That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 66
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Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire...
Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire as the company's president and chief executive effective Dec. 31, and that Fabrizio Gamberini has been hired as the new president of the U.S. operation. Also, the company has announced that Richard Riegel, currently a member of U.S. company's board ...
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Albert Habsburg was recently appointed to the position of commercial...
Albert Habsburg was recently appointed to the position of commercial director at Schöffel, responsible for controlling, finances, legal issues and all financial matters linked to the company's operative business. For the past 17 years, Habsburg had been working for Kunert, the sock specialist based in Germany. Schöffel has restructured its ...
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Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who...
Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who will report to Kasper Rorsted, the company's chief executive. The previous general counsel, Frank Dassler, left the company earlier this year, and Paul Ehrlich had stepped in on an interim basis. Ehrlich will resume his post as general counsel for ...
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Accell Group, the parent company of bicycle brands including Raleigh,...
Accell Group, the parent company of bicycle brands including Raleigh, Sparta, Atala, Haibike and others, has announced the appointment of Ruben Baldew as the new chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors, effective Nov. 1. Baldew, who currently serves as financial director at Unilever Thailand, will ...
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Brian Small, who is now 62 years old, is retiring...
Brian Small, who is now 62 years old, is retiring as chief financial officer of JD Sports Fashion on Oct. 31 after 15 years with the company, which has made many important acquisitions lately, including those of Go Outdoors in the U.K. and The Finish Line in the U.S. Under ...
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100%, a brand of motorcross eyewear based in California that...
100%, a brand of motorcross eyewear based in California that is branching out into cycling, has hired Mike Wilson as marketing manager, a newly-created position. Wilson has more than 20 years of experience in go-to-market strategies and brand management. Most recently, he served as a marketing and public relations agent ...
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Tina Rolén, former marketing director at Haglöfs, has joined VF...
Tina Rolén, former marketing director at Haglöfs, has joined VF Corp. to take the marketing lead at Vans in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Rolén has spent many years in the sports, outdoor and fashion industry, working with brands from Nike and Adidas to Mini Rodini and Haglöfs. ...
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Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong,...
Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong, has been named president of an American brand of mountain lifestyle clothing, Mountain Khakis, otherwise known as MK. He is taking the place of Ross Saldarini, who founded the company 15 years ago. He has left, reportedly to pursue other ...
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Hummel, the Danish sports brand, assigned Marcus Leykam to the...
Hummel, the Danish sports brand, assigned Marcus Leykam to the position as sales manager for sports, responsible for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets. The 43-year-old worked in the past 20 years in the team sports segment for various brands, most recently for Jako in Switzerland. At Hummel, he will ...
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As reported in our previous issue, Knut Are Høgberg has been...
As reported in our previous issue, Knut Are Høgberg has been appointed to take over as new chief executive at Odlo. After his appointment, the Swiss outdoor brand presented a new executive management team consisting of him along with Adrian Schürmann, chief finance officer and Barbara Hösli, chief people officer. The ...
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Puma is strengthening its corporate communications team with the appointment...
Puma is strengthening its corporate communications team with the appointment of Robert Jan Bartunek as senior manager of corporate communications. He will report to Kerstin Neuber, who was recently promoted to the position of senior head of communications following the departure of Ulf Santjer. Bartunek, 36, has worked as journalist ...
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Lululemon has appointed a new chief product officer, Sun Choe,...
Lululemon has appointed a new chief product officer, Sun Choe, to replace Tara Poseley who left in October 2015. The company's creative director, Lee Holman, had taken on the responsibility on an interim basis until Choe joined the company in 2016 as president of global merchandising. She previously worked for ...
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Louis Garneau, the Canadian cycling specialist, has appointed Martin Trudel...
Louis Garneau, the Canadian cycling specialist, has appointed Martin Trudel as executive leader of global sales and marketing. He will be responsible for the company's Garneau, Sugoi and Sombrio brands, and for overseeing new business development and opportunities. A 20-year veteran of the sporting goods industry, Trudel started to work ...
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Niels de Lange has been appointed as sales manager for...
Niels de Lange has been appointed as sales manager for the bike division of Shimano Europe, based in Eindhoven, replacing René Veenbuizen who has become the managing director of Shimano Benelux. De Lange has been working with Shimano since 2007, most recently as senior OEM sales manager. Shimano Europe has ...
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Peter Kuhl, former joint managing director of Uhlsport, left the...
Peter Kuhl, former joint managing director of Uhlsport, left the company at his own request at the end of July to take up new challenges. Since 2008, Kuhl worked for the German team sports company in various departments, among others in finance, purchasing, logistics, IT and quality assurance. He was ...
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Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong,...
Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong, has been named president of an American outdoor brand, Mountain Khakis, taking the place of the company's founder, Ross Saldarini
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Foot Locker has appointed a new senior vice president and...
Foot Locker has appointed a new senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Elizabeth S. Norberg, who comes from the hotel business
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Brunswick Corp. has appointed Marie Graul as chief financial officer...
Brunswick Corp. has appointed Marie Graul as chief financial officer of Life Fitness, where she will oversee the planned spinoff of the group's fitness operations into a separate publicly traded company
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Shimano Europe has announced the appointment of Erik Naberman as...
Shimano Europe has announced the appointment of Erik Naberman as managing director of its fishing tackle division. He replaces Cor Ax, who left the company earlier this year. Naberman has been with Shimano for 21 years. Most recently, he was managing director of Shimano Benelux, a role that he has ...
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Thomas Aigner has been appointed as global marketing director for...
Thomas Aigner has been appointed as global marketing director for Salewa from the start of November. He will take over from Maurizio Priano, who has been in charge of the outdoor brand's marketing for five years and who left the company at the end of July. Aigner spent the last ...
