All Executive changes articles – Page 114
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Fenix Outdoor North America has hired a footwear industry veteran,...
Fenix Outdoor North America has hired a footwear industry veteran, Steve Van Ruden, as sales director for its Hanwag brand. Based in Portland, he will report directly to John Walbrecht, chief executive of the North American subsidiary of Fenix. Van Ruden has been strategic account manager at Keen Footwear, among ...
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Hi-Tec has announced three new sales appointments in the U.K....
Hi-Tec has announced three new sales appointments in the U.K. David McIntosh is the new country sales manager rejoining the sports and outdoor brand, where he was previously the Scottish territory manager. McIntosh has worked in similar senior roles for leading sports, lifestyle and outdoor brands and his expertise covers, ...
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Tim Jasper has been appointed to the new position of...
Tim Jasper has been appointed to the new position of design director of Equip UK, the company that owns the Rab, Lowe Alpine and Outdoor Designs brands. He previously spent about 20 years at Rohan.
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Samson Wong has been appointed president of the new joint...
Samson Wong has been appointed president of the new joint venture for the Chinese market between Columbia Sportswear and Swire Resources, effective next Jan. 1. The 54-year-old spent 23 years with Swire. He has been involved with Columbia since 2002, running Swire's operations as a distributor of the company in ...
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Patrick Pons-de-Vier, who has been running the rather successful footwear...
Patrick Pons-de-Vier, who has been running the rather successful footwear segment of Amer Sports for the past nne years, catapulting Salomon to the second spot on our rugged outdoor footwear chart, has been promoted vice president of the Salomon brand. His former duties have been taken over by Jean-Marc Djian, ...
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Oliver Robens has been promoted to the new position of...
Oliver Robens has been promoted to the new position of a European sales director of Craghoppers, the U.K. brand of outdoor apparel. The 50-year-old, who has been acting as area manager for German-speaking countries since 2007, will report to Jim McNamara, managing director, and will supervise, in addition to the ...
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Patagonia has promoted Doug Freeman to the position of chief...
Patagonia has promoted Doug Freeman to the position of chief operating offer, effective immediately, to replace Rose Macario, who now leads Patagonia Works, the new holding company set up by Yvon Chouinard for sustainable development in other sectors (see our previous issue). Freeman will report to Casey Sheahan, chief executive of Patagonia. ...
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The European operations of Icebreaker, led by Maximilian Hofbauer as...
The European operations of Icebreaker, led by Maximilian Hofbauer as general manager, have appointed Sven Baxmann country manager for Germany. The 35-year-old worked previously for other companies including IKO-Corratec, a German bicycle retailer and marketer of the Corratec brand of bikes, as well as for Triumph International, a huge group ...
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Markus Weinman will leave Lowa this summer to pursue other...
Markus Weinman will leave Lowa this summer to pursue other professional opportunities, after working for this German outdoor company owned by Tecnica Group for 21 years, most recently in charge of sales for Blizzard and other brands owned by Tecnica and distributed by Lowa in some of the German-speaking countries. ...
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Shaw Gorman, the 47-year-old great-grandson of Leon Leonwood Bean, who...
Shaw Gorman, the 47-year-old great-grandson of Leon Leonwood Bean, who founded L.L. Bean in 1917, will be the new chairman of the American company, where he has already worked for more than 20 years in various functions, including brand communication. He will take the place of his father Leon A. ...
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Bradshaw Taylor is taking over as the new sales agent...
Bradshaw Taylor is taking over as the new sales agent for Black Diamond Equipment in the U.K. and Ireland after its contract with First Ascent expires in June. The British firm will also take care of the Pieps brand recently acquired by Black Diamond, and it will provide localized technical ...
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Alys Diffusion has assumed the distribution in France of Tropicare,...
Alys Diffusion has assumed the distribution in France of Tropicare, the Dutch company that markets the Care Plus line of travel health products. Since a couple of years ago, the French company has been distributing the outdoor and survival equipment and survival products of brands such as Meteor, Highlander, Kupilka ...
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Cousin Trestec has appointed Amorini as its Italian distributor. The...
Cousin Trestec has appointed Amorini as its Italian distributor. The French company is a leader in the production of braided ropes for climbing and other uses, manufacturing 47,000 kilometers a year at its own facilities in the north of France.
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Shawn Cox as senior vice president...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Shawn Cox as senior vice president of retail, a newly created position that reports directly to Tim Boyle, president and chief executive officer. The 49-year-old Cox will be responsible for leading the company's brick-and-mortar retail and ecommerce operations in the U.S., Europe and Canada. Cox has ...
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Camila Vesth has been appointed as the new global design...
Camila Vesth has been appointed as the new global design director of Timberland International for apparel and accessories. She has been working most recently as head of creative apparel and director for Le Coq Sportif, and she has also been supervising the collections for Karmameju and for Run and Relax, ...
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Sub Zero Technology, British manufacturer of high-quality base layers and...
Sub Zero Technology, British manufacturer of high-quality base layers and outdoor apparel, has assigned Beijing Travel Mouse Outdoors Company for the distribution of the brand in China. Sub Zero is already distributing the brand in the Far East, Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, where its 'made in England' label ...
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Jeff Bowman is taking the place of Brad Poorman as...
Jeff Bowman is taking the place of Brad Poorman as the new chief executive of Cocona, the U.S.-based developer of active particle technologies used in technical apparel, footwear and other products. Bowman was most recently chief operating officer and technical officer at Massif in Ashland, Oregon. Like Poorman and other ...
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OCC, the U.K. trade publication, reports on a couple of...
OCC, the U.K. trade publication, reports on a couple of new distribution setups for the U.K. and Ireland. MBC has been appointed as U.K. distributor for the French ski brand Black Crows. MBC will be supporting both existing and new retailers of the brand with a higher marketing budget and has ...
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Wolfgang Jahn has been appointed sales director for Sherpa Adventure...
Wolfgang Jahn has been appointed sales director for Sherpa Adventure Gear for the Benelux countries, Germany, Austria and Italy where the Nepalese brand is new. Jahn served as sales manager for the German market of Icebreaker, the specialty brand of Merino wool apparel over the past decade. The European distributor of ...
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Alex Edelman has been appointed country manager for the Benelux...
Alex Edelman has been appointed country manager for the Benelux countries from the beginning of April at Oase Outdoors, the Danish company that owns the Outwell, Robens and Easy Camp camping equipment brands. This comes just a few weeks after the sudden departure of Pascal Meere, who had been in ...
