All Executive changes articles – Page 79

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    Hydro Flask has hired Mike Wallenfels as vice-president of worldwide...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Hydro Flask has hired Mike Wallenfels as vice-president of worldwide sales. Wallenfels previously served as president of Mountain Hardwear and Montrail, where he guided product expansion and rapid development in new foreign markets. In 2009, he stepped away from Mountain Hardwear and Montrail as well as the chair of the ...

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    Paul Leonard, former sourcing and product development manager at Eastern...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Paul Leonard, former sourcing and product development manager at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS), the U.S. outdoor retailer, has been hired by Johnson Outdoors Gear as product manager for its Eureka camping brand. Leonard, who spent more than ten years at EMS, is to drive the Eureka brand's entire product development. ...

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    Osprey Packs has invested in its marketing department with two...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Osprey Packs has invested in its marketing department with two appointments: Rob BonDurant has become director of marketing at the U.S. backpack company, while Kurt Metternick has taken up the new position of web manager. BonDurant joins from Harman International, where he was director of global marketing, and he previously ...

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    Wolverine Worldwide has a new chief financial officer. Michael D....

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Wolverine Worldwide has a new chief financial officer. Michael D. Stornant, a 49-year-old executive who has been with the group for 19 years, assumes the role of senior vice president, CFO and treasurer, with effect from June 12. He served most recently as vice president of corporate finance, after handling ...

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    Sportringen is boosting its staff, creating new category management positions...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Sportringen is boosting its staff, creating new category management positions following its strong development over the past three years, going from 70 to 200 stores. Jonas Hellentin, a veteran of the outdoor industry who worked in the past for the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, will act as business area manager for ...

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    Todd Gordon, former director of sales for Chaco, has been...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Todd Gordon, former director of sales for Chaco, has been promoted to vice president of sales for this fast-growing brand of Wolverine Worldwide

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    Marco Sancandi has been appointed to the new position of...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Marco Sancandi has been appointed to the new position of director of operations at Garmont International, the Italian outdoor and mountaineering footwear company. A seasoned outdoor executive, Sancandi is to initiate and manage plans for Garmont's expansion, while supervising sales, marketing, research and logistics. Sancandi spent the last 15 years ...

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    Pelican Products has appointed Jeff Diamond as director of product...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Pelican Products has appointed Jeff Diamond as director of product management for its consumer outdoor and travel goods markets. Based in California, Pelican is a leading manufacturer of protective case solutions and advanced portable lighting systems. Diamond is to work with the newly structured consumer division, to focus on the ...

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    Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark,...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark, Tom Tinning, who takes the place of Thomas Vangsaard, now in charge of Denmark for Ecco. Tinning, 45, started off as a sales rep for Nike and later became Danish sales manager for the big athletic brand. He worked for ...

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    Orvis has announced the selection of William R. McLaughlin as...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Orvis has announced the selection of William R. McLaughlin as its new president. He replaces Raymond G. McCready, who will retire later this year. McLaughlin, who is a former PepsiCo executive and chief executive of Select Comfort, will assume the post on July 27. At Pepsi, McLaughlin managed several international businesses ...

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    Ann-Katrin Cardinahl, head of category management at Globetrotter, has left...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Ann-Katrin Cardinahl, head of category management at Globetrotter, has left the German retailer after 23 years, following the appointment by the Frilufts group last November of a Swedish manager, Jan Stegrell, in charge of strategic purchasing

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    Blaise Agresti is joining Petzl at the start of August...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Blaise Agresti is joining Petzl at the start of August to become global commercial director at the beginning of next year. Currently stationed in the Pyrenees, Agresti is a mountain guide with a diploma from the French military school of Saint-Cyr. Among other assignments for the Gendarmerie Nationale, he has been ...

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    Columbia Sportswear has adjusted its team for sourcing, supply chain...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear has adjusted its team for sourcing, supply chain and finance. Lisa Kulok, who has served as vice president of global marketplace planning and customer operations since October 2009, has been promoted to senior vice president of global supply chain operations. Steve Woodside, who joined the company in August ...

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    By the end of June, Michael Kamm will act as...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    By the end of June, Michael Kamm will act as the only managing director of Sympatex Holding and its Sympatex Technologies and Plouquet subsidiaries. Jürgen Steffensen, joint managing director since 2010, will leave the group by mutual consent to pursue new managerial tasks elsewhere. He has been acting as chief ...

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    Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram since 1993, has been promoted to the new position of global general manager. He started off as manager of the Italian supplier of high-tech shoe soles for Italy and Spain. He later opened Vibram's offices in the U.S. in 1999 ...

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    Michael Austermühle, 46, has been appointed country manager of Patagonia...

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Michael Austermühle, 46, has been appointed country manager of Patagonia for Germany and Austria, replacing Norbert Sandner who has been made European alpine and climbing manager. Austermühle was most recently the German country manager of The North Face, a company with which he worked for the past seven years. Prior ...

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    Sergio Morales, who recently left as a regional sales manager...

    2015-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Sergio Morales, who recently left as a regional sales manager for Polartec, has joined Noble Biomaterials to help boost European sales of its anti-microbial solution, X-Static

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    Keen has hired Chris Heffernan, a seasoned executive in the...

    2015-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Keen has hired Chris Heffernan, a seasoned executive in the footwear industry, as general manager of Keen Utility. Heffernan previously spent three years at Honeywell International, as general manager of safety footwear and vice president of global product. He also worked for seven years at Timberland as global brand manager ...

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    Crocs has eliminated the positions of chief operating officer and...

    2015-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Crocs has eliminated the positions of chief operating officer and senior vice president of the supply chain in connection with the departure of its COO, Scott Crutchfield. The company has appointed Phil Blake to the new position of senior VP of global sourcing and promoted Dennis Sheldon to VP of ...

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    Heather Jackson, described as an expert in IT and change...

    2015-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Heather Jackson, described as an expert in IT and change management, has become a non-executive director of JD Sports Fashion, parent company of Blacks, Millets and other outdoor retail chains in the U.K.  She is also a non-executive director of Ikano Bank from Sweden, where she chairs the remuneration and ...