All Executive changes articles – Page 115
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Icebreaker, the New Zealand-based specialty company of Merino apparel, has...
Icebreaker, the New Zealand-based specialty company of Merino apparel, has appointed Kristen Celko vice president in charge of e-commerce and digital marketing. Celko worked for various companies including Under Armour and a couple of retailing companies. She will direct Icebreaker's e-commerce strategy and will be responsible for the development of ...
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The North Face has appointed Nicolas Vidal new vice president...
The North Face has appointed Nicolas Vidal new vice president in charge of sales for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. In his new role, the Frenchman will report to his predecessor, Arne Arens, who was promoted last summer to vice president and general manager of the American outdoor brand ...
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The U.S. subsidiary of Hi-Tec Sports has appointed Peter Shean...
The U.S. subsidiary of Hi-Tec Sports has appointed Peter Shean vice president of sales and product. Shean worked before for Implus, the marketer of accessories, where he was responsible for Sof Sole and other brands. Separately, Hi-Tec has announced the establishment of a new showroom for the Irish market at ...
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Camila Vesh has been appointed as the new global design...
Camila Vesh 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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Asolo, the Italian outdoor footwear brand, has appointed Matterhorn as...
Asolo, the Italian outdoor footwear brand, has appointed Matterhorn as its distributor for the Benelux countries. The company already represents several outdoor brands, including Mountain Equipment, Sigg and Granger's. Matterhorn takes over the distribution of Asolo from April from the former Lowe Alpine Benelux, which became Equip Benelux last year.
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Joakim Gip became marketing director at Patagonia Europe this month,...
Joakim Gip became marketing director at Patagonia Europe this month, based in Annecy. For the last two years Gip was market communications manager at Clas Ohlson, a Swedish household equipment retailer, but before that he spent three years at Peak Performance, the Swedish ski, outdoor and golf apparel brand, as ...
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Pacsafe, the Hong Kong-based specialty brand of travel safety gear,...
Pacsafe, the Hong Kong-based specialty brand of travel safety gear, has created the position of a sales director for Germany. The position has been filled by Werner Hecke who served Lowe Alpine in a similar position for many years. The 56-year-old will report to Thomas Ryll, the former chief of ...
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Millet, the French outdoor and winter sports brand, has contracted...
Millet, the French outdoor and winter sports brand, has contracted Alpine Outdoor to handle its sales in the Netherlands, ending a four-year partnership with Outware Trading. Alpine Outdoor is a new company established by Ben Jan van Diggele and Richard Cremers, who already have another specialist firm, Summit Outdoor & ...
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Zopfi Sustainabe Business Development, the distribution company set up earlier...
Zopfi Sustainabe Business Development, the distribution company set up earlier this year by John Zopfi, former north European sales manager at Patagonia, has added several outdoor companies to its customer list. Zopfi, who has opted to deal only with companies that put a strong emphasis on sustainability, started his business a ...
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Regatta wants to expand rapidly in Poland, the Czech Republic...
Regatta wants to expand rapidly in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia since it restructured its business in these countries. Zenon Raszyk was appointed a few months ago as the British outdoor company's country manager for the three countries. The young Czech manager previously worked at Hannah and then took ...
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Oboz has hired Kira Stoops as its new marketing manager....
Oboz has hired Kira Stoops as its new marketing manager. Based at the little American town Bozeman, home of the young American footwear company, she has been a journalist, designer and copywriter for a local creative agency, Mercury CSC, and for newspapers and magazines. In 2008, she started her own ...
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Effective Sept. 1, Pascal Schweizer will become country manager in...
Effective Sept. 1, Pascal Schweizer will become country manager in charge of Odlo's operations in the German market, which is the largest one for the Swiss company. The 41-year-old worked for Nike Germany in various positions for eight and a half years before he switched to Kettler, the fitness company, ...
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Amer Sports' division for winter and outdoor sports in the...
Amer Sports' division for winter and outdoor sports in the Americas has named Mark McCambridge to act as USA outdoor brand manager. As such, he is tasked with adapting strategies for the Salomon and Suunto brands and getting the product, digital, community marketing, in-store and public relations teams all on ...
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Andreas Klotz has reportedly resigned as chief financial officer of...
Andreas Klotz has reportedly resigned as chief financial officer of Jack Wolfskin. The responsibilities of this former official of Fitness First and Puma have been taken over by the company's chief operating officer, Christian Brandt, which had already taken care of finance until October 2011.
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Christian Stoll, sales director in Germany and Austria for Canada...
Christian Stoll, sales director in Germany and Austria for Canada Goose, the specialty brand of down apparel, has appointed Ines-Maria Dangl sales manager in charge of the German market. Before, 32-year-old Dangl worked for the Chiemsee brand of board sports apparel, and for Sport Schuster, the large Munich-based sports and ...
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Sympatex Technologies has created the new position of sales manager...
Sympatex Technologies has created the new position of sales manager in charge of the U.K., the Netherlands and Eastern Europe. Kay Heldsdörfer will be in charge of the existing brands in the mentioned regions as well as of new business. The 40-year-old has held various positions in marketing and distribution, ...
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Shortly after Columbia Sportswear's 2012 results were reported with significant...
Shortly after Columbia Sportswear's 2012 results were reported with significant declines in the region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA, see story above), it became known that Christian Finell has stepped down as the company's general manager in charge of the EMEA region. Talking to this publication, Finell confirmed ...
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Black Diamond is expected to appoint Aaron Kuehne to the...
Black Diamond is expected to appoint Aaron Kuehne to the position of interim chief financial officer, effective March 15, to serve as the company's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Kuehne, who is currently the company's vice president of finance, has been with Black Diamond for two years. He ...
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After eight years in office, Edwin Haid has decided to...
After eight years in office, Edwin Haid has decided to step down as managing director of Lafuma's German subsidiary at his own request effective mid-March. He will remain within the sporting goods industry, but declined to mention the name of his new employer at this point. The 51-year-old is being ...
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Creating a new position, Icebreaker has appointed a country manager for...
Creating a new position, Icebreaker has appointed a country manager for France and Spain, Benoit Gazagnes. He will be based at the Icebreaker office in Annecy, France, and will oversee the brand's wholesale, retail and e-commerce activities in the two countries. Gazagnes has been in the industry for about 20 years including nine ...
