That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 115
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Bastian Hübschen has been promoted to the position of country...
Bastian Hübschen has been promoted to the position of country manager of Brooks Running Company for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He is taking the place of Heiner Ibing, who is leaving the company after 16 years. Ibing built up the brand's strong position in the German-speaking countries and took care ...
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Dainese has appointed Dan Walczewski as U.S. director of sales...
Dainese has appointed Dan Walczewski as U.S. director of sales for winter sports and cycling
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Body Glove Wetsuits and Rusty Surfboards recently announced new appointments....
Body Glove Wetsuits and Rusty Surfboards recently announced new appointments. Body Glove has hired Joe McNulty as sales manager for the surf, wake and dive categories. Rusty has hired Royce Cansler as vice president of sales. However, both positions cover only the U.S. or North America.
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Rolf Frischknecht, a 55-year-old Swiss manager who left the executive...
Rolf Frischknecht, a 55-year-old Swiss manager who left the executive board of Sport Eybl & Sport Experts last year, after its acquisition by Sports Direct International, is joining the executive board of Sport Scheck in Germany to run its 18 bricks-and-mortar stores business. He already acted as chief financial officer ...
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Cocona, the company behind the high-performance fabric 37.5, has announced...
Cocona, the company behind the high-performance fabric 37.5, has announced a new European sales team. Liam Gallagher will take the helm in the U.K. He brings more than 20 years of experience across different textile industries and markets. He worked for 12 years at Polartec, where he held a number of ...
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Jean-Marc Taillieu has replaced Eric Lairet as general manager of...
Jean-Marc Taillieu has replaced Eric Lairet as general manager of TBS, the sports brand of the French Eram shoe retailing group. A former European retail manager of Quiksilver, he has worked for Fila and other companies. TBS has an annual turnover of around €50 million. A large part of the ...
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Matthias Malessa is leaving as chief human resources officer of...
Matthias Malessa is leaving as chief human resources officer of the Adidas Group at the end of this month for personal reasons. The recruitment of his successor is in progress. Malessa has spent 27 years with the company, starting off as a trainee in 1987. He took care of international ...
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Skullcandy has named David Raffone as chief sales and revenue...
Skullcandy has named David Raffone as chief sales and revenue officer, with effect from Aug. 11 at the latest. He has spent more than 20 years in sales of branded consumer electronics, acting most recently as vice president of Sony Electronics' U.S. sales division.
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Halti, the Finnish winter sports and outdoor apparel brand, has...
Halti, the Finnish winter sports and outdoor apparel brand, has just completed a strategic review after the arrival of a new chief executive, Jukka-Pekka Vuori, earlier this year. Vuori was previously the chief marketing officer at Fonecta, a Finnish company specialized in media. He replaced Martti Uusitalo, who remains one ...
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Armin Weber has been appointed marketing manager of Amer Sports...
Armin Weber has been appointed marketing manager of Amer Sports for Central Europe, concentrating on digital marketing for the various brands of the group. He has taken the place of Stephan Hagenbusch, who recently became European marketing manager of Black Diamond. Weber had previously handled similar functions at Quiksilver Europe.
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According to local reports, Mike Weccardt has left as chief...
According to local reports, Mike Weccardt has left as chief executive of Sport Eybl, the leading Austrian sporting goods retail chain recently acquired by Sports Direct International. His position is said to have been transferred to Thomas Bittermann, an attorney who was involved in the takeover proceedings. Other top managers ...
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Paul Stratta is going to leave after 15 months as...
Paul Stratta is going to leave after 15 months as interim chief executive of Karbon Kinetics, the London-based company behind the high-end, collapsible Gocycle e-bike, after the upcoming Eurobike trade show. The company has announced a 53 percent increase in units sold for the first six months of this year. ...
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Derby Cycle wants to strengthen its sporting segment and has...
Derby Cycle wants to strengthen its sporting segment and has appointed Marc Faude as head of the newly created Product Unit Performance. Derby Cycle is the largest bicycle producer by revenues in Germany and its sporting brands include Focus, Cervélo and Univega. Faude brings more than 20 years of experience ...
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Olivier Ciaravino, the French-based president of the Global Eyewear Division...
Olivier Ciaravino, the French-based president of the Global Eyewear Division of Bushnell Performance Optics, is adding the title of managing director of the whole group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In connection with his appointment, Gernot Trebsche, managing director of Bushnell for Germany and Austria, is adding ...
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Billabong Europe has named Jean Kress as head of merchandising...
Billabong Europe has named Jean Kress as head of merchandising and design and Nicolas Burger as sales manager. They will both work out of Billabong's head office in Hossegor, in south-western France, and report to Jean-Louis Rodrigues, general manager of Billabong Europe. Kress will be overseeing Billabong Europe's design and ...
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Pål Harv, who has been the chief executive of Scantrade...
Pål Harv, who has been the chief executive of Scantrade since the autumn of 2012, is leaving the Norwegian sports distribution company. A message from the chairman, Terje Normann Johansen, indicates that Scantrade has been affected by declining profits and has initiated a number of measures to counteract this negative ...
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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. Apart from 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 the ...
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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 head office for Teva in Rotterdam. Van der Vis previously acted as managing director for the Benelux countries ...
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Johnson Outdoors has appointed Patricia G. Penman to the position...
Johnson Outdoors has appointed Patricia G. Penman to the position of vice president of global marketing services and communication. She will be a member of the executive team reporting directly to Helen Johnson-Leipold, chairperson and chief executive of the company. Penman has spent more than 30 years in the packaged ...
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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 ...
