All Executive changes articles – Page 100
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Peli, the U.S. speciality company for lighting solutions and robust...
Peli, the U.S. speciality company for lighting solutions and robust plastic cases for outdoor purposes, has hired Andy Comerford as consumer sales manager for its ProGear range of consumer products in the region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. After serving various consumer goods companies, mainly in the U.K. ...
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Dick Heckmann, a former chief executive of K2, and William...
Dick Heckmann, a former chief executive of K2, and William Grant has stepped down as director of Jarden Corp., after reaching the mandatory retirement age. One of the seats on the board will be filled until the 2017 annual meeting by Peter Hochfelder, a founder and former managing member of ...
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After four years at the top of Garmin Germany, Stefan...
After four years at the top of Garmin Germany, Stefan Bernard is to resign as managing director at his own request, effective mid-July. He will be replaced by Kai Tutschke who has been serving the GPS specialty company since 2008. Tutschke has been in charge of product marketing and sales ...
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Isaac Alvear is the new U.S. director of sales for...
Isaac Alvear is the new U.S. director of sales for Hoka One One
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Primaloft has appointed Stefan Brandt as sales & marketing territory...
Primaloft has appointed Stefan Brandt as sales & marketing territory manager for Austria, Switzerland and Southern Germany, reporting to Chris Humphris, European sales manager
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Deckers Brands has appointed Andreas Kost to the new position...
Deckers Brands has appointed Andreas Kost to the new position of sales manager of Hoka One One for the whole Central Europe region. He will run a sales team of two account managers and several field support representatives. Kost has worked for the Adidas Group and various streetwear and lifestyle ...
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PrimaLoft has announced the opening in June of its first...
PrimaLoft has announced the opening in June of its first wholly-owned subsidiary in Asia, and has hired Boris Lu as operations manager. The new office is located in Xiamen, China, a busy port city where the textile sector is well established, between the key destinations of Hong Kong and Shanghai. ...
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The Lafuma Group has appointed a new brand manager for...
The Lafuma Group has appointed a new brand manager for Eider and is in the process of recruiting a brand manager for Millet. At Eider, Aurore Calmier takes the place left vacant a few months ago by the reassignment of a manager of the group, Thibaut Cornet, to the post ...
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In the autumn, Max Hofbauer will become chief executive of...
In the autumn, Max Hofbauer will become chief executive of Bergzeit.de, the Bavarian online outdoor store that was acquired by Italy's Sportler in 2012. He will gradually take the place of its founder, Klaus Lehner, who is 55 years old and plans to retire in February 2016. Hofbauer, 52, is ...
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Topher Gaylord has resigned as president of Mountain Hardwear, the...
Topher Gaylord has resigned as president of Mountain Hardwear, the mountaineering brand owned by the Columbia Sportswear group. A dedicated ultra runner, Gaylord took the helm in 2010, after several years as an executive at The North Face and other parts of VF Corp. Scott Kerslake, the chief executive of ...
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Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram...
Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram since 1993, has been promoted to the new position of global general manager. He started off as manager of the Italian supplier of high-tech shoe soles for Italy and Spain. He later opened Vibram's offices in the U.S. in 1999 ...
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Michael Austermühle, 46, has been appointed country manager of Patagonia...
Michael Austermühle, 46, has been appointed country manager of Patagonia for Germany and Austria, replacing Norbert Sandner who has been made European alpine and climbing manager. Austermühle was most recently the German country manager of The North Face, a company with which he worked for the past seven years. Prior ...
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By the end of June, Michael Kamm will act as...
By the end of June, Michael Kamm will act as the only managing director of Sympatex Holding and its Sympatex Technologies and Plouquet subsidiaries. Jürgen Steffensen, joint managing director since 2010, will leave the group by mutual consent to pursue new managerial tasks elsewhere. He has been acting as chief ...
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Columbia Sportswear has adjusted its team for sourcing, supply chain...
Columbia Sportswear has adjusted its team for sourcing, supply chain and finance. Lisa Kulok, who has served as vice president of global marketplace planning and customer operations since October 2009, has been promoted to senior vice president of global supply chain operations. Steve Woodside, who joined the company in August ...
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Blaise Agresti is joining Petzl at the start of August...
Blaise Agresti is joining Petzl at the start of August to become global commercial director at the beginning of next year. Currently stationed in the Pyrenees, Agresti is a mountain guide with a diploma from the French military school of Saint-Cyr. Among other assignments for the Gendarmerie Nationale, he has been ...
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Ann-Katrin Cardinahl, head of category management at Globetrotter, has left...
Ann-Katrin Cardinahl, head of category management at Globetrotter, has left the German retailer after 23 years, following the appointment by the Frilufts group last November of a Swedish manager, Jan Stegrell, in charge of strategic purchasing
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Orvis has announced the selection of William R. McLaughlin as...
Orvis has announced the selection of William R. McLaughlin as its new president. He replaces Raymond G. McCready, who will retire later this year. McLaughlin, who is a former PepsiCo executive and chief executive of Select Comfort, will assume the post on July 27. At Pepsi, McLaughlin managed several international businesses ...
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Marco Sancandi has been appointed to the new position of...
Marco Sancandi has been appointed to the new position of director of operations at Garmont International, the Italian outdoor and mountaineering footwear company. A seasoned outdoor executive, Sancandi is to initiate and manage plans for Garmont's expansion, while supervising sales, marketing, research and logistics. Sancandi spent the last 15 years ...
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Pelican Products has appointed Jeff Diamond as director of product...
Pelican Products has appointed Jeff Diamond as director of product management for its consumer outdoor and travel goods markets. Based in California, Pelican is a leading manufacturer of protective case solutions and advanced portable lighting systems. Diamond is to work with the newly structured consumer division, to focus on the ...
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Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark,...
Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark, Tom Tinning, who takes the place of Thomas Vangsaard, now in charge of Denmark for Ecco. Tinning, 45, started off as a sales rep for Nike and later became Danish sales manager for the big athletic brand. He worked for ...
