Diego Hidalgo Nourry has been appointed chief executive of Trangoworld, the Spanish mountaineering brand. He succeeds Manuel Lucea, who has retired after 40 years with the company. Hidalgo Nourry has been with Trangoworld for about 16 years and was most recently chief production officer. He also spent four years working in project and site management for Taim Weser, an industrial engineering firm which, like Trangoworld, is based in Zaragoza.