That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 89
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Creating new positions, Bergans of Norway appoints Bart Meijers...
Creating new positions, Bergans of Norway appoints Bart Meijers as international sales director and Karl Henrik Felde as international marketing manager (more in our Outdoor Industry Compass)
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XXL ASA has announced the appointment of Anders Kjellén as...
XXL ASA has announced the appointment of Anders Kjellén as the new managing director of its operations in Norway, starting in the 4th quarter of 2016. He has been the chief executive of Mammut Ajungilak since 2012, and he is currently the managing director of Mammut for all the Nordic ...
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Bedivar, which has been the agent of Crocs in Portugal,...
Bedivar, which has been the agent of Crocs in Portugal, changed its status to that of the brand's exclusive distributor in the country on July 1. Run by a Portuguese industry veteran, Carlos Alemão, Bedivar has been distributing foreign footwear brands since 1990. Crocs said the change was meant to ...
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Jean-Michel Granier, who has been heading up the Adidas Group...
Jean-Michel Granier, who has been heading up the Adidas Group in South Korea for the last two years, has been appointed as the group's managing director for Latin America from the start of July. Granier previously ran the Adidas Group's subsidiary in Italy and then became managing director for south ...
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Florian Grocs, who has been acting as German country manager...
Florian Grocs, who has been acting as German country manager for J.Lindeberg, has been appointed sales director for the whole Region Central Europe, as the Swedish company is taking over its former independent distributors in the Benelux countries. The former country manager for Switzerland, Mario Messerli, will be in charge ...
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Oliver Pabst, the 50-year-old German manager who left as executive...
Oliver Pabst, the 50-year-old German manager who left as executive board member in charge of sales and marketing at Willy Bogner a few months ago after nine years with that company, will take up the role of chief executive of the Mammut Sports Group on Sept. 1. He will replace ...
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Chris Licata will take the place of Peter Weaver as...
Chris Licata will take the place of Peter Weaver as chief executive of Tecnica USA when the latter retires on Sept. 6. Licata returned to the winter sports business in 2010, working under Weaver in the Tecnica/Blizzard division, after acting as president and CEO of Blake's All Natural Foods since ...
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Ken Meidell, the former president and chief executive of Outdoor...
Ken Meidell, the former president and chief executive of Outdoor Research, has been named by Altamont Capital as chief executive of Dakine, which the investment firm acquired from Billabong in July 2013. He succeeds Leslie Lane, who left Dakine in January to take the position of president at Dr. Martens ...
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Performance Sports Group (PSG), which owns Bauer, Mission, Easton and...
Performance Sports Group (PSG), which owns Bauer, Mission, Easton and other brands, has appointed Harlan Kent as its new chief executive and as a member of its board of directors, both effective on June 20. Amir Rosenthal, president of PSG, had acted as interim CEO at the sports equipment manufacturer ...
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Colin Israel, former managing director for Asia at Black Diamond,...
Colin Israel, former managing director for Asia at Black Diamond, has become chief operating officer and chief financial officer for Alpha Industries, a U.S. brand of outerwear. Israel's function at Black Diamond included running factories, warehouses and distribution centers, along with customer service. He was previously the chief information officer ...
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Odlo recently appointed Phillip Weston as its new general manager...
Odlo recently appointed Phillip Weston as its new general manager for the U.K. and Ireland. Weston was most recently at Esprit, where he served as vice president and head of the U.K., Ireland and Benelux region. In his new role at Odlo, he will manage all aspects of the Odlo ...
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Christophe Weissenberger has been appointed chief executive officer in charge...
Christophe Weissenberger has been appointed chief executive officer in charge of marketing and sales at the Uvex Sports Group, an arm of the Uvex Group that sells goggles and glasses with the Uvex and Alpina brands. He will join the company at the end of August and fill the position ...
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Timo Fleischmann was appointed to the position of international sales...
Timo Fleischmann was appointed to the position of international sales manager at Uhlsport at the beginning of June. He has been working for the German team sports company since 2002, taking responsibility for the sales and product management department of Spalding, a licensed brand. In his new position, Fleischmann reports ...
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Sebastian Lund has been appointed as chief human resources officer...
Sebastian Lund has been appointed as chief human resources officer and member of the executive board at Amer Sports, the Finnish sports equipment group that owns Salomon and Arc'teryx along with Atomic, Wilson, Precor and other brands. He will join Amer Sports at the beginning of October after 20 years ...
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Antoine Haincourt has been appointed expert associate at the EM...
Antoine Haincourt has been appointed expert associate at the EM Lyon Business School, in charge of its international master's degree course on the sports industry. He takes the place of Pascal Aymar, who has decided to work for another university-level program in the same sector, as we have already reported. ...
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Andreas Stenman has been appointed as the new managing director...
Andreas Stenman has been appointed as the new managing director of the XXL ASA chain in Sweden, with effect from Sept. 1. He will take the place of Marcus Wibergh, who left the fast-expanding Norwegian-based sports retailer in April. Stenman is currently still head of sales at Rusta Sweden. He ...
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Renaud Vaschalde, sporting goods market analyst with the NPD Group,...
Renaud Vaschalde, sporting goods market analyst with the NPD Group, has left the company, but his successor has not yet been announced
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Reynolds Cycling has hired Alexander Mai as sales and marketing...
Reynolds Cycling has hired Alexander Mai as sales and marketing manager for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Prior to joining the Utah-based maker of premium carbon fiber bicycle wheels, Mai spent four years at Lezyne USA as European sales and marketing manager, managing accounts in around 30 ...
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Rolf Reinschmidt, who has driven the Adidas brand's business in...
Rolf Reinschmidt, who has driven the Adidas brand's business in the outdoor market since 2007, has relinquished this leadership role to become an internal consultant in the Adidas brand team from the start of June. Reinschmidt will not be replaced as outdoor general manager because the division was integrated into ...
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Gerald Evans, a 30-year veteran of Hanesbrands who is currently...
Gerald Evans, a 30-year veteran of Hanesbrands who is currently its chief operating officer, will replace Rich Noll, chief executive and executive chairman, on Oct. 1. Among other recent feats, Evans spearheaded the company's development of a low-cost global supply chain and some of its recent acquisitions. Champion Europe was ...
