All Executive changes articles – Page 107
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Anders Blomster will be the new marketing manager at Lundhags....
Anders Blomster will be the new marketing manager at Lundhags. In August, he will replace the current marketing manager, Sara Wänseth. Blomster has served as marketing manager at Naturkompaniet, the Swedish outdoor retail chain, and at an internet store, Outnorth.
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Schöffel, the German marketer of outdoor and snow sports apparel,...
Schöffel, the German marketer of outdoor and snow sports apparel, has appointed a couple of new managers in the sales and product development departments. Effective July 1, Bernd Dietrich will switch from Vaude to Schöffel and will assume the new role of international sales manager, reporting to the brand manager, Christophe ...
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Johnson Outdoors has appointed Gianluca Bugli as director of sales...
Johnson Outdoors has appointed Gianluca Bugli as director of sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the company's Diving business. These new responsibilities are in addition to Bugli's continued strategic oversight of European sales and marketing for the company's Marine Electronics business. Bugli has more than 25 ...
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Pentland Brands has appointed Richard Newcombe brand president for Lacoste...
Pentland Brands has appointed Richard Newcombe brand president for Lacoste Footwear. He takes the place of Andy Simister, who left the company last October and is now working for Wolverine Worldwide (see the article in this issue). Newcombe has been in the footwear industry for 27 years. He joined Pentland ...
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Schwabel Corporation has appointed Mark Thomas as marketing manager for...
Schwabel Corporation has appointed Mark Thomas as marketing manager for its Thermacell mosquito repellent division
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Jochen Lagemann, Primaloft's managing director for Europe, has been granted...
Jochen Lagemann, Primaloft's managing director for Europe, has been granted additional responsibilities. As well as Europe, he will also be in charge of Asia. This position is new. At the same time, the American specialty company for insulation solutions has appointed Eileen Berner to the role of sales director for ...
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Joachim Sjödin, who has been responsible for the Scandinavian market...
Joachim Sjödin, who has been responsible for the Scandinavian market at Peak Performance since 2012, sees his territorial coverage expanded in the new position of European sales director. In addition to the Nordic countries, he will also take care of France, Benelux and the German-speaking countries. Andreas Scheibe, who has ...
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Chas Fisher, former president of Nikwax USA, has been hired...
Chas Fisher, former president of Nikwax USA, has been hired by Cascade Designs to act as “vice president of customer experience”
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Doug Boessen, former chief financial officer of Collective Brands, has...
Doug Boessen, former chief financial officer of Collective Brands, has joined Garmin as CFO and treasurer, reporting to the company's president and chief executive, Cliff Pemble. Boessen had worked previously at Arthur Andersen. Kevin Rauckmann, who has been Garmin's CFO and treasurer since 1999, will assist Boessen in the transition through ...
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Oboz has named Christian Mason as its national sales manager...
Oboz has named Christian Mason as its national sales manager for the U.S., effective June 15. Mason will lead Oboz' independent sales force for North America, and develop overall strategies to stimulate the continued growth of the outdoor footwear company in the domestic market. Mason comes with 20 years of ...
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Two professionals with experience in female-oriented products are joining the...
Two professionals with experience in female-oriented products are joining the product design and development team of Mountain Hardwear, working under Robert Fry, director of product merchandising and product for this subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear. Bringing women-specific expertise from the years she spent as product line manager at Columbia and Eddie ...
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Johan Nordqvist has joined Klättermusen as its chief executive, after...
Johan Nordqvist has joined Klättermusen as its chief executive, after gaining experience in general management and sales and marketing in an international environment. After holding numerous positions at Procter & Gamble, he worked most recently in Shanghai as vice president for Asia at EF Education First, the leading international education ...
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Granger's, the U.K. specialty company of aftercare products for shoes,...
Granger's, the U.K. specialty company of aftercare products for shoes, apparel and tents, has announced new staff appointments. David Feeney will oversee the product development and the quality control and testing lab. He will also manage customers' technical training. Feeney has been with Granger's as quality assurance and development technician ...
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Big Agnes has named Will McElwain, who has spent four...
Big Agnes has named Will McElwain, who has spent four years with The North Face, to the newly created position of product designer
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Rob Kass has been appointed president of Gerber, the American...
Rob Kass has been appointed president of Gerber, the American knife manufacturer based at Tigard, Oregon that is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. He replaces Jason Landmark, who has gone to another company. Kass has worked for more than 25 years as an executive for durable goods and building ...
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Crocs has appointed a new president, Andrew Rees, who founded...
Crocs has appointed a new president, Andrew Rees, who founded an led a global management consulting company for 14 years after working at Reebok International as vice president of strategic polanning and vice president of retail operations. Crocs' current chairman, Tom Smach, has agreed to act as interim chief executive ...
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Salewa has appointed a new sales director, Olivier Gouby, who...
Salewa has appointed a new sales director, Olivier Gouby, who has worked for Norrøna for eight years, most recently as European sales director. Based at the company's sales office in Bolzano, the Frenchman will report directly to the company's chief executive, Massimo Baratto. In another move, Bernhard Zhou, who worked ...
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Trekmates has appointed Claire Stuart as marketing manager, reporting to...
Trekmates has appointed Claire Stuart as marketing manager, reporting to the British company's new chief executive, Mark Billing, who was brought in last July by its new owner, Bolling Group. She worked previously at VF Corporation and at Pearson Corporation. Billing has further strengthened his team with a new area ...
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Barbara Senn, general counsel of Conzzeta, has been appointed to...
Barbara Senn, general counsel of Conzzeta, has been appointed to the executive board of the Swiss company, which owns Mammut Sports Group. She worked for Georg Fischer and Rieter before joining Conzzeta in 2010.
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Pelican International has appointed Margaret Kordas as vice president of...
Pelican International has appointed Margaret Kordas as vice president of sales
