All Executive changes articles – Page 85
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Graham Rickard, managing director of Dare2b, the snow and action...
Graham Rickard, managing director of Dare2b, the snow and action sports apparel brand owned by the Regatta Group, was appointed managing director of the Regatta brand of outdoor apparel as well. This brand was previously supervised by Keith Black, the entire group’s chief executive and chairman. While Black is handing ...
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Timbuk2 has named Patti Cazzato as its new chief executive,...
Timbuk2 has named Patti Cazzato as its new chief executive, effective immediately. The veteran retail executive is stepping in as the 25-year-old company's third chief executive and the first woman to lead the brand. Cazzato spent more than 11 years at Gap, working her way up to senior vice president. ...
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Granger's, the British brand of maintenance products and insoles for...
Granger's, the British brand of maintenance products and insoles for outdoor and sporting goods, has shuffled its sales management in Central Europe. Erik Wolbert, until now key accounts manager for Germany, has been promoted to sales director for Switzerland, Austria and southern Germany. Simone Houben has been hired as key ...
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation has reported the appointment of Rob van...
Deckers Outdoor Corporation has reported the appointment of Rob van der Vis as managing director for Teva's operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will work from a new European headquarters for Teva in Rotterdam. Van der Vis previously acted as managing director for the Benelux countries for ...
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VF Corporation has appointed Jeremy de Maillard as vice president...
VF Corporation has appointed Jeremy de Maillard as vice president of marketing for The North Face in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), replacing Eric Pansier who has left the group to pursue other interests. He reports to Arne Arens, vice president and general manager of TNF EMEA. De ...
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Two professionals with experience in female-oriented products are joining the...
Two professionals with experience in female-oriented products are joining the product design and development team of Mountain Hardwear, working under Robert Fry, director of product merchandising and product for this subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear. Bringing women-specific expertise from the years she spent as product line manager at Columbia and Eddie ...
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Oboz has named Christian Mason as its national sales manager...
Oboz has named Christian Mason as its national sales manager for the U.S., effective June 15. Mason will lead Oboz' independent sales force for North America, and develop overall strategies to stimulate the continued growth of the outdoor footwear company in the domestic market. Mason comes with 20 years of ...
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Doug Boessen, former chief financial officer of Collective Brands, has...
Doug Boessen, former chief financial officer of Collective Brands, has joined Garmin as CFO and treasurer, reporting to the company's president and chief executive, Cliff Pemble. Boessen had worked previously at Arthur Andersen. Kevin Rauckmann, who has been Garmin's CFO and treasurer since 1999, will assist Boessen in the transition through ...
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Jochen Lagemann, Primaloft's managing director for Europe, has been granted...
Jochen Lagemann, Primaloft's managing director for Europe, has been granted additional responsibilities. As well as Europe, he will also be in charge of Asia. This position is new. At the same time, the American specialty company for insulation solutions has appointed Eileen Berner to the role of sales director for ...
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Joachim Sjödin, who has been responsible for the Scandinavian market...
Joachim Sjödin, who has been responsible for the Scandinavian market at Peak Performance since 2012, sees his territorial coverage expanded in the new position of European sales director. In addition to the Nordic countries, he will also take care of France, Benelux and the German-speaking countries. Andreas Scheibe, who has ...
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Chas Fisher, former president of Nikwax USA, has been hired...
Chas Fisher, former president of Nikwax USA, has been hired by Cascade Designs to act as “vice president of customer experience”
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Johnson Outdoors has appointed Gianluca Bugli as director of sales...
Johnson Outdoors has appointed Gianluca Bugli as director of sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the company's Diving business. These new responsibilities are in addition to Bugli's continued strategic oversight of European sales and marketing for the company's Marine Electronics business. Bugli has more than 25 ...
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Pentland Brands has appointed Richard Newcombe brand president for Lacoste...
Pentland Brands has appointed Richard Newcombe brand president for Lacoste Footwear. He takes the place of Andy Simister, who left the company last October and is now working for Wolverine Worldwide (see the article in this issue). Newcombe has been in the footwear industry for 27 years. He joined Pentland ...
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Schwabel Corporation has appointed Mark Thomas as marketing manager for...
Schwabel Corporation has appointed Mark Thomas as marketing manager for its Thermacell mosquito repellent division
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Schöffel, the German marketer of outdoor and snow sports apparel,...
Schöffel, the German marketer of outdoor and snow sports apparel, has appointed a couple of new managers in the sales and product development departments. Effective July 1, Bernd Dietrich will switch from Vaude to Schöffel and will assume the new role of international sales manager, reporting to the brand manager, Christophe ...
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Anders Blomster will be the new marketing manager at Lundhags....
Anders Blomster will be the new marketing manager at Lundhags. In August, he will replace the current marketing manager, Sara Wänseth. Blomster has served as marketing manager at Naturkompaniet, the Swedish outdoor retail chain, and at an internet store, Outnorth.
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Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer and senior vice...
Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer and senior vice president for the group's supply chain and global operations, will leave the group and its executive board in mid-August. He has been with the company since 2009, but he has accepted a new position outside Amer Sports.
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Alex Kutches, who has spent the last eight years or...
Alex Kutches, who has spent the last eight years or so in leading positions at Outdoor Research, has become vice president of sales and marketing for Mystery Ranch, an American supplier of very technical and practical backpacks for Special Forces, ski patrollers, fire brigades and other mission-oriented clients. One of ...
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Martin Kössler, the 42-year-old former export manager of Haglöfs who...
Martin Kössler, the 42-year-old former export manager of Haglöfs who recently resigned as secretary general of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, has become chairman of the board at Bergans of Norway. He replaces the 82-year-old Per Nessjøen, who is retiring. Two more new directors continue to sit on the board of ...
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Tom Jungell, who has been with Footbalance since 2011,...
Tom Jungell, who has been with Footbalance since 2011, is leaving as its chief executive to move on to new challenges. Klaus Rauhansalo, who is said to have a long career and extensive experience with large corporations and small start-ups, has been designated as interim CEO of the Finnish company, ...
