That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 59
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Under Armour has made Sean Eggert its senior vice president...
Under Armour has made Sean Eggert its senior vice president of global sports marketing. He will be reporting to Alessandro de Pestel, chief marketing officer. Eggert was last with Red Bull, where he was in charge of about 160 initiatives, such as a recent partnership with USA Basketball, several action ...
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Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently...
Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently created position of sales and business development director for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and Scandinavia. Simultaneously, Perry Laukens was appointed to the newly created position of sales and business director for the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and nine ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of global...
VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of global supply chain, effective June 1. He replaces Tom Glaser, who has left VF after 18 years to take over the role of chief operations officer at Tapestry, formerly known as Coach Inc. Bailey has spent his entire career in manufacturing ...
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Cherokee Global Brands, which is changing its name to Apex...
Cherokee Global Brands, which is changing its name to Apex Global Brands at the end of June, has appointed a current director, Evan Hengel, to chairman of the board. Hengel has had a seat on the board since October 2018 and been a managing director at the Berkeley Research Group ...
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Jack Wolfskin appointed Ante Franicevic to the position of chief...
Jack Wolfskin appointed Ante Franicevic to the position of chief financial officer last month. He replaces Jörg Wahlers, who worked as chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Jack Wolfskin and left the German outdoor company at his own request at the end of July. Franicevic, 48, worked previously ...
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Abacus Sportswear has announced the appointment of Marc Anderman as...
Abacus Sportswear has announced the appointment of Marc Anderman as the new commercial manager for the U.K. Anderman has worked for more than ten years with the Solheim Cup and has a long relationship with the Swedish apparel brand, having appointed the company as the official supplier to the European ...
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On June 17, Ratnakar Lavu became Nike's first global chief...
On June 17, Ratnakar Lavu became Nike's first global chief digital information officer, in charge of digital technologies. He reports to Eric Sprunk, chief operating officer. Lavu was most recently chief technology and information officer at Kohl's, the American retail chain, heading up its IT, digital and consumer technology. Before that, ...
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Mizuno Iberia has made Josep Maria Munill its new sales...
Mizuno Iberia has made Josep Maria Munill its new sales director. For the past several months, Munill has been working with Oliver Strenguetto, who runs the Iberian subsidiary, to establish the Japanese company's sales team on the peninsula. Munill has otherwise spent his 20-year career at Fila, as sales director ...
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Woolrich International has appointed Stefano Saccone as its new chief...
Woolrich International has appointed Stefano Saccone as its new chief executive. Saccone joins from VF Corp., where he spent seven years, most recently as vice-president/general manager of Vans. Prior to VF Corp., he held marketing roles at Ralph Lauren, and served as general manager of sportswear and action sports at ...
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Indorama has appointed Deepak Parikh, up till now the president...
Indorama has appointed Deepak Parikh, up till now the president of Clariant's business in North America, as its new chief strategy officer
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Primaloft has announced the appointment of Zoltan Kelemen as the...
Primaloft has announced the appointment of Zoltan Kelemen as the new territory sales manager for the U.K., Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg) and Denmark. He replaces Wim Neels, who has become vice-president of business development of fashion and lifestyle global, still at Primaloft. In his new role, Kelemen will report to ...
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Aigle's owner, Maus Frères, has announced the appointment of Sandrine...
Aigle's owner, Maus Frères, has announced the appointment of Sandrine Conseiller as the new president of the Aigle brand. Conseiller spent 20 years at Unilever, where she held evolving roles, from brand manager up to vice president. Most recently, she was marketing and brand director of Lacoste, which is also ...
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Adidas has promoted Neelendra Singh to general manager for India....
Adidas has promoted Neelendra Singh to general manager for India. He takes over the role from Dave Thomas, who has been appointed as Adidas' managing director for emerging markets. Singh, who was previously senior vice-president of global DTC and franchise, will continue to report to Dave Thomas. Singh joined Adidas ...
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Taking a position previously occupied by Joel Sandoz, Mark Phares...
Taking a position previously occupied by Joel Sandoz, Mark Phares has gone back to Smith Optics to serve as its new vice president of global sales. He had already spent 17 years with the U.S.-based Safilo subsidiary in various sales and management roles before leaving for OluKai, where he oversaw ...
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MIPS, a Swedish firm that regards itself as the world's...
MIPS, a Swedish firm that regards itself as the world's leading supplier of helmet-based safety technologies to protect against rotational movements, appointed on May 10 its former chief financial officer, Max Strandwitz, to the position as chief executive. Strandwitz replaces Johan Thiel, who will work together with the newly appointed ...
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JD Sports Fashion has an experienced non-executive director on its...
JD Sports Fashion has an experienced non-executive director on its board. Kath Smith, the former executive of the Adidas Group who served as general manager and vice president of The North Face EMEA until last year, has joined the board of directors of the fast-growing U.K.-based retailer. She wanted to ...
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Mondraker has hired Thierry Gracia as its sales director for...
Mondraker has hired Thierry Gracia as its sales director for southern Europe, a newly created position, which covers the French, Spanish and Portuguese markets
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VF Corp. is moving Jeremie Blondel from Vans to The...
VF Corp. is moving Jeremie Blondel from Vans to The North Face. Filling a newly created role, he will serve as vice president of sales for TNF in Europe, the Middle East and Africa with responsibility for the entire wholesale business in the region. Blondel will work under Jan van ...
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Puma has appointed John Miller as its new senior vice-president...
Puma has appointed John Miller as its new senior vice-president of wholesale for North America. He joins Puma from G-Form, the sports protection brand, where he has held the role of senior vice-president and general manager of sales and marketing since October 2017. Prior to G-Form, he spent 11 years ...
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Canada Goose has promoted Ana Mihaljevic from senior vice president...
Canada Goose has promoted Ana Mihaljevic from senior vice president of planning and sales operations to chief commercial officer. She will oversee the company's global commercial business while continuing to take charge of sales planning and sales operations. She will be seeking to expand the wholesale channel, the direct-to-consumer (DTC) ...
