All Executive changes articles – Page 102
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Pat Loomis, who has built up several European brands in...
Pat Loomis, who has built up several European brands in the U.S. market, announced that he was retiring earlier this month. He was president of Bergans USA, the North American subsidiary of the Norwegian outdoor brand. Loomis will be replaced in this job by Keith Patterson, who was previously vice ...
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Polygiene, the Swedish specialist in odor control and freshness technologies,...
Polygiene, the Swedish specialist in odor control and freshness technologies, has appointed Colleen Nipkow as marketing director for North America. Nipkow has already spent over two decades in the outdoor industry, focusing on marketing and communications for companies ranging from Black Diamond Equipment to Gregory Mountain Products and Scarpa.
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Marmot Mountain will have for the first time a general...
Marmot Mountain will have for the first time a general manager with global responsibility for product, sales and marketing. The role has been assigned to Joe Flannery, who worked for Adidas in Germany and the U.S. and then served as vice president of global marketing for The North Face. In ...
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Reiner Pichler will become on April 1 the new chief...
Reiner Pichler will become on April 1 the new chief executive of Calida Holding, the Swiss lingerie group that controls Lafuma with 59.9 percent of the shares. He will replace Felix Sulzberger, who spent 14 years at the helm of Calida and engineered the takeover of the French group. According ...
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Jill Layfield left Backcountry.com on Dec. 10 as chief executive,...
Jill Layfield left Backcountry.com on Dec. 10 as chief executive, after four years at the head of the American company, giving no reasons for her departure. A replacement has not yet been announced, but Jim Holland, a co-founder of Backcountry.com and her predecessor, remains as president. Since joining this e-commerce ...
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Alexander Nehls is switching from Adidas Outdoor to become international...
Alexander Nehls is switching from Adidas Outdoor to become international marketing director for Dynafit from the start of next year, reporting directly to Benedikt Böhm, managing director of the ski touring and mountain sports brand. Nehls will manage the international marketing team from the company's head office in Aschheim near ...
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Previously senior field sales manager at the Adidas Group in...
Previously senior field sales manager at the Adidas Group in Norway, Stian Sunde has been hired as Norwegian country manager for Haglöfs, starting from the beginning of February. This comes after the departure of Bjarne Budal, who led the Swedish outdoor brand's business in Norway for many years. At the ...
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CMP has signed an agency contract for the U.K. with...
CMP has signed an agency contract for the U.K. with Ardblair Sports, which also represents Leki, X-Bionic and Aku. Meanwhile, International Sportswear Company (ISC) is taking on the distribution in Sweden of the fast-growing Italian brand of outdoor clothing, starting with deliveries in August 2016. ISC is also the distributor ...
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Maier Sports, the German outdoor and snow sports apparel brand,...
Maier Sports, the German outdoor and snow sports apparel brand, has hired Dennis Dietrich, previously at Internetstores, to become project manager for public relations and marketing, as part of the marketing team led by Stefan Taft
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Patrick Diller has been appointed marketing manager for MSR Global...
Patrick Diller has been appointed marketing manager for MSR Global Health, an initiative launched earlier this year by Mountain Safety Research (MSR), an outdoor equipment supplier owned by Cascade Designs. His assignment is to assist Jane Mauser, MSR marketing director, in developing marketing plans and leading cross-functional teams for their ...
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Rand Whitney has been appointed as director of sales at...
Rand Whitney has been appointed as director of sales at the U.S. subsidiary for Original Buff, the Spanish provider of bandanas and other performance headwear for runners, cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts. The company said in a press release that Whitney has been in leadership functions in the general sporting goods ...
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Confluence Outdoor, the U.S. watersports equipment company, appointed Hastings Blumer...
Confluence Outdoor, the U.S. watersports equipment company, appointed Hastings Blumer as director of product management for its surf, stand-up paddleboard and paddle brands, Boardworks and Adventure Technology. He previously led strategic product line development for Adventure Technology, which is the company's performance paddle brand, as the product manager. Boardworks is ...
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Vaude has appointed a new product manager in charge of...
Vaude has appointed a new product manager in charge of its footwear division, Oliver Korden, with the aim of boosting the share of its revenues coming from this sector. Shoes represent only 3 percent of the company's turnover, but their sales grew by 15 percent this year, and the company ...
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Stefano Saccone has been appointed vice president and chief executive...
Stefano Saccone has been appointed vice president and chief executive for Eastpak, taking the place of another Italian manager, Massimo Ferrucci, who is in line to become vice president of VF Corporation in charge of emerging markets. Saccone has been working at VF's European headquarter in Switzerland since 2012 as ...
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Eagle Creek, the brand of travel equipment owned by VF...
Eagle Creek, the brand of travel equipment owned by VF Corporation, hired Lisa Buco as marketing director from the middle of December. She is to manage all aspects of marketing and to supervise seasonal key account business plans and business development. Buco was previously head of digital marketing at Condé ...
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Frank Saeger is no longer in charge of sales in...
Frank Saeger is no longer in charge of sales in Germany, Austria and Northern Italy for Sealskinz. His functions will be taken over by Mike Storey, international sales director of the British supplier of sport socks company. The decision is said to be related to a recent investment in the ...
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White Sierra says it has hired Haiqin “Jenny Chen,” who...
White Sierra says it has hired Haiqin “Jenny Chen,” who has spent 10 years as a designer for Nike, to head up its product creation team. The American brand is also investing in veteran talent at its development office in Shanghai. Its staff includes employees who have worked with Nike, ...
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Liz Robbins, co-founder of Royal Robbins and its former head...
Liz Robbins, co-founder of Royal Robbins and its former head of design, is coming back to the company as an adviser. She will work closely with Michael Millenacker, who himself returned to Royal Robbins as its chief executive in September. Liz and Royal Robbins are famous Sierra Nevada climbers. In ...
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Liz Robbins, a co-founder of Royal Robbins and its former...
Liz Robbins, a co-founder of Royal Robbins and its former head of design, is coming back to the company as an adviser, working closely with its newly appointed chief executive, Michael Millenacker
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Nemo Equipment, the U.S. supplier specializing in tents and other...
Nemo Equipment, the U.S. supplier specializing in tents and other outdoor equipment, has hired three people to expand its small team. Previously at General Electric, in global research as a materials scientist, Patrick McCluskey has been appointed product manager at Nemo. His Ph. D. from Harvard in Engineering Sciences sits ...
