That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 124
-
News briefs
Mark Zoppes, who has been in the sports and outdoor...
Mark Zoppes, who has been in the sports and outdoor industries for more than 28 years, mostly in senior roles, has been named vice president of product at Icebreaker. He was most recently vice president of merchandising and planning at Backcountry.com, where he worked with more than 1,000 brands. He ...
-
News briefs
Bill Sweeney, had of business development at Puma, has been...
Bill Sweeney, had of business development at Puma, has been hired as chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA). Starting in mid-November, Sweeney will oversee Britain's preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, as well as the next 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He will ...
-
News briefs
Under Armour has promoted two of its executives, Kip Fulks...
Under Armour has promoted two of its executives, Kip Fulks and Henry Stafford, and hired two others, Susie McCabe and Jason LaRose. McCabe and LaRose will be acting as senior vice presidents in charge of global retail and global e-commerce, respectively. McCabe has spent more than 16 years with Ralph ...
-
News briefs
Cisalfa Sport, which controls Intersport Italia, has appointed a new...
Cisalfa Sport, which controls Intersport Italia, has appointed a new managing director for the buying group, Bruno Antonioli. On Oct. 3, he replaced Flavio Mazzocchi, who has left the group, citing differences of views with Cisalfa's new management. Antonioli spent six years in senior positions with Carrefour in Italy until ...
-
News briefs
Sergi González has been appointed general manager of Intersport SCCL,...
Sergi González has been appointed general manager of Intersport SCCL, the purchasing arm of Intersport España. His responsibilities were previously handled by Ignasi Puig, who remains chief executive of the company and general manager of Intersport Expansión, in charge of retail expansion. González previously worked for Now and Inditex. As ...
-
News briefs
Perry Laukens has been appointed marketing manager of Keen Footwear...
Perry Laukens has been appointed marketing manager of Keen Footwear for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He takes the place of Nol Gerritse, who has moved to the company's head office in Portland, Oregon to serve in the new role of global product marketing director. Laukens, 38, spent ...
-
News briefs
Footbalance, the Finland-based maker of custom insoles, has appointed Tassos...
Footbalance, the Finland-based maker of custom insoles, has appointed Tassos Karamouzis as sales director for new markets. Karamouzis joined the company in 2010 as Scandinavian market area manager. He will use this experience to lead the company's expansion into strategically important new markets. Before joining Footbalance, Karamouzis had a long ...
-
Short stops
Greg Sullivan, a former executive of Wal-Mart, has been appointed...
Greg Sullivan, a former executive of Wal-Mart, has been appointed by Crocs as general manager for the Americas region, which includes North, Central and South America
-
Short stops
Jason Hodell has been appointed chief operating officer of Skullcandy...
Jason Hodell has been appointed chief operating officer of Skullcandy
-
News briefs
Nicola Szekely is taking the place of Albert Schwarzmeier as...
Nicola Szekely is taking the place of Albert Schwarzmeier as chief operating officer of Mysportsgroup, the German company that runs the Mysportsworld and Mysportsbrand online shops. He will work together with the group's founder and chief executive, Erik Pfannmöller. Szekely previously ran Baumax. Schwarzmeier, who participated in the establishment of ...
-
News briefs
Luke Barrett-Smith, who joined Puma's subsidiary in South Africa as...
Luke Barrett-Smith, who joined Puma's subsidiary in South Africa as national sales manager when it opened 12 years ago, has become its new managing director. He takes over from Ronald Rink, who is retiring.
-
News briefs
Adding to his role of director of Schöffel's sales division,...
Adding to his role of director of Schöffel's sales division, the 45-year-old Christophe Weissenberger has taken on the position of brand manager. In this position, he will take care of marketing, product management and design. In recognition of his increasing importance to the company, its managing partner, Peter Schöffel, has ...
-
News briefs
Peter Kats is Vans' new vice president of sales for...
Peter Kats is Vans' new vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Based at VF Corporation's European office in Switzerland, he has taken the place of Jan van Leeuwen, who has become vice president and general manager of the brand. Kats, 44, has been European licensing ...
-
News briefs
Holmenkol, the German marketer of ski wax and maintenance products,...
Holmenkol, the German marketer of ski wax and maintenance products, has appointed Conrad Götzel head of sales for the German-speaking countries and to take care of the key accounts in the same region. The 30-year-old will additionally supervise marketing and product management. Götzel has been working on Holmenkol's trade marketing ...
-
News briefs
Sascha Kautschitsch left Maier Sports, the German marketer of sportswear,...
Sascha Kautschitsch left Maier Sports, the German marketer of sportswear, on Sept. 30. He acted briefly as managing director of the company and, later on, as consultant in charge of brand strategy and business development. Kautschitsch intends to stay within the outdoor industry to assist related companies with advice in ...
-
News briefs
Ignasi Puig, general manager of Intersport España, was unanimously elected...
Ignasi Puig, general manager of Intersport España, was unanimously elected as a member of Intersport International Corporation's board of management at its annual general meeting in Ljubljana last month. He takes the place of Marco Giunta, who left earlier this year as chief executive of Italy's Cisalfa. Puig has been ...
-
News briefs
Nike Golf will have a new marketing director for Europe,...
Nike Golf will have a new marketing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Daniel Schenk, starting Dec. 1. Currently based in the U.S., Schenk has spent ten years with Nike Golf in the roles of digital marketing manager, U.S. brand manager and global brand integration director. He recently ...
-
News briefs
Gary van Rooyen is leaving as managing director of New...
Gary van Rooyen is leaving as managing director of New Balance South Africa to purchase and run Coreban, a Hawaiian brand of stand-up paddling boards, together with some associates. Following his departure, Craig Bowen, national sales manager, will become country manager for South Africa. He will report to Ricky Knight, ...
-
News briefs
Patagonia has created a new role of vice president of...
Patagonia has created a new role of vice president of marketing and assigned it to Joy Howard, who served most recently in a similar position at Converse. She began her career in marketing at Johnson & Johnson and later became global marketing director for the joint venture between Coca-Cola and ...
-
News briefs
Jordi “Coke” Salvans, a Spanish industry veteran, has joined Original...
Jordi “Coke” Salvans, a Spanish industry veteran, has joined Original Buff to act as sales manager. He has worked for Salomon since 1988 in the country, establishing the brand as a major player in the outdoor market. Two years ago he took charge of Salomon's snowboard operations, Bonfire, Wilson Golf ...
