All Executive changes articles – Page 101
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Jim van Dine will no longer run Hoka One One,...
Jim van Dine will no longer run Hoka One One, the fast-growing brand of trail running shoes. It seems that his departure is connected with plans of the new owner of the brand, Deckers Corp., to consolidate its operations, based in the San Francisco Bay area, into its own head ...
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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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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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Salomon has appointed Anthony Diana as its new regional category...
Salomon has appointed Anthony Diana as its new regional category manager for footwear in the U.S. Diana has more than nine years of experience in the outdoor industry and seven years with multiple brands within the Amer Sports group, Salomon's parent company. For these brands, he has served as product ...
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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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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed John Coe as managing director of...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed John Coe as managing director of its London-based subsidiary, taking the place of Dan LeVesconte, to “drive continued growth” for its brands in the region. As general manager of Chaco since March 2011, Coe has been running Wolverine's fastest-growing brand. He gained international experience as president ...
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Attila Hegyi, former purchasing manager at Mountex, the leading Hungarian...
Attila Hegyi, former purchasing manager at Mountex, the leading Hungarian outdoor retailer, is switching to Singing Rock from the start of October to supervise the Czech outdoor equipment supplier's European sales. This is a new function at Singing Rock, where Hegyi will be reporting to Guilherme Settanni, sales and marketing ...
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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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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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Matt J. Reintjes has left Vista Outdoor, where he was...
Matt J. Reintjes has left Vista Outdoor, where he was running the outdoor products division, to become the first professional chief executive of Yeti Coolers, effective Aug. 31. Roy Seiders, who founded the American company with his brother Ryan nine years ago, will remain Yeti's chairman, concentrating on strategy and ...
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Patagonia has hired Alex Beasley as its new country manager...
Patagonia has hired Alex Beasley as its new country manager for the U.K. & Ireland. The announcement has come after a series of recent hires and reorganizations as the company continues its restructuring across Europe. Beasley will manage Patagonia's wholesale business and support its retail and e-commerce strategy in the ...
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Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the...
Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the Taobao marketplace and a dozen other operations, has hired a Canadian-born executive, Michael Evans, as president in its bid to expand internationally. He reports to Daniel Zhang, the group's chief executive who succeeded Jonathan Lu in May. His initial task ...
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John McCarvel, who retired as president and chief executive of...
John McCarvel, who retired as president and chief executive of Crocs last April, has become lead investor and chairman of Xero Shoes, a U.S. company that produces versatile and lightweight performance and recreation sandals. Dennis Driscoll, who joined Xero three years ago and is now acting as its chief product ...
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Sympatex Technologies has appointed Derk Spingler, 42, as vice president...
Sympatex Technologies has appointed Derk Spingler, 42, as vice president for North America. He takes the place of Stephen Kerns, who has become the president of Schoeller Textil USA. Kerns replaces Tom Weinbender, who is leaving after working for Schoeller for 35 years, the last 21 at the head of ...
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Vincent Wauters, president of Arc'teryx, has been appointed head of...
Vincent Wauters, president of Arc'teryx, has been appointed head of the apparel business unit for the whole Amer Sports group, taking the place of Jean-Philippe Torgue, who has not been active for several months. Wauters will have a similar function as Jean-Marc Pambet, president of the Salomon brand, who is ...
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Hannes Oehler has been appointed area manager for Germany, Austria...
Hannes Oehler has been appointed area manager for Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe at La Sportiva. He has replaced Luigi Tamai, who left in January to join Tecnica. Oehler is to report to Lorenzo Sani, who became La Sportiva's sales and marketing director last November, switching over from Montura. La ...
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Austrialpin has a new international sales manager, Helmut Knoflach, who...
Austrialpin has a new international sales manager, Helmut Knoflach, who previously did a similar job at Stubai
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Outdoor Research has a new marketing manager, Erika Canfield, who...
Outdoor Research has a new marketing manager, Erika Canfield, who worked in the last ten years for Pacific Market International (PMI), the parent company of Stanley and Aladdin
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Erwin van Dop, formerly in charge of Salomon and then...
Erwin van Dop, formerly in charge of Salomon and then Columbia in the Netherlands, has switched to Hi-Tec to become managing director for the Dutch footwear brand in the Benelux countries, along with Germany and Austria. He takes over from Peter Korver, who left earlier this year to become managing director ...
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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. ...
