That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 99
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Joe O'Neil, who spent more than 30 years in the...
Joe O'Neil, who spent more than 30 years in the athletic footwear business, is to take over as chief executive at Newton Running, replacing the company's co-founder, Jerry Lee. O'Neil is to lead operations, product development, sales, marketing, merchandising and finance. Lee will remain as Newton Running's chairman, stepping away ...
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Rapala has expanded its executive board from five to seven...
Rapala has expanded its executive board from five to seven members and created the new position of deputy chief executive officer, which will be filled by Jussi Ristimäki. In addition to his current role as chief financial officer, Ristimäki will have the overall responsibility of group's supply chain and working ...
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Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was...
Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was appointed in July to take the place of Joe Sanchez, who became vice president of product development at Costa Sunglasses last December. Like Sanchez, Peters has worked for many years at Zeal's parent company, Maui Jim Sunglasses. He started as ...
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Reebok's efforts to expand in Europe have become more harmonized...
Reebok's efforts to expand in Europe have become more harmonized since Chris Froio was appointed to head up the fitness brand's business around Western Europe in February. Based in Herzogenaurach, he reports directly to Gil Steyaert, managing director of the Adidas Group for Western Europe. This regional layer was created ...
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Creating a new position, Intersport Austria has appointed Jens Kromny...
Creating a new position, Intersport Austria has appointed Jens Kromny as head of own retail. This former manager of Peek & Cloppenburg will take care of the 40 corporate Intersport stores in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Intersport Austria is a subsidiary of Intersport Germany, which also owns ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Richelle T. Luther as senior vice...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Richelle T. Luther as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. She has been the company's deputy general counsel since 2008. Columbia has also named David M. Brulé as general manager of the company's wholly owned Canadian subsidiary. A former director of Reebok Canada, he ...
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Patagonia has appointed Lisa Pike Sheehy to the newly-created role...
Patagonia has appointed Lisa Pike Sheehy to the newly-created role of vice-president of environmental activism. She will report directly to Patagonia's chief executive, Rose Macario. Pike Sheehy is also on the board of the Outdoor Industry Association. This year Patagonia has donated $6.2 million to 741 grassroots environmental groups. The ...
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Creating a new position, Billabong has appointed Deanna Jackson as...
Creating a new position, Billabong has appointed Deanna Jackson as vice president of women's sales for North America
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Vaude has announced the departure of Peter Sontheimer, product manager,...
Vaude has announced the departure of Peter Sontheimer, product manager, after working for the company for more than 21 years. He says he decided to leave Vaude to be closer to his family in the area of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Sontheimer became a member of Vaude's executive board last year. The company ...
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After divesting several non-core operations, IC Group has shrunk its...
After divesting several non-core operations, IC Group has shrunk its executive board from eight to six members. The former chief financial officer, Rud Trabjerg Pedersen, and the former chief executive of By Malene Birger, Charlotte Egelund, have resigned from their positions. Alexander Martensen-Larsen, 40, will be the group's new CFO, adding ...
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Claes Broqvist, who has resigned after six years as sales...
Claes Broqvist, who has resigned after six years as sales director of Odlo Sportswear, is moving from Switzerland to Italy next January to fill a new position at Oberalp, parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and other brands, as regional general manager in charge of North America, Asia, the U.K. and ...
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Gianni Crespi, 56, is reportedly going to act as the...
Gianni Crespi, 56, is reportedly going to act as the new chief executive and vice chairman of Basicnet from next May, when the company's chairman and founder, Marco Boglione, will turn 60. Basicnet, which is the parent company of Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way and Superga, is not confirming or ...
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Marti Batalla, who founded Grifone in 1984, is leaving the...
Marti Batalla, who founded Grifone in 1984, is leaving the Spanish outerwear company after more than 20 years at its helm. His departure is related to the acquisition of a controlling stake in the company by Ramón Cierco, who began to invest in Grifone in 2011. Other shareholders are Sandro ...
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Daniel Nedess, who has been working for Killtec for 12...
Daniel Nedess, who has been working for Killtec for 12 years; joins the executive board of the German company as managing director responsible for sales
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Michael Millenacker has returned to Royal Robbins as its new...
Michael Millenacker has returned to Royal Robbins as its new chief executive, starting immediately and replacing Bob Orlando. He will also serve on the board directors of BRS Outdoor Holdings, owner of Royal Robbins, which is looking at new acquisitions (more on this and on the company in the next ...
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Pon Holdings, the owner of Gazelle, Derby Cycle and other...
Pon Holdings, the owner of Gazelle, Derby Cycle and other brands, has announced changes at the head of Pon Bicycle Group. Armin Landgraf is the new chief executive, replacing the retiring Rob Oudshoorn, who has led Pon Bicycle Group since Jan. 1, 2013 and has been a member of the ...
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Crocs has promoted Terence Reilly from vice president of global...
Crocs has promoted Terence Reilly from vice president of global marketing to senior vice president and chief marketing officer
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Jussi Mikkola of Finland has been confirmed as the chairman...
Jussi Mikkola of Finland has been confirmed as the chairman of Intersport International Corp. (IIC) for at least one year, replacing Klaus Jost who resigned a few months ago following his departure from Intersport Germany. The annual meeting of the organization, which was held in Sweden, also elected Steve Evers, ...
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Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs...
Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs since 2011, is leaving the company in early November to occupy a similar position at West Marine. Mike Smith, a former executive of Collective Brands and Wolverine Worldwide who joined Crocs earlier this year as senior vice president of finance, ...
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Dorel Sports has appointed Russell Merry to the role of...
Dorel Sports has appointed Russell Merry to the role of senior vice president and general manager of North America and the U.K. for Cycling Sports Group (CSG), which sells Cannondale and other bike brands to independent bicycle dealers (IBDs). He will report directly to Peter Woods, president and chief executive ...
