That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 77
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Callaway Golf Co. has appointed Brian Lynch as its new...
Callaway Golf Co. has appointed Brian Lynch as its new chief financial officer. He will also continue as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Lynch, who joined Callaway in 1999, was named general counsel in 2012. He assumed the additional role of interim CFO in April, filling the ...
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The supervisory board of Kettler has appointed Olaf Bierhoff as...
The supervisory board of Kettler has appointed Olaf Bierhoff as the new managing director and chief financial officer to replace Stephan Mathys. The 53-year-old Bierhoff joins from Severin Elektrogeräte GmbH where he has worked for 17 years, most recently as head of finance and controlling as well as head of ...
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Carsten Schreiter has been appointed director of procurement for Willy...
Carsten Schreiter has been appointed director of procurement for Willy Bogner. His job will be to intensify relations between the sourcing and product development processes. The 48-year-old manager started his career at Klaus Steilmann, a big German apparel company. He then worked for the Holy Fashion Group and Strellson. He ...
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Martin Vergien has been appointed as vice president and managing...
Martin Vergien has been appointed as vice president and managing director of Coleman in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He formally takes over from Marc Hill, after several months in the same position on an interim basis. Vergien is taking charge on a regional basis of the Coleman, ...
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Christian Fischer will serve as the agent of Blackyak in...
Christian Fischer will serve as the agent of Blackyak in Austria
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Nixon, the brand of sports watches and accessories, will have...
Nixon, the brand of sports watches and accessories, will have a new chief executive, Scott Kerslake. The American manager is set to leave the Columbia Sportswear group on Aug. 18. The has been running Prana since 2009, building it up to reach a turnover of $100 million by 2014, when ...
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Creating a new position, Peak Performance has hired Miklos von...
Creating a new position, Peak Performance has hired Miklos von Pronay as urban sales representative for Central Europe. His job will be to expand the brand's sales in the fashion sector. Von Pronay comes from Tiger of Sweden, where he covered the German-speaking countries. He previously worked for Closed as ...
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Gary Klein is stepping down as chief financial officer of...
Gary Klein is stepping down as chief financial officer of Sequential Brands at the end of August, and the company's president, Andrew Cooperon, will take his place on an interim basis until a replacemen t is found
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Harold Rubrech, who left last year as CEO of Sport...
Harold Rubrech, who left last year as CEO of Sport 2000 International, is now running a printing company in Bruchsal, the Adam NG Group
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Davide Bertuzzi is taking over in October as the new...
Davide Bertuzzi is taking over in October as the new chief financial officer of Decathlon Italia. He joined Decathlon in Italy almost 20 years ago, but spent the last few years in finance management in France and Turkey. Returning to Italy, Bertuzzi will take the place of Lorenzo Mian, who ...
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Confirming the company's fashion-oriented approach, Canada Goose is proposing the...
Confirming the company's fashion-oriented approach, Canada Goose is proposing the nomination of Maureen Chiquet, a former CEO of Chanel, as a member of the board of directors at the shareholders' meeting scheduled for Aug. 15
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Fitness News Europe reports that Yan Martin has been appointed...
Fitness News Europe reports that Yan Martin has been appointed to take over from Chris Froio as vice president of Reebok for Western Europe from the start of August. Martin will lead the fitness apparel and footwear brand's market strategy in Western Europe, and he will report directly to Alain ...
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The Falke Group has appointed Martin Winkler as its new...
The Falke Group has appointed Martin Winkler as its new chief executive. The 48-year-old will replace Uwe Bergheim who has stepped down with his retirement. Winkler joins the German hosiery company from LG Electronics where he was chief operating officer responsible for the German consumer business. Previously, he worked for ...
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Lars Oolberg has been appointed to a new position as...
Lars Oolberg has been appointed to a new position as chief operating officer of Rapala VMC. He will be in charge of all its businesses except Russia, Japan and the Hooks division of the group, which handles manufacturing of fishing hooks. These other operations will report directly to Jussi Ristimäki, ...
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CEP has appointed Lena Heinrich as its new apparel manager....
CEP has appointed Lena Heinrich as its new apparel manager. Heinrich, a trained textile designer and a successful triathlete, will join the clothing team of the compression brand led by Jochen Seitz. After completing her training as a seamstress, Heinrich studied design at the University of Hof. Her last position ...
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David Dinis has been made account manager for Kappa in...
David Dinis has been made account manager for Kappa in Portugal
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Accell Group has announced the appointment of Ton Anbeek as...
Accell Group has announced the appointment of Ton Anbeek as its new chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors, effective Nov. 1. Anbeek is currently the CEO of Beter Bed Holding. A pan-European group of companies operating in the area of beds and mattresses at wholeslae and ...
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Monique Matheson, a woman who has spent 19 years at...
Monique Matheson, a woman who has spent 19 years at Nike in various roles, has been promoted to the position of executive vice president in charge of global human resources. Reporting directly to Mark Parker, chairman, president and chief executive of Nike, she is replacing David Ayre who will retire ...
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Peter Sontheimer, a former manager of Vaude who was placed...
Peter Sontheimer, a former manager of Vaude who was placed in charge of product management, design and purchasing at Ziener, the German producer of sports gloves, has been made a member of the company's executive board
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Jan-Elof Cavander, senior vice president of Rapala VMC in charge...
Jan-Elof Cavander, senior vice president of Rapala VMC in charge of treasury, finance, corporate planning and IT, has been appointed as chief financial officer of the Finnish-based company and a member of its executive committee
