All Executive changes articles – Page 44
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News briefsU.S. ski boot specialist joins Dahu to lead new boot fitting program
Source: Dahu Dahu ski boot Daniel “Dano” Bruno has joined the U.S. distribution company Progression Brands Group, headquartered in Colorado, to lead the Swiss ski boot brand Dahu’s latest initiative called the Corsair Fit Experience (CFE). CFE is a novel ski boot fitting process that is meant ...
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Kathmandu Group’s CEO is resigning
Kathmandu Holdings, the owner of the Kathmandu, Rip Curl and Oboz brands, has announced the resignation of its group chief executive, Xavier Simonet. After five and a half years with the company, Simonet has decided to pursue another opportunity in the Australian Public Service in a senior position. He will ...
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Stefan Rosenkranz appointed new BSI managing director
Source: BSI Stefan Rosenkranz The board of the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry (BSI) has appointed Stefan Rosenkranz as its new managing director. Rosenkranz will take up his new position on Feb. 1, 2021. Most recently, Rosenkranz worked as a business consultant for digitization ...
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Lycra creates Chief Innovation Officer position
The Lycra Company has appointed Steve Stewart as chief innovation officer, a newly created position in which he will be responsible for leading the company’s technology and strategic marketing teams. Stewart will also be responsible for accelerating the pace of development of innovative products and platforms for brands and retailers. ...
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Schmidt-Eisenhart will be Calida Group’s new CEO
The board of directors of the Swiss Calida Group, which includes the Lafuma Group with the outdoor brands Millet and Lafuma, has appointed Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart as chief executive officer of the Calida Group. Schmidt-Eisenhart will succeed Reiner Pichler in the first half of 2021. As reported earlier, Pichler will continue ...
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Staff changes at Groupe Rossignol in Austria
The Austrian branch of Groupe Rossignol has announced a series of staff changes. Sandro Aichner, sales manager of Rossignol Austria at the Innsbruck office since 2011, will assume responsibility for the Dynastar, Lange, Look and Kerma brands on top of Rossignol. The previous sales manager for Dynastar, Lange and Look, ...
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New additions to Peak Performance’s management team
Peak Performance has hired Susanne Blanke for the position of DTC director, with responsibility for accelerating and expanding the brand’s growth in its own distribution channels, including the brand stores, brand outlets and brand online store. Blanke started in the position in August and came from H&M. Before that, she ...
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Outdoor Research has a new president
Source: Outdoor Research Roger Barton Seattle-based outdoor brand Outdoor Research (OR) announced a new leadership structure with industry veteran Roger Barton taking the helm of the company. Since 2018, Barton has led all aspects of finance and operations at OR, building on a range of recent successes ...
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ArticleJack Wolfskin has found a new CEO
Richard Collier will be the new chief executive officer of Jack Wolfskin, effective Dec. 1. In this function, the 47-year-old Briton will be responsible in particular for the successful continued development of the strategic brand positioning and the further internationalization of the brand. He succeeds Melody Harris-Jensbach, who has been ...
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News briefsPatagonia hires Beth Thoren as environmental action & initiative director
Source: Patagonia Beth Thoren, new Environmental Action & Initiatives Director, EMEA Patagonia is strengthening its mission “We’re in business to save our home planet” with the hire of Beth Thoren as environmental action and initiative director, EMEA. With her extensive previous experience, Thoren’s addition is supposed to ...
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Sally McCoy joins Sea To Summit’s global leadership team
Australian company Sea to Summit has appointed Sally McCoy to the newly created position of executive chair. McCoy is an experience veteran of the global outdoor industry having served as chief executive of CamelBak, president of Sierra Designs, and vice president at The North Face during periods of dramatic growth, ...
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Carla Murphy will be Adidas Outdoor’s new GM
Adidas has appointed Carla Murphy as general manager of its Adidas Outdoor business unit, starting on Dec. 14. She will assume one of the two roles of Tim Janaway, who has been with the group for more than 20 years, serving most recently as general manager for the outdoor and ...
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Generation change at the top of Sport Schuster
Flori Schuster, the 65-year-old main partner in the iconic Munich sports retailer, will be retiring from the management of Sporthaus Schuster on March 31, 2021, after running the family-owned company since 1984. Rainer Angstl, who has been working alongside Schuster since 2003 as managing director, will remain head of purchasing, ...
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Emerald will have a new CEO and President
The board of directors of Emerald Holding Inc., the U.S. company operating over 140 events each year including the trade shows Outdoor Retailer and Surf Expo, has appointed Hervé Sedky to the position of president and chief executive officer of the company. Sedky will assume his new role on Jan. ...
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Bode Miller joins U.S. ski brand Crosson
Six-time Olympic medalist Bode Miller is the new chief innovation officer at Crosson Ski, a Washington-based ski manufacturer founded in 2014 by aerospace engineer Chase Englehart “with the goal of perfecting the carbon ski.” With former U.S. Olympians Jeff Olson and Bryon Friedman, who recently joined the company as president ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter has a new CEO
Source: Globetrotter Andreas Vogler, CEO Andreas Vogler is the new chief executive of German outdoor retailer Globetrotter. Vogler replaces Henrik Hoffman, who, alongside Andreas Bartmann, Ulf Gustafsson and Vogler, remains a member of the management board of the German subsidiary of the Swedish Fenix Outdoor Group. In ...
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News briefsAnna Ferrino is Assosport's new president
Anna Ferrino, the 58-year-old president of the eponymous Italian brand of outdoor products, has been elected as the new president of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association. After four years on its executive board, she is taking the place of Federico De Ponti for the next two years. Anna ...
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Ecco names global head of specialty sales
Danish shoe brand Ecco has named Erik Walcott its new global head of specialty sales. Most recently serving as vice president of sales for U.S. outdoor blanket manufacturer Rumpl, Walcott has previously worked with Ecco for nearly a decade from 2005 to 2014 and will now oversee Ecco’s Outdoor division’s ...
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Didriksons hires sales manager for new business
Tomas Frydebo has been appointed sales manager for new business, a newly created position at the Swedish outdoor brand Didriksons. Frydebo has extensive experience in the textile and sports fashion industry and was most recently export manager at Henri Lloyd. In his new position, he will lead the sales force ...
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News briefsNew chairmen for German BSI’s Outdoor specialist group
The Outdoor group within the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie e.V., BSI) elected a new chairman and deputy chairman to represent the interests of the outdoor industry within the association. Jan Lorch, managing director sales & CSR at Vaude, was confirmed in office ...
