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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Ladislav Masek, former...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Ladislav Masek, former Eastern Europe sales manager at Mammut, switched to the same job at Icebreaker at the start of July. He takes over from Branislav Adamec, who left to become general manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia at Salewa. Adamec already ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Lars-Ola Brolinson has...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Lars-Ola Brolinson has become the new chief executive of Primus, replacing Andreas Jakabffy who is leaving the company. Brolinson has been with Fenix Outdoor, parent company of Primus, for more than ten years in various positions. He started with the Swedish group in ...
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Dominik König, a 24-year-old active biker and triathlet, has been...
Dominik König, a 24-year-old active biker and triathlet, has been placed in charge of trade marketing for Ortlieb
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Toni Karuvaara started on July 1 in the new position...
Toni Karuvaara started on July 1 in the new position of fish team leader at Patagonia Europe. His job will be to turn Patagonia into the number one specialist supplier of high-quality fly fishing clothing in Europe. Fly fishing is said to be a true passion for Karuvaara, who has ...
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Compass Diversified Holdings, parent company of Camelbak, Fox, Liberty Safe...
Compass Diversified Holdings, parent company of Camelbak, Fox, Liberty Safe and other firms, has promoted Ryan J. Faulkingham from director of financial reporting to chief financial officer, starting next Nov. 30. He will take the place of James J. Bottiglieri, who is due to retire on the same date after ...
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Sigg Switzerland has assigned Hans Rafael Meier to the newly...
Sigg Switzerland has assigned Hans Rafael Meier to the newly created position of head of marketing. Meier previously worked for 10 years as head of advertising at Swatch, before joining Sigg in June this year. In March last year, Sigg appointed Petric Zing, previously head of international communication at Swatch, as ...
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Piotr Swiech, former key account manager for Nike in Poland,...
Piotr Swiech, former key account manager for Nike in Poland, has taken the helm of The North Face in the country. He joined the company at the beginning of June. The brand's Polish business was previously headed by Michal Sojka, who left at the end of December and was recently ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has declared a two-for-one stock split, with effect...
Wolverine Worldwide has declared a two-for-one stock split, with effect from Nov. 1. The directors of Wolverine also declared a quarterly cash dividend of 6 cents per share.
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Boa Technology has appointed Alois Badegruber to run its sales,...
Boa Technology has appointed Alois Badegruber to run its sales, marketing and customer service operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, after several years of steady growth in the region. The Austrian manager started off at W.L. Gore Associates and worked for eight years at Salomon, where he was ...
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The North Face has elevated Tony Erlick to the role...
The North Face has elevated Tony Erlick to the role of vice president of sales. Reporting to Todd Spaletto, president of the brand, he will be responsible for the leadership and execution of the brand's global sales and growth strategy. He began at TNF in 2005, handling sales in the ...
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Hamish Ogilvie will join Implus Corporation's European office as director...
Hamish Ogilvie will join Implus Corporation's European office as director of sales in August, coinciding with its takeover of the distribution of the group's brands in the U.K. Ogilvie comes from Grangers, which previously distributed Implus' brands in its home market. Meanwhile, Grangers' new joint venture with BNS in Germany ...
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Icebreaker has hired Cathy Quain, formerly in charge of...
Icebreaker has hired Cathy Quain, formerly in charge of direct-to-consumer sales at Burton Snowboards, as global vice president of retail
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Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart has been promoted to the new positionof Timberland's...
Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart has been promoted to the new positionof Timberland's president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The promotion follows the announced retirement of Richard O'Rourke, a Timberland veteran based in the U.K. who has been acting lately as senior vice president of international operations, in charge of ...
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Lars-Ola Brolinson has become the new chief executive of Primus,...
Lars-Ola Brolinson has become the new chief executive of Primus, replacing Andreas Jakabffy who is leaving the company. Brolinson has been with Fenix Outdoor, parent company of Primus, for more than ten years in various positions. He started with the Swedish group in 2002 as marketing director for Fjällräven. At ...
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Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG,...
Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG, the British buying group led by her husband Ricky Chandler, whom she married in September 2011, and by Ward Robertson. The former Sara Coyle joined STAG in March 2010 as marketing manager. Reporting to Ricky and Ward, she will be ...
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Tim Bartels, former vice president of sales at Keen...
Tim Bartels, former vice president of sales at Keen Footwear, is now vice president of global footwear sales at Columbia Sportswear
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Johnson Outdoors has hired Ken Avery as the new brand...
Johnson Outdoors has hired Ken Avery as the new brand manager for Jetboil, the group's outdoor cooking brand. Avery previously worked as brand manager for Vittoria Industries, the manufacturer of bicycle tires. Prior to that, he worked on product development for Maxxis International, also a tire brand. As a professional ...
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At the beginning of July, Lukas Binder assumed the position...
At the beginning of July, Lukas Binder assumed the position of commercial manager in Germany and Austria for the Wild Country brand , which has belonged to the Oberalp group since 2012. Binder is a professional climber and was member of the expedition squad of the DAV, the German Alpine ...
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Eagle Creek has assigned Mathias Kahle to the position of...
Eagle Creek has assigned Mathias Kahle to the position of sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Previously, he was working as sales representative for Eagle Creek in Northern and Eastern Germany. He will report directly to Oliver Messing, executive managing director of Eagle Creek Europe.
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Icebreaker has appointed Rob Fyfe as its new executive chairman...
Icebreaker has appointed Rob Fyfe as its new executive chairman to replace Noel Todd, who is stepping down after 18 years. Fyfe will assume the new role at the outdoor clothing brand in September, after serving on the company's board for 12 months. Fyfe led Air New Zealand as chief ...
