All Executive changes articles – Page 115
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Icebreaker, the New Zealand company specializing in outdoor merino wool...
Icebreaker, the New Zealand company specializing in outdoor merino wool apparel, has hired Dion Taylor as the company's general manager for Europe. In this new position, Taylor will be responsible for the company's multi-channel strategy, including the expansion of digital marketing and the introduction of select retail stores across Europe, ...
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Creating a new position, Curtlo, one of the major outdoor...
Creating a new position, Curtlo, one of the major outdoor brands in Brazil, has appointed Fernando Gonzalez as its sales director. He previously acted as sales manager for Hi-Tec Sports at the company's Brazilian distributor, DLD.
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Ortholite has appointed Denny Cowger as chief administrative officer and...
Ortholite has appointed Denny Cowger as chief administrative officer and general counsel. He will be focusing on the development and implementation of the strategic plans of this U.S.-based provider of comfort insoles, monitoring its management team and advising the company on global legal issues. Most recently, Cowger served as a ...
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Wigwam, the American brand of socks, has promoted Natalie Stangl...
Wigwam, the American brand of socks, has promoted Natalie Stangl to the position of brand marketing manager. She will report to Jim Einhauser, executive vice president of marketing and sales. Stangl has been traveling all over the U.S. and abroad as field marketing manager over the last four years. She ...
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Mike Edwards has been appointed managing director of Burton McCall,...
Mike Edwards has been appointed managing director of Burton McCall, the big U.K. distributor of outdoor products owned by the Bollin Group. He is taking the place of Steve Davey, who is leaving the company after nine years to run a bicycle distributor, Extra UK. Edwards has been most recently ...
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Johnson Outdoors has appointed Christopher Martens to a new position...
Johnson Outdoors has appointed Christopher Martens to a new position as business director for its camping unit, responsible for brand management, product management, marketing, R&D, quality control and customer service for Johnsons' Eureka!, Silva, and Jetboil brands. Besides acting as chief executive of Respect Your Universe, Martens served in numerous ...
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While waiting for the appointment of a new chief executive...
While waiting for the appointment of a new chief executive to take the place of David Cotter, Berghaus has announced that David Kennedy, its long-time finance director, will retire in March next year after 20 years with company. John Carver has joined the U.K.-based outdoor brand, which is part of Pentland ...
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Noble Biomaterials, a U.S. company certified by Bluesign Technologies that...
Noble Biomaterials, a U.S. company certified by Bluesign Technologies that describes itself as a global leader in bacterial management solutions for the medical, defense, industrial and apparel markets, has appointed Stephen Winnen to the new position of managing director for Europe. He will be based at Herbechtlingen, Germany, and will ...
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Gregory Mountain Products has boosted its marketing department, hiring two...
Gregory Mountain Products has boosted its marketing department, hiring two former officials of Black Diamond Equipment and adding a graphic designer, Allaina Jeffreys. Colleen Nipkow is returning to the Black Diamond group as marketing director for Gregory. She comes from Scarpa North America, where she acted as marketing manager after ...
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Gina R. Boswell, executive vice president of Unilever in charge...
Gina R. Boswell, executive vice president of Unilever in charge of personal care products, is joining the board of directors of Wolverine Worldwide. Blake W. Krueger, Wolverine's chairman and chief executive, says that she has an impressive track record of building global brands, executing business strategy, and growing market share ...
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Dave Mahoney, director of commercial sales at Outdoor Research over...
Dave Mahoney, director of commercial sales at Outdoor Research over the past five years, has been promoted to the role of vice president of sales. In this position, he will be responsible for sales in North America and the rest of the world except for Europe, a region that will ...
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Joan Solà will start next month in the new position...
Joan Solà will start next month in the new position of global sports marketing manager for Salomon and Suunto, based at Salomon's head office in Annecy, France. He will coordinate the work of officials responsible for sports marketing officials in various countries who are responsible for different categories such as ...
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Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the...
Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the Findos Investor equity firm in August 2011, reports a strong increase of 29 percent in pre-orders for the coming spring/summer season. Most noticeable, exports to Russia, Austria and Switzerland will increase considerably as compared to the same period of the ...
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Tom Adams, sport division manager at Petzl America, is being...
Tom Adams, sport division manager at Petzl America, is being promoted to the position of sales director for the U.S. subsidiary of the French company
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Oboz Footwear has added Elizabeth Sinclair to its customer service...
Oboz Footwear has added Elizabeth Sinclair to its customer service team. She was worked for the Madison River Fishing Company, a well-known fly-fishing specialty retailer, among other positions.
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Granite Gear, a very technical American brand of backpacks and...
Granite Gear, a very technical American brand of backpacks and other outdoor products that recently came under new ownership (see our electronic archives), has hired Benjamin Landry as associate product designer. He is said to have more than 20 years of experience as a research & development buyer and customer ...
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Vaude has appointed Rafael Erath junior product manager for footwear....
Vaude has appointed Rafael Erath junior product manager for footwear. He held a similar position at Adidas and will now report to Michael Mühlberg, head of Vaude's business unit in charge of shoes.
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Margaret Newhand is appointed as direct of product management, website...
Margaret Newhand is appointed as direct of product management, website and e-commerce at Wigwam, the American socks manufacturer
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Steve Bracewell, former managing director of Gelert, has become chief...
Steve Bracewell, former managing director of Gelert, has become chief executive of Animal, a British brand of action sports clothing. He had left the British supplier of camping equipment after its acquisition by Sports Direct International earlier this year.
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Stefanie Gruber has been promoted by Sportalm to be in...
Stefanie Gruber has been promoted by Sportalm to be in charge of international sales, following the departure of the former sales manager, Andreas Gotschke. In her new position, Gruber will also develop store franchising and shop-in-shop solutions. Before joining the Austrian sports apparel company, she worked for Strenesse, René Lezard, ...
