All Executive changes articles – Page 63
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Columbia Sportswear has announced a new series of management appointments....
Columbia Sportswear has announced a new series of management appointments. David Soriano has been named as the new vice-president of footwear manufacturing. Soriano has served as Columbia's general manager of Asia footwear since early 2016. He will report to Tom Cusick, executive vice-president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining ...
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Daniel Larsson, director of strategic key accounts at The North...
Daniel Larsson, director of strategic key accounts at The North Face in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has left the outdoor company to switch to another entity at VF Corp. Larsson became senior director of sales in EMEA for VF Jeanswear at the start of this month, covering ...
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Canada Goose has named Rick Wood as chief commercial officer,...
Canada Goose has named Rick Wood as chief commercial officer, responsible for wholesale as well as retail operations. He joins the company with many years of experience with VF Corp. in various divisions until October 2014, when he formed his own consultancy in Montreal. In the previous three years, he ...
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Snow + Rock has a new store in England's Bluewater...
Snow + Rock has a new store in England's Bluewater shopping center, the largest one in the U.K. with a retail floor area of 13,000 square feet
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Tobias Baier has been appointed as country manager for Osprey...
Tobias Baier has been appointed as country manager for Osprey in Germany, a new position. Baier has been in the outdoor and sports industry for several years, working for brands from Zimtstern to Five Ten, Arc'teryx, Columbia and the Oberalp Group. He joined Osprey last year to become distributor brand ...
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Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker,...
Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker, and a new senior product director for active lifestyle, Johanna Koeberle. Walker comes from Spindrift Beverage company, where he had a similar job. He worked previously for Patagonia and Converse. Koeberle is an Adidas veteran who has also worked for ...
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Andre Bachmann will be taking over the leadership of the...
Andre Bachmann will be taking over the leadership of the New Wave Group's subsidiary in Germany from the start of next year, while Karin Ganster is taking up the same function in Austria. They will both replace Holger Hoffmann, who supervised New Wave in both countries until it was decided ...
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Fjällräven has appointed Steve Golaszewski as director of Latin America...
Fjällräven has appointed Steve Golaszewski as director of Latin America
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Albrecht Volz has become German sales manager for Hanwag, the...
Albrecht Volz has become German sales manager for Hanwag, the German outdoor footwear company that belongs to the Fenix Outdoor International group, the owner of several other outdoor brands and retailers in Scandinavia and Germany. This comes after the departure of Jürgen Siegwarth, who has been general manager at Hanwag ...
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Casey Sheahan, who had announced his retirement last month after...
Casey Sheahan, who had announced his retirement last month after one year as president of Keen Footwear, is going back into active duty as chief executive of Simms Fishing Products, while that company's president and majority owner, K.C. Walsh, will become executive board chairman. Sheahan served as president of Patagonia ...
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Peak Performance has a new country manager for Germany, Martin...
Peak Performance has a new country manager for Germany, Martin Gaffal. The 34-year-old comes from Schöffel, where he has been in charge of key accounts. He takes the place of Andreas Schiebe, who has left the company.
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The nomination committee of the Thule Group plans to propose...
The nomination committee of the Thule Group plans to propose Bengt Baron as the new chairman of the company at its annual general meeting next April. Baron, who has been on the board of the company since 2011, would replace Stefan Jacobsson, who has signified his intention not to seek ...
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Jörg Wahlers, former chief operating officer and chief financial officer...
Jörg Wahlers, former chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Escada, has taken up the same functions at Jack Wolfskin from Sept. 27. Wahlers takes over the CFO function from Axel Mau, who joined the German outdoor company in 2015 and left in August. But the combination with the ...
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Christopher (Chris) T. Metz is the new chief executive of...
Christopher (Chris) T. Metz is the new chief executive of Vista Outdoor, parent company of Camelbak, Bushnell, Giro and many other brands in the outdoor and firarms sectors. He takes the place of Mark DeYoung, who resigned abruptly a few weeks ago. Metz has been the president and CEO of ...
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Casey Sheahan is stepping down as president of Keen Footwear...
Casey Sheahan is stepping down as president of Keen Footwear after one year in the job to spend more time with his family
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George Bryant, former sales director of Sierra Designs, is returning...
George Bryant, former sales director of Sierra Designs, is returning to the company as vice president and general manager, after a stint as retail and national account manager for Textron Specialized Vehicles, a manufacturer of recreational vehicles sold under various brand names including Arctic Cat. Bryant previously spent many years ...
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Jan Henning has been promoted to European sales director at...
Jan Henning has been promoted to European sales director at Didriksons, the Swedish outdoor and lifestyle apparel brand acquired three years ago by Herkules IV, the Norwegian company that also owns Odlo. He will be responsible for sales all over Europe of Didriksons' Originals line, which is specifically meant for ...
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We have found out that Tim Bantle, the long-time executive...
We have found out that Tim Bantle, the long-time executive of Black Diamond who led its European operation until last March, has been working since then as vice president of The North Face and global general manager for urban exploration and mountain lifestyle
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Harald Siebold has been appointed as European sales director for...
Harald Siebold has been appointed as European sales director for Blackyak, the South Korean outdoor brand. He takes over from Patrick Steinhilber, who has held the job for about two years. Siebold was previously head of sales in Germany for Giorgio Armani's EA7 range. His track record includes assignments as ...
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The North Face has appointed Tim Hamilton as head of...
The North Face has appointed Tim Hamilton as head of global creative, taking over from Peter Valles. In his career of more than than two decades in design, Hamilton has already created products for brands and retailers from Gap to Polo Ralph Lauren and others. He also launched his eponymous ...
