine announces two executive appointments
Source: Wolverine Worldwide Jim Zwiers – New President, Global Operations Group Wolverine Worldwide, owner of the Merrell, Sperry, Saucony, Wolverine and Keds brands, among others, has made a couple of executive appointments to ring in the new year. First, it has expanded the duties of Jim Zwiers, ...
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News briefsFilson appoints new CEO
Source: Filson Paolo Corinaldesi, new Chief Executive Officer of Filson Filson, a U.S. outdoor and outerwear brand founded during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897, has appointed Paolo Corinaldesi as the company’s new CEO, effective immediately. Corinaldesi joins Filson as part of his role at WP Lavori, ...
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Polaris appoints Michael Speetzen as interim CEO
Polaris, a U.S. snowmobile and off-road vehicle manufacturer, has announced the appointment of Michael Speetzen, the company’s Executive VP and CFO, to serve as interim CEO. Speetzen joined Polaris in August 2015 as Executive VP Finance and CFO. Prior to Polaris, he had served as Senior VP and CFO of ...
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Outdoor Research hires Vice President of People and Culture
Seattle-based company Outdoor Research (OR) has added Brett Kruse to its leadership team this week. Kruse joins OR as the new Vice President of People and Culture and will lead the company’s human-relations initiatives. Most recently, Kruse worked at Starbucks for more than a decade in HR and operations. Prior ...
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Yuba appoints Pat Cunnane as president and global COO
Yuba Bicycles, headquartered in Cotati, California, has named Pat Cunnane as president of North American operations and chief operating officer of the company’s global business. Both positions are new for the company. Cunnane has been working in the bicycle industry for decades in executive positions. He has served for nearly ...
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Accell names Epco Vlugt director for Benelux and Denmark
Accell Group has appointed Epco Vlugt as the new regional director of Accell Benelux and Denmark, effective Feb. 1, 2021. He will take over from Sten van der Ham, who is leaving the organization. Vlugt is the current managing director of Vélosophy, part of the Accell Group.
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Line and Full Tilt hire new brand director
Line Skis and Full Tilt Boots, both subdivisions of K2 Sports under its parent business, Kohlberg & Company, have hired Steven Hartl as global brand director. Hartl has worked in the outdoor industry for nearly 14 years with companies including Summit at Snoqualmie, Sturtevant’s, POW Inc. and Outdoor Research, most ...
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Pro Feet Functional Wear reorganizes its management
German company Pro Feet Functional Wear GmbH, responsible among other things for the H.A.D. headwear and multifunctional scarf brand, has appointed Sebastian Reuthal as its new managing director. He takes over from Alexander Klinger, who had assumed operational management of the sales, marketing and logistics divisions as CEO in 2014. ...
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New North American business unit director for Tecnica Footwear
Tecnica Group has appointed Rob Phillips as North American business unit director for Tecnica Footwear, a newly created role. Responsible for overseeing commercial operations, product and marketing, Phillips comes to Tecnica with over 14 years of diverse sales and management experience, including seven years with 5.11, where he helped lead ...
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Changes in the German office of Groupe Rossignol
Source: roupe Rossignol Hilmar Bolle Following the reorganization of its Austrian office, Groupe Rossignol Germany is now also partially restructuring its German office in Munich. Hilmar Bolle remains fully responsible for Germany and Austria as business development manager. Florian Estermeier, sales manager for the Rossignol brand since ...
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The Italian Outdoor Group has a new chairman
Source: IOG Günther Acherer Günther Acherer, the owner of Panorama Diffusion, has been elected as the new chairman of the Italian Outdoor Group (IOG), which is part of Assosport, Italy’s association of the sporting goods industry. Acherer, who takes over from Luca Pedrotti, was elected unanimously during ...
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News briefsTecnica Group North America with new VP, COO
Source: Tecnica Sam Cook Tecnica Group North America has promoted Sam Cook to vice president and chief commercial officer for its alpine and footwear business units. Cook, previously the president of Blizzard Tecnica and responsible for continued growth of the two brands in North America, will oversee ...
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Velocio with new European staff
The American bicycle apparel brand Velocio announced two new hires to drive European growth. Friederike “Ricky” Buckenlei has assumed the newly created role of head of Europe, overseeing all elements of the brand’s European strategy. The position builds on her managerial experience and her previous work with brands such as ...
