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 a couple of years as country manager for H²O, and then he opened his own Intersport store. The Norwegian footwear brand has also hired a new product manager for the junior and kids category, Matilda Linde-Monsoré. The 30-year-old, who worked previously for Ecco and Helly Hansen, joins a new product manager for active outdoor adult shoes, Lotto Nordin, who comes from Adidas' head office in Germany. She was recently in charge of the “My Adidas” program.