All Executive changes articles – Page 105
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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. ...
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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 ...
