All Executive changes articles – Page 117

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    Martin van Urk, the general manager of Lafuma Nederland, has...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Martin van Urk, the general manager of Lafuma Nederland, has left the Dutch subsidiary of the French outdoor and action sports company, after it was restructured to focus entirely on the Lafuma and Oxbow brands. When it comes to the Lafuma brand, the Dutch team is to concentrate on camping ...

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    Effective July 7, Tony Post, the longtime chief of Vibram's...

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Effective July 7, Tony Post, the longtime chief of Vibram's recently expanded U.S. operation, will resign. His successor will be Mike Gionfriddo, who is currently Vibram USA's chief operating officer, with a history of 14 years with the brand. Post has served for the Italian-based company for 11 years, raising ...

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    Amer Sports announced that Vincent Wauters has been appointed general...

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Amer Sports announced that Vincent Wauters has been appointed general manager of Arc'teryx, starting immediately. Taking the place of Tyler Jordan, he will be based at the brand's head office in Vancouver. He will report to Andy Towne, president of Amer's sports apparel division, with the goal of driving faster ...

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    Daniele Grasso, formerly with Sympatex Technologies, has been appointed senior...

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Daniele Grasso, formerly with Sympatex Technologies, has been appointed senior product manager apparel shells at Jack Wolfskin. At Sympatex, he has been replaced by Haymo Strubel as director for apparel. Before joining Sympatex, Strubel worked for YKK, the zip company, as European key account manager.

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    Jonas Ottosson, former chief executive of Peak Performance, will take...

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Jonas Ottosson, former chief executive of Peak Performance, will take up a similar job at the Odlo Sports Group in mid-September at the latest. Ottosson takes over from Andreas Kessler, who joined the Swiss-based specialist in functional base layers in 2008 as marketing director and became its chief executive the ...

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    Jeremy Moon, the founder and chief executive of Icebreaker, won...

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Jeremy Moon, the founder and chief executive of Icebreaker, won the World Class New Zealand Award for Manufacturing, Design and Innovation. The World Class New Zealand Awards, given by Kea New Zealand, honor those who have contributed to the country's growth, development and reputation. Icebreaker was called “an iconic international ...

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    Ingrid Megl, formerly in the marketing department of Messe München,...

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Ingrid Megl, formerly in the marketing department of Messe München, has joined Fjällräven Germany as marketing director, replacing Theresa Alig, who left at the end of last year

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    Philip Sande, general manager of Point6 for Canada, is adding...

    2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Philip Sande, general manager of Point6 for Canada, is adding responsibility for the young American sock company's international sales. Betsy Seabert, who was handling international sales, is no longer with the company. Sande is familiar with international sales, a beat that he ran for 15 years while he worked at ...

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    Hilleberg the Tentmaker is recruiting a new European chief after Rolf...

    2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Hilleberg the Tentmaker is recruiting a new European chief after Rolf Hilleberg let it be known that he wanted to hand over his job as managing director of the Swedish company. The son of Bo Hilleberg, who founded the family firm and remains its chairman, Rolf Hilleberg has been running the European arm ...

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    Amer Sports has promoted Jean-Yves Couput to the position of...

    2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Amer Sports has promoted Jean-Yves Couput to the position of global marketing manager for its Suunto brand. Stationed at Amer's U.S. office in Ogden, Utah, he recently acted as global outdoor brand manager for Salomon and as marketing director for Amer's winter and outdoor sports activities in the Americas. Couput ...

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    The U.K.'s Outdoor Industries Association has appointed Terry Stephenson to...

    2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

    The U.K.'s Outdoor Industries Association has appointed Terry Stephenson to be its new marketing and communications manager. He was formerly with Visit County Durham, a destination marketing company, and has also held marketing jobs at Berghaus and Adidas.

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    Oliver Lang has been appointed vice president in charge of...

    2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Oliver Lang has been appointed vice president in charge of product of The North Face in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region (EMEA), taking the place of René Skytte. The 42-year old Lang has 23 years of experience in the industry. Among other positions, he worked for Karstadt ...

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    The Outdoor Industry Association of the U.S. has hired Kirk...

    2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

    The Outdoor Industry Association of the U.S. has hired Kirk Bailey, an attorney with more than 14 years of senior-level experience in governmental affairs, to run a new lobbying office of the organization in Washington, D.C. He will also oversee three OIA employees in charge of governmental affairs at the ...

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    Since mid-May, Stasia Raines has been the director of marketing...

    2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Since mid-May, Stasia Raines has been the director of marketing and communications for the Outdoor Foundation, leading the American group's marketing and communications strategy and expanding its community. She has worked for Eagle Creek travel gear, where she was public relations manager, and more recently was an independent communications professional ...

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    James Curleigh has resigned as president and chief executive of...

    2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

    James Curleigh has resigned as president and chief executive of Keen Footwear to become executive vice president of Levi Strauss & Co. and president of the Levi's brand. Rory Fuerst, founder of Keen, has taken on the CEO function and launched a search for a new president. He has also ...

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    Sally Grimes is stepping down as executive director of the...

    2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Sally Grimes is stepping down as executive director of the Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition, after a decade in the leading position in this very active American organization. The coalition is working with The Forest Group to indentify her successor.

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    Effective this month, Siegfried Winkelbeiner will assume the role of...

    2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Effective this month, Siegfried Winkelbeiner will assume the role of chief executive at Schoeller Textil, the maker of high-end fabrics. He replaces Hans-Jürgen Hübner, who has served the company for 48 years. Hübner joined the Swiss company in 1964, first in charge of the technical area, then in 1982 as ...

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    Jeff Busic is rejoining Osprey Packs as its new international...

    2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Jeff Busic is rejoining Osprey Packs as its new international director, effective May 1. It's a newly created position within the American company, covering 11 independent distributors around the world that are not handled by Osprey Europe. He had worked for the company before. He has also acquired experience at ...

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    Columbia Sportswear is reorganizing its Central European management to shift...

    2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear is reorganizing its Central European management to shift responsibilities from a focus on countries to product categories to be handled supranationally: The company has appointed Stefan Gmeiner, so far sales manager for Germany, to the new position of category manager in charge of apparel, base layers and accessories ...

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    Red Wing has hired George Curleigh vice president for its...

    2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Red Wing has hired George Curleigh vice president for its Vasque division. He formerly served as vice president in charge of sales at Arc'teryx and before at Salomon as managing director for the U.K.