That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 127

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    The Tecnica Group is placing a new general manager at...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    The Tecnica Group is placing a new general manager at the head of its operations in France. From Oct. 1, Lucien Hateville will assume the position as general manager for Tecnica France, succeeding Michel Rayot, who will continue to work for Tecnica France as a consultant The group is also ...

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    Creating new positions and new layers within its European management...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Creating new positions and new layers within its European management structure, Amer Sports has appointed country managers for France and the U.K. Yves Weber started in June as country manager for France after a long experience at Reckitt Benckiser, where he gradually moved up to European key account director. Domenico ...

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    Hamish Ogilvie will join Implus Corporation's European office as director...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    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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    Wintersteiger, the Austrian supplier of ski services and storing solutions...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Wintersteiger, the Austrian supplier of ski services and storing solutions and owner of the Boot Doc brand of insoles, has appointed Günter Kostrhon international sales director of its sports division. Before he joined Thalinger-Lange, the Austrian wholesale trader of bicycle- and sports-related products, Kostrhon worked for Intersport and Sport Service ...

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    Fletcher Leisure has appointed its first country manager in Europe...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Fletcher Leisure has appointed its first country manager in Europe outside the U.K. to market its Sunice line of outerwear and its Tommy Hilfiger and AUR collections of golf clothing. Ingo Neufink will be responsible for sales of the Canadian company's products in Germany, reporting to Jon Camp, managing director ...

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    Icebreaker has appointed Rob Fyfe as its new executive chairman...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

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    Icebug has appointed Evan Wert as North American director of...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Icebug has appointed Evan Wert as North American director of sales and marketing, for both Icebug Footwear and ArchFlex Insoles. Wert joins Icebug at a crucial time for the company as it is restructuring its North American operations and beginning the distribution there of its proprietary traction footwear and ArchFlex ...

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    Boa Technology has appointed Alois Badegruber to run its sales,...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    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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    After only six months in his new function as joint...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    After only six months in his new function as joint managing director of Sport 2000 Germany, a subsidiary of ANWR, Daniel Hermann is leaving the company for personal reasons. ANWR says the move was due to recent developments in his personal environment and had no connection with his tasks or ...

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    Puma has named Torsten Hochstetter, 46, to the newly created...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Puma has named Torsten Hochstetter, 46, to the newly created position of global creative director, effective July 15, 2013. Based in Herzogenaurach, Hochstetter will report to the brand's chief executive, Björn Gulden. He will be responsible for designing, creating and developing Puma's Sport Performance and Sport Lifestyle collections, covering all ...

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    Two other top executives of Skullcandy have handed in their...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Two other top executives of Skullcandy have handed in their resignation as the audio company relocates from California to Utah. They are Aaron Behle, vice president of international sales, and Nate Morley, vice president of global marketing. As previously reported, the company's senior vice president and chief operating officer, Kyle ...

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    Jeff McGuane, the global president of Dorel's Cycling Sports Group...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Jeff McGuane, the global president of Dorel's Cycling Sports Group (CSG), has resigned from his post. McGuane's decision was reportedly due to personal reasons and was not related to Dorel's recent announcement that the group would cut 50 positions worldwide, following disappointing sales in the first half of the year. ...

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    Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart has been promoted to the new position of...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart has been promoted to the new position of 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 ...

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    Tim Bartels, former vice president of sales at Keen Footwear,...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    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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    Martin Berendsen, a well-known Dutch industry veteran, is appointed by...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Martin Berendsen, a well-known Dutch industry veteran, is appointed by Hi-Tec Sports as president of its Magnum brand. He ran Reebok's operations in the Netherlands for many years in the 1990s before moving to the U.S. to run the local Dr. Martens business. After various stations, he ran the European ...

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    Andrea Nalesso, a former executive of Geox, Dolomite and Diadora...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Andrea Nalesso, a former executive of Geox, Dolomite and Diadora who acted most recently as commercial director of Dainese, has joined the Salewa Group as general manager of its footwear division, replacing Antonio Dus who is now running Vibram.Michael Levi, who was born in the U.S., is joining the Italian-based ...

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    Adriano Zuccala has left Vibram, where he had served as...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Adriano Zuccala has left Vibram, where he had served as general manager and head of operations since 2007, reporting to Marco Bramani. The latter resigned earlier this year as chief executive of the Italian company, after 25 years in the post, and transferred this role to Antonio Dus, formerly with ...

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    Inov-8, the fast-growing British brand of sports shoes specializing in...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Inov-8, the fast-growing British brand of sports shoes specializing in trail running, has appointed Tim Parkin as head of European sales. He spent the last eight years at Asics. The company, which is celebrating its tenth year in business, previously appointed Rob Maynard as group finance director. He had previously ...

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    Mountain Force, the Swiss marketer of snow sports and other...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Mountain Force, the Swiss marketer of snow sports and other apparel, has hired Mike Stöhr as a new international sales director. The 44-year-old is a veteran of Peak Performance where he served as country manager for Germany and Austria recently. Stöhr's appointment comes along with a split of responsibilities in ...

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    The European operations of Icebreaker, led by Maximilian Hofbauer as...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    The European operations of Icebreaker, led by Maximilian Hofbauer as general manager, have appointed Sven Baxmann country manager for Germany. The 35-year-old worked previously for other companies including IKO-Corratec, a German bicycle retailer and marketer of the Corratec brand of bikes, as well as for Triumph International, the huge group ...