All Executive changes articles – Page 45
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News briefsPelican Products hires new VP for financial planning
U.S. brand Pelican Products, best known for its heavy-duty protective cases for professionals and outdoor enthusiasts (“Peli Case”) and doing business in Europe under the name Peli Products, has hired Brad Antoine as vice president of financial planning and analysis. As Pelican’s newest VP, Antoine will be responsible for managing ...
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ArticleChanging of the guard at Rossignol
(SGI) After 16 years at the helm of Groupe Rossignol, Bruno Cercley will hand over the position of CEO to Vincent Wauters, who joins the company on Dec. 1, to pursue the global development of Groupe Rossignol’s core business while continuing to develop the enormous potential of apparel and e-commerce. ...
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News briefsU.S. outdoor company Yeti announces board transitions
Texas-based outdoor company Yeti Holdings, Inc., best known for its coolers and drinkware, has announced that its board of directors has appointed Alison Dean, the former executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at iRobot, as an independent director, effective Oct. 30. Dean has more than 30 years of ...
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Jack Wolfskin’s public relations director is leaving
Kerstin Pooth, director public relations & cooperations at Jack Wolfskin, will leave the company at the end of the year at her own request to pursue new professional challenges. Pooth has been working for the German outdoor brand since April 2016. Her responsibilities will be assumed by Mokhtar Benbouazza, vice ...
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Berghaus' brand director will transfer to Speedo
Pentland Brands will be shifting Kev McFadyen from brand director of Berghaus to global brand director of Speedo in January. McFadyen, who assumed his Berghaus post when he was hired by Pentland in 2018, will remain on the brand’s advisory board, alongside Sir Chris Bonington and Leo Houlding. Nadine ...
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VF has a new VP of inclusion and diversity
VF Corp. has appointed Lauren Guthrie as vice president of global inclusion and diversity (I&D) in replacement of Reggie Miller, who is resigning. Guthrie has worked in merchandising for most of her career, first at Abercrombie & Fitch and Levi Strauss, then in an executive capacity at Nike, Old Navy ...
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News briefsAntonio Dus is leaving Tecnica
The Tecnica Group says that its chief executive, Antonio Dus, is leaving in December 2020 “in order to be able to devote himself to other personal and professional projects.” The company’s chairman, Alberto Zanatta, will be acting as CEO on an interim basis with effect from Nov. 1. Reaching Ebitda ...
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ArticleColumbia restructures senior leadership to support omni-channel, digital plans
Columbia Sportswear Company announced a series of senior leadership changes executing on transition plans, supporting the company’s omni-channel plans for growth and unlocking digital opportunities. Before Thomas Cusick, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will retire from the company after 18 years in the second half of 2021, he ...
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Brav centralizes its management
The Brav Group – owner of the Swix, Toko, Lundhags, Ulvang, Helsport and Hard Rocx brands – resorted to video conferencing this spring to achieve a reorganization at the height of the Covid-19 quarantines. Leading the charge was the company’s new chief executive, Espen Falck Engelstad, who was instated with ...
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Per Wååg is the new CEO for Primus and Brunton
Source: Fenix Per Wååg Per Wååg is succeeding Lars-Ola Brolinson as global chief executive for Primus AB and Brunton Outdoor, two outdoor brands of the Swedish Fenix Outdoor group. Wååg has already worked for both brands for seven years, the last three and a half as general ...
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Bret Snyder named president and CEO of W.L. Gore
Bret Snyder, chairman of W. L. Gore & Associates, succeeded Jason Field as president and chief executive of the company on Oct. 9. Field will be staying through December for the transition. Snyder has been chairman since 2016 and will retain his seat on the board. He is the grandson ...
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News briefsInternetstores adds CBO to management team
Internetstores has added a chief brand officer (CBO) to its management team. Alongside Dr. Hans Dohrmann, Thomas Spengler, Raid Naim, Olivier Rochon and Martin Netinder, Frank Aldorf is now part of the company’s management board. In his new function as CBO, Aldorf is now responsible for the purchasing department of ...
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Textiles expert Verity Hardy to lead EOG’s new sustainability initiative
Source: EOG Dr. Verity Hardy, EOG sustainability project manager Dr. Verity Hardy has been appointed sustainability project manager of the European Outdoor Group (EOG). She has joined the team to lead EOG’s new Climate Action Program, which will start to roll out from November. Hardy will work ...
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Millet Mountain Group will soon have a new boss
Romain Millet will take over from Frédéric Ducruet as the new managing director of Millet Mountain Group. Ducruet had been at the helm for the past seven years, and have worked for Millet for 19 years. According to reports in sport-guide.fr, Millet will be appointed to the new role on ...
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ArticleVF matches its management to its new business model
VF Corporation is changing its management structure to suit changes in the way it does business, notably the dividing of all of its brands between two portfolios. Core Brands comprises Vans, The North Face (TNF) and Timberland. Steve Murray has become global brand president of TNF. He served as president ...
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News briefsBurton opens new Hub, appoints territory manager and marketing coordinator for Nordics
Burton Snowboards will open a new multi-use space, referred to as the Burton Hub, at Norrlandsgatan 20 in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 15. After establishing the concept of combining retail store, showroom, and office spaces already in Innsbruck, Munich, and Zurich, the company now expands to Scandinavia. The new Burton ...
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News briefsBurton appoints new creative and global marketing executives
Source: © Burton Adrian Margelist Burton has named Adrian Josef Margelist as its new executive creative director, and Kelly Murnaghan as senior vice-president of global marketing. Both Margelist and Murnaghan, who have already started in their respective roles, will report to Burton’s chief executive, John Lacy. Margelist ...
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News briefsUvex appoints new sales manager
German eywear and helmet specialist Uvex is strengthening its sales team with the new position of head of sales, which has been assumed by Patrick Schmollinger on Oct. 1. Schmollinger started his sales career at Speedo Germany after completing his studies. He then moved to Puma, where he led various ...
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News briefsNew design lead for Rab and Lowe Alpine
Italian product design expert Jacopo Bufacchi will join the British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, both owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies, as their new design lead on Nov. 1. Bufacchi succeeds Jonn Langen, who left Equip in the summer. In his new position, he will be responsible for creating ...
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Vasque Footwear has a new president
In September, the hiking brand Vasque Footwear appointed Bryce Wernsman as its president, in replacement of Allison Gettings. Wernsman had spent the previous three and a half years as senior director of global marketing at Vasque’s parent company, Red Wing Shoe, helping to steer its brand, retail network and digital ...
