That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 88
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Bridgestone Golf has hired Angel Ilagan as president and chief...
Bridgestone Golf has hired Angel Ilagan as president and chief executive, responsible for overseeing all aspects of the specialty sports-equipment maker's core business functions, including product planning, sales, marketing and customer operations. Ilagan comes with broad experience in marketing and luxury goods. Before joining the Covington, Georgia-based subsidiary of Bridgestone ...
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Ecco Golf has announced the appointment of Andrzej Bikowski as...
Ecco Golf has announced the appointment of Andrzej Bikowski as its new lead designer, effective Aug. 15. Most recently, he was head of the design team at Ecco Sport. As an expert in industrial design and the shoe making process, Bikowski has worked at a number of lifestyle and sports ...
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Stefan Rosenkranz and Reinhold Hugo, who have been acting as...
Stefan Rosenkranz and Reinhold Hugo, who have been acting as country managers of Salewa Sport for Germany and Switzerland, respectively, are going to leave the Oberalp Group as part of the reorganization of its activities in Central Europe. Christoph Mannel, who has been the general manager of Oberalp Austria since ...
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In a bid to bolster its accelerating international business, Under...
In a bid to bolster its accelerating international business, Under Armour has named a company veteran, Kip Fulks, as chief product officer, and recruited two new executives to its senior management team - Colin Browne as president of global sourcing, and Andy Donkin as chief marketing officer. Both men will ...
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Siegfried Passreiter, who is now 61 years old, has retired...
Siegfried Passreiter, who is now 61 years old, has retired from Fischer and Löffler after 18 years of work for the Austrian company, where he acted most recently as managing director of its German subsidiary. As planned, his position has been taken over by Walter Wensauer, sales manager of the ...
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In its third high-profile hire in recent months, Keen has...
In its third high-profile hire in recent months, Keen has appointed Tyler LaMotte to the new position of global vice president of brand marketing. Prior to Keen, LaMotte served as Apple's senior marketer, in charge of worldwide product marketing. He also worked at Patagonia as global business unit director for ...
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Nike has promoted Steve Lesnard as vice president and general...
Nike has promoted Steve Lesnard as vice president and general manager for global running, with effect from Aug. 1. He takes the place of Patrick Seehafer, who will become vice president of merchandising for Europe. Lesnard, who is currently in charge of running for North America, has spent 19 years ...
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In the framework of an internal restructuring process, Head Sport...
In the framework of an internal restructuring process, Head Sport appointed Roman Stepek as chief executive for its sportswear division with effect from July 1. Stepek, who replaces Daniel Gottschall, reports directly to Head's controlling shareholder and chief executive, Johan Eliasch. He will be responsible for the realignment of Head's ...
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Black Diamond Europe says it has completed its staff, with...
Black Diamond Europe says it has completed its staff, with 29 highly motivated members at its new headquarters in Innsbruck. Run by Tim Bantle, the top management includes Craig Foster, Georg Hoffberger and Stephan Hagenbusch. Foster, who has been with BD since 2009, is taking over the role of director ...
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Sally Pitkin is resigning as a director of Billabong International...
Sally Pitkin is resigning as a director of Billabong International to dedicate her time to her recent appointment as a member of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
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Cornelis Hendrik (Cees) de Witte will start a new assignment...
Cornelis Hendrik (Cees) de Witte will start a new assignment on Aug. 1 as chief executive of X-Bionic, the Swiss developer of high-tech sportswear and socks. He will take the place of the company's 66-year-old founder and owner, Professor Bodo Lambertz, who will become chairman. De Witte recently left Spyder ...
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Black Diamond Equipment has appointed Rick Vance as director of...
Black Diamond Equipment has appointed Rick Vance as director of quality, overseeing the company's quality policy, control and processes. He come from Petzl America, where he was responsible for quality control and managed the Petzl Technical Institute as its technical director. Prior to that, he worked as a mechanical engineer ...
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Musto has appointed Steve Jepson as its new head of...
Musto has appointed Steve Jepson as its new head of sales. He will manage the U.K. and Eire sales team and will take responsibility for all wholesale channels. He will report to Simon Busby, Musto's commercial director. Jepson was previously head of sales for Hunter, the British heritage brand best ...
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Coolcore, the company specializing in chemical-free cooling fabrics, has appointed...
Coolcore, the company specializing in chemical-free cooling fabrics, has appointed David Lund as vice president of global marketing. Lund has served in senior marketing positions for over 20 years, working for brands such as Levi's, Nike, Timberland, MBT and Converse.
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Rüdiger Fox has been appointed as the new chief executive...
Rüdiger Fox has been appointed as the new chief executive of Sympatex Technologies, taking the place of Michael Kamm, who is leaving by mutual consent after six years in the post. Like Kamm, he will also act as speaker for the management. Haiko Stüting will remain as joint managing director ...
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BRG Sports has announced the appointment of Dan Arment as...
BRG Sports has announced the appointment of Dan Arment as its new chief executive. He replaces Terry Lee, who will become a strategic adviser to the company and continue to serve as executive chairman. In addition, Arment has been promoted to chief executive of Riddell, the company's core football brand. ...
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Rapala has announced the appointment of Jorma Kasslin, currently chief...
Rapala has announced the appointment of Jorma Kasslin, currently chief executive officer, as full-time executive chairman of the board, while the current deputy chief executive officer, Jussi Ristimäki, has been promoted to president and chief executive officer. Ristimäki's previous responsibilities as chief financial officer will be shared between Anu Koskinen ...
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Amer Sports has appointed Emilio Morabito as vice president in...
Amer Sports has appointed Emilio Morabito as vice president in charge of commercial portfolio management for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), replacing Markus Ense who left at the end of June after appointing several field sales managers and strategic account managers who are now working with the sales ...
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Confirming an article in Boardsports Source, Adidas says it is...
Confirming an article in Boardsports Source, Adidas says it is building up a dedicated action sports team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) under the Adidas Originals umbrella, servicing primarily the skate and snowboard community. The Western Europe unit has been run since last year by Bjorn Wiersma, ...
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Björn Hamacher is taking the place of Michael Price at...
Björn Hamacher is taking the place of Michael Price at Asics Europe as director of marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, reporting to Alistair Cameron, chief executive of Asics EMEA. He will be responsible for Asics' performance brands as well as its lifestyle brands, Asics Tiger and Onitsuka ...
