All Executive changes articles – Page 67
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Damien McConville will be the new country manager of Haglöfs...
Damien McConville will be the new country manager of Haglöfs in the U.K. as of May 2, focusing on retail buying, merchandising and product management. Most recently he served as senior category manager at Scotmid, the British retail cooperative. He previously worked at Tiso, which is part of the JD ...
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Roland Wagner is retiring as chief executive of his own...
Roland Wagner is retiring as chief executive of his own Munich-based sales agency, Die Sportsspezialisten (SO!), which represents brands such as Elan, Buff, Laken, Smellwell, Runtastic and Fila Skates, but he will continue to be its owner, while consulting for sports-related brands. The helm will go over to Marc Hasenstein, ...
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Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product...
Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product management division, Stefan Späth, succeeding German Käsmeier who is leaving the company after 12 years by mutual agreement. He will report directly to the chief executive, Peter Schöffel. Späth worked for 11 years in purchasing and sales for Sport Förg, ...
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Zhejiang Haers Vacuum Containers, the Chinese company that bought Sigg...
Zhejiang Haers Vacuum Containers, the Chinese company that bought Sigg Switzerland Bottles a year ago, appointed a new chief executive for the Swiss-based supplier of drink bottles, Antonio Villacampa, last December. Reports indicate that the previous CEO, Stefan Ludewig, left Sigg over differences about its strategic orientation. Villacampa is a ...
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Bernat Clarella is leaving as Spanish country manager for Millet...
Bernat Clarella is leaving as Spanish country manager for Millet after 23 years to start some new, unspecified projects
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Stefan Bernard, who was the German country manager for Garmin...
Stefan Bernard, who was the German country manager for Garmin between the end of 2011 and the end of 2015, will be in charge of strategy and sales and marketing operations for Hoka One One and Teva across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will be based in London. ...
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Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell...
Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell in Canada, will act as interim executive in charge of the Canadian market for Inov-8, the British footwear brand taken over by Descente two years ago. Triquet has been in the sporting goods industry for 30 years, working also for ...
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Christy Raedeke has been promoted from vice president of global...
Christy Raedeke has been promoted from vice president of global brand to executive vice president of global marketing and sales at Cocona, the company behind the 37.5 and Eco-Dri textile technologies
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Hilary Hartley has been appointed by Victorinox as president of...
Hilary Hartley has been appointed by Victorinox as president of North America. He will report to Patrick Hardy, who held the position before on an interim basis and who is now chief executive of the company in charge of global retail and e-commerce. Hartley worked for the last ten years ...
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Jamie Marchbank has been appointed vice president of product at...
Jamie Marchbank has been appointed vice president of product at Eagle Creek. He served most recently as vice president of merchandising and design for Randa's accessories and luggage division, managing product development in the same sector for brands such as Columbia Sportswear, Nautica and Timberland. Prior to that, he led ...
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Polygiene has appointed Haymo Strubel, who previously worked for YKK...
Polygiene has appointed Haymo Strubel, who previously worked for YKK and Sympatex Technologies, as director of commercial operations for Europe. The company has also appointed a new technical director for textile applications, Paul Middleton, who comes from Courtaulds. Polygiene has announced a collaboration with 2XU for use of its odor-control ...
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Buff has appointed Kristin Moynihan Greenbaum as director of sales...
Buff has appointed Kristin Moynihan Greenbaum as director of sales for its U.S. subsidiary. Moynihan has previously worked at Eddie Bauer, Starbucks, Unionbay and Coal Headwear. She has also served as vice-president of sales at Pow.
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Bruno Sälzer has been elected chairman of the Amer Sports...
Bruno Sälzer has been elected chairman of the Amer Sports group's board of directors, as part of a new board of seven. Sälzer previously worked as chief executive for many years at Hugo Boss and Escada, and currently at Bench. He is also a supervisory board member at Lacoste Holding ...
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On April 1 Jennifer G. Anderson became vice president and...
On April 1 Jennifer G. Anderson became vice president and treasurer of Vista Outdoor. She is taking the place of Thomas G. Sexton, vice president, controller and treasurer of the American group, who announced a few weeks ago his decision to retire, after a 31-year career. Anderson had worked under ...
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Todd Spaletto, who left recently as president of The North...
Todd Spaletto, who left recently as president of The North Face after six years in the role, is joining Wolverine Worldwide to be the president of its Outdoor and Lifestyle Group, which comprises Merrell, Chaco, Cat Footwear, Hush Puppies and Sebago. Jim Zwiers, a 19-year veteran of the group who ...
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Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder....
Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder. He comes from VF Corp. , where he spent nine years as area manager of The North Face for Germany and Central Europe and then three years as international sales manager for Smartwool. Based at Icebreaker's European office in Munich, ...
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Olaf Nietzer, who left last October Black Diamond Europe over...
Olaf Nietzer, who left last October Black Diamond Europe over its move from Switzerland to Austria, has become chief executive of Safe Mountain, a two-year-old firm in Lausanne associated with the International Snow Training Academy that is involved in mountain safety education
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Black Diamond has appointed Radhika Ray, a former consultant for...
Black Diamond has appointed Radhika Ray, a former consultant for McKinsey & Company who has been with Cerberus Capital since 2012, to the newly created position of vice president of strategy and investor relations. In addition, the group has hired Robert Fry to serve as vice president of merchandising and ...
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Hydro Flask has announced the appointment of Yiorgos Makris as...
Hydro Flask has announced the appointment of Yiorgos Makris as director of marketing and John Cupit as director of design. Makris most recently served at Icebreaker as head of U.S. marketing. Prior to Icebreaker, he worked at Columbia as international marketing manager, and at Salomon as e-commerce manager. Cupit was ...
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A former showroom manager for Lululemon Athletica, Alena Diduch has...
A former showroom manager for Lululemon Athletica, Alena Diduch has been appointed as brand manager for Prana in Germany at Flashline C&Y. This German-based company distributes Prana, the Californian yoga and outdoor brand acquired by Columbia Sportswear in 2014, in Germany and Austria. Diduch is taking over from Wolfgang Rösch, ...
