All Executive changes articles – Page 105
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Cocona Natural Technologies is expanding its senior management team, led...
Cocona Natural Technologies is expanding its senior management team, led by Jeff Bowman, with the appointment of Scott Branscum, another veteran of the sporting goods industry, as executive vice president in charge of global sales, marketing and merchandising for its 37.5 brand. He was most recently president of Tumi Apparel. ...
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+Dion Taylor has resigned as European general manager of Icebreaker,...
+Dion Taylor has resigned as European general manager of Icebreaker, apparently because of health and family reasons. The New Zealand-based company declined to comment by the time of going to press but said it has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Louise Kuegler. The 42-year-old Kiwi takes the place of ...
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Timbuk2, the San Francisco-based firm best known for its customizable...
Timbuk2, the San Francisco-based firm best known for its customizable messenger bags, has announced that its chief executive, Mike Wallenfels, has resigned. The position will be covered by Ken Pucker, the company's board chairman, until a replacement is found. Wallenfels, who will continue to work with Timbuk2's board of directors ...
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Ines Dangl, the 33-year-old former sales manager of Canada Goose...
Ines Dangl, the 33-year-old former sales manager of Canada Goose for Germany, has become German commercial director of Arc'teryx. With her appointment, Reiner Kopf, the former German agent of Arc'teryx who recently became Central European manager for the brand, has completed the establishment of its new German management team.
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Alex Nicolai has left as the sports chief at Ecco,...
Alex Nicolai has left as the sports chief at Ecco, the large Danish footwear group, to take the place of Heinz Feuerecker, one of the top managers at Lowa
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Oboz Foootwear has appointed Josh Wise to the position of...
Oboz Foootwear has appointed Josh Wise to the position of marketing coordinator and graphic designer, placing him in charge of all the trade and consumer-oriented marketing communications projects of the young American outdoor footwear company. The outdoor enthusiast has worked as a graphic designer, product developer, and production manager for ...
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Vibram has appointed a director of marketing for the U.S.,...
Vibram has appointed a director of marketing for the U.S., John McMahon, who previously spent many years at Reebok
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Lundhags has hired a shoe designer, Niklas Karlsson, who previously...
Lundhags has hired a shoe designer, Niklas Karlsson, who previously worked for Hummel on retro-inspired sneakers. The Swedish outdoor brand is going on a product development offensive in the footwear segment, which was the second-largest category for the company when it was acquired by Swix Sport Group at the beginning ...
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Schöffel has assigned Patrick Schmollinger, 40, for the newly created...
Schöffel has assigned Patrick Schmollinger, 40, for the newly created position of sales manager for the company's core market, Germany. Before joining Schöffel, Schmollinger worked as strategic account manager buying groups at Puma Germany. Born in Germany but rooted in Austria, Schmollinger, former professional breaststroke swimmer, represented Austria at the ...
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After nearly six years as sales manager at Zamberlan, the...
After nearly six years as sales manager at Zamberlan, the Italian manufacturer of high-end outdoor footwear, Fabio Miotto has moved to another shoe company, Aku, where he now serves as export manager. Miotto, who previously spent six years at Tecnica, has collected much experience in exporting shoes from Italy, and ...
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Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has appointed Christian Marsch to...
Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has appointed Christian Marsch to the newly created position of sales manager for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The passionate 34-year-old freerider, cyclist and climber previously worked as key account manager for Canon. Jochen Hoffmann remains as account manager for Central and Northern Germany. ...
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Shareholders of Conzzeta, the parent company of Mammut Sports Group,...
Shareholders of Conzzeta, the parent company of Mammut Sports Group, will be asked on April 29 to approve the election of two new directors in addition to Ernst Bärtschi, the recently announced candidate for the chairmanship of the Swiss group (see issue 6-19+20 of The Compass, Oct. 16, 2013). The ...
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Stephan Hagenbusch, 34, has been appointed European marketing manager for...
Stephan Hagenbusch, 34, has been appointed European marketing manager for Black Diamond Equipment, taking the place of Saskia Stock, who is joining Transa, the largest outdoor retailer in Switzerland, and its marketing manager. Hagenbusch comes from Amer Sports, where he took care of marketing for Salomon and Suunto in Germany ...
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Casey Sheahan is leaving next Feb. 7, as chief executive...
Casey Sheahan is leaving next Feb. 7, as chief executive and president of Patagonia, a role that he held since March 2006, to return to his family in Colorado. His positions are being taken over by Rose Macario, CEO of the parent company, Patagonia Works. Both have been working closely ...
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Mark Bryden, former president of Lucy Activewear, and Jack Gilbert,...
Mark Bryden, former president of Lucy Activewear, and Jack Gilbert, founder of Mountain Hardwear, have joined the advisory board of Hydro Flask
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Chris Parkhurst, who has been running MSR's alpine and snow...
Chris Parkhurst, who has been running MSR's alpine and snow tools division, has been promoted to vice president of MSR, with profit and loss responsibility and tasked with creating new product, marketing and sales strategy for the brand, which belongs to Cascade Designs. Parkhurst is said to have been instrumental ...
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Petzl America, the North American subsidiary of Petzl, has appointed...
Petzl America, the North American subsidiary of Petzl, has appointed Oliver McLeod to a new position as manager of the company's new Petzl Technical Institute (PTI) in Clearfield, Utah, which will develop and deliver technical training programs in verticality for its network of so-called Petzl Technical Partners, or PTPs. These ...
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Andy Rubin, chief executive of Pentland Brands, has appointed Richard...
Andy Rubin, chief executive of Pentland Brands, has appointed Richard Leedham as brand president for Berghaus on an interim basis as the executive search for a successor to Richard Cotter continues. Leedham has been with Pentland for 18 years, and for the last nine years he has been a member ...
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Claudio Angaran has been named international sales and marketing manager...
Claudio Angaran has been named international sales and marketing manager of Garmont. The Italian executive has worked in the past 15 years for three other Italian outdoor firms: Trezeta, La Sportiva and Aku. Angaran takes the place of Gian Luca Farinazzo, who has left the company to work for Lowa. ...
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Vaude has announced that Peter Sontheimer, chief product officer, has...
Vaude has announced that Peter Sontheimer, chief product officer, has joined its executive board effective Jan. 1, 2014, in a move to anchor the Products segment at the executive level of the brand. In his 20 years with the German outdoor company, Sontheimer has significantly influenced the development of the ...
