That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 61
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Nike Spain has announced the appointment of three new members...
Nike Spain has announced the appointment of three new members to its executive board: Ignacio Serrat, Gavin Lindberg and Bill Berner
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Storm Care Solutions of the U.K., which produces aftermarket waterproofing...
Storm Care Solutions of the U.K., which produces aftermarket waterproofing and cleaning fluids, has appointed Lauren Kirk to the post of export sales manager. The appointment follows a company-wide rebranding and recent distribution deals for Germany, Austria, the Benelux countries, Chile and the U.S. Kirk's experience includes posts at Terra ...
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Nixon, the American brand of watches and accessories, has appointed...
Nixon, the American brand of watches and accessories, has appointed Tom “TK” Kattus to the post of global brand sales director for Adidas Watches. Kattus has just spent ten years as general manager and chief operating officer at Campagnolo North America, the manufacturer of bicycle components. Before that he was ...
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Brooks Running has promoted Dan Sheridan to the new post...
Brooks Running has promoted Dan Sheridan to the new post of executive vice president and chief operating officer. In heading up the sales, e-commerce, digital, supply-chain and IT teams, Sheridan will be spearheading the enterprise and digital platforms as well as the wholesale business and distributor partnerships worldwide. Sheridan's two ...
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Mike Jensen has been made president of Reef, the beach...
Mike Jensen has been made president of Reef, the beach lifestyle brand recently divested by VF Corp. He was most recently the general manager and brand manager of DC Shoes at Boardriders. He previously worked for Asics, Spy and Converse. Jensen will report directly to Gregg Ribatt, the new chief ...
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Tim Turnbull is retiring from Aquapac, a British maker of...
Tim Turnbull is retiring from Aquapac, a British maker of waterproof bags and cases, after 22 years as chief executive. Mike Malavasi, the current special accounts director, and John Kelly, the current sales director, will be taking charge of the company. Malavasi's son, Gianluca, will be taking charge of Trunbull's ...
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Babolat has finally confirmed the appointment of Antoine Saticq as...
Babolat has finally confirmed the appointment of Antoine Saticq as chief sales officer of the company. Saticq had served most recently as chief sales officer of Odlo International since the end of 2015. He ran Le Coq Sportif for three years until the end of 2008 before spending nearly four ...
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The Oberalp Group has appointed Andrea Carraro to the post...
The Oberalp Group has appointed Andrea Carraro to the post of general manager for footwear and technical equipment. He will be leading the development team for this products at the office in Montebelluna, and thereby working to increase the market share of the Salewa and Dynafit brands in the categories ...
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Adidas has named the candidates standing for election to its...
Adidas has named the candidates standing for election to its supervisory board at the annual general meeting on May 9, as Frank Appel, Katja Kraus and Willi Schwerdtle will not be standing for reelection. New on the board would be Jing Ulrich, managing director and vice chairman for Asia-Pacific at JPMorgan ...
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Descente has appointed a country manager for Germany, Lothar Heinisch,...
Descente has appointed a country manager for Germany, Lothar Heinisch, who worked previously for big brands such as Spyder, O'Neill, Craft and Oakley, and opened a German showroom in Bad Griesbach
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Some media reported in the last few weeks that Antoine...
Some media reported in the last few weeks that Antoine Sathicq, formerly with Adidas, Le Coq Sportif and Odlo, has been appointed chief sales officer of Babolat, where he would be taking the place of Giovanni Pietra, who left the post several months ago. That's what his LinkedIn profile says, ...
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Accell Group has appointed Jasper Sundh as new regional director...
Accell Group has appointed Jasper Sundh as new regional director for the Nordics region, one of the six key regions of the group, together with Benelux, Southern Europe, U.K. & Ireland, DACH countries, and North America. Sundh, 51, has several years of experience in sales, marketing and omni-channel strategy implementation. ...
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On Feb. 1, Armin Landgraf became chief operating officer at...
On Feb. 1, Armin Landgraf became chief operating officer at Germany's Canyon Bicycles. He has also become the third member of the Canyon's management board, alongside Roman Arnold, founder and chief executive, and Lothar Arnold, chief financial officer. Until last year, Landgraf was the chief executive of Pon Bike, the ...
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Many new executives have started working for Royal Robbins since...
Many new executives have started working for Royal Robbins since the American brand of travel and adventure gear was taken over last March by Fenix Outdoor International, the Swedish group, formally based in Switzerland, that owns Fjällräven, Tierra and other outdoor brands as well as Globetrotter and other outdoor specialty ...
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Jörg Tichy will be serving as marketing director at Löffler as of...
Jörg Tichy will be serving as marketing director at Löffler as of February 2019. He succeeds Reinhard Hetzeneder, who is retiring. Tichy worked previously as marketing director for Komperdell, the Austrian manufacturer of ski poles. Before joining Komperdell, the 43-year-old worked for several years in Fischer Sport's marketing department. In his new position ...
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Microban, which develops chemical treatments for textiles to control odor...
Microban, which develops chemical treatments for textiles to control odor and prevent the spread of microbes, has appointed Maté Dzakula to the post of business development manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Dzakula was born in Croatia and raised in Sydney. He will be working out of ...
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Vista Outdoor, the parent company of Camelbak, has confirmed the...
Vista Outdoor, the parent company of Camelbak, has confirmed the appointment of Dirk Ostertag as its new senior sales director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The German executive is taking over the responsibility for the region from a British executive, Andy Shand, who was based in London, ...
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Timberland continues to hire new people in a bid to...
Timberland continues to hire new people in a bid to regain some momentum. As of Feb. 1, Chris McGrath is Timberland's new vice president of global footwear design, for men's, women's and children's footwear. He reports directly to Jim Pisani, the company's global brand president, and will be relocating from ...
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Tom Ceulemans has been hired by Nemo Equipment to serve...
Tom Ceulemans has been hired by Nemo Equipment to serve as its first European sales manager, reporting to a newly appointed vice president of global sales, Mike Welch. Both have already been connected with the rather original American brand of camping equipment, which has been growing rapidly in recent years, ...
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Early this year, Uwe Gottschalk became a member of the...
Early this year, Uwe Gottschalk became a member of the executive board at Vaude, the German maker of mountain-sports gear. For the past three years, Gottschalk has led the Products Division at Vaude, focusing on sustainability and innovation. During his tenure, the proportion of sustainable Green Shape products in apparel ...
