All Executive changes articles – Page 60
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News briefsNew presidents for prAna and Mountain Hardwear
Columbia Sportswear has announced the promotion of Troy Sicotte to president of Richmond, California-based brand Mountain Hardwear and the appointment of Monica Mirro as president of prAna in Carlsbad, California. Both report to Craig Zanon, who was named senior vice president of emerging brands for the group earlier this year. ...
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News briefsZIV welcomes new head of technology & standardization
The German bicycle industry association, Zweirad Industrie-Verband e.V. (ZIV), welcomes Tim Salatzki as the new head of technology & standardization. Salatzki will gradually replace Ernst Brust, who initially served as ZIV’s interim managing director following the unexpected death of ZIV managing director Siegfried Neuberger last year. Since the appointment of ...
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ArticleHoudini drives expansion of circular economy movement with new shareholder
Swedish outdoor brand Houdini Sportswear announced that Italian investment firm GDTRE will join the brand’s co-founders, Hanna Lindblad and Eva Karlsson, who both hold a minority stake in the company and together own 77 percent of the company, as well as Stefan Ytterborn, founder of POC and CEO and founder ...
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Lenzing's CEO will not extend his contract
The supervisory board of Austrian specialty fiber producer Lenzing AG has reached an agreement with long-time CEO Stefan Doboczky to terminate his contract by mutual consent. Doboczky has informed the board that he is not available for a further extension of his contract and that he will resign as of ...
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Wesports makes further purchases and recruits e-com pioneer Johan Ryding to the board
WeSports’ previously reported shopping spree does not appear to be over, as the Swedish group has now reported its entry into the water sports and water leisure products market with the acquisition of Finwake, a leading water sports equipment specialist from Finland. Finwake has a strong position in Finland with ...
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News briefsEisbär with new design and sales staff
Eisbär Sportmoden, under the management of sports industry veteran Ronald Mühlbeck since Sept. 2019, announced the restructuring of its product & design and sales divisions at the company headquarters in Feldkirchen/Donau in Austria. Source: Eisbär Thomas Oberhofer As the new product manager, Thomas Oberhofer has been responsible ...
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Isbjörn promotes Maria Eklind Enström to content manager
Swedish children’s outdoor brand Isbjörn of Sweden has appointed its former customer service employee, Maria Eklind Enström, as its new content manager. The newly created position is part of the company’s ongoing digital and e-commerce strategy. Prior to Isbjörn, she worked as a buyer at J.Lindeberg for eleven years and ...
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News briefsRose Bikes fills two new management positions
German DTC bicycle supplier and omnichannel retailer Rose Bikes GmbH has created and filled two new management positions at its headquarters with Fabian Loest and Uwe Schmäing. While Schmäing has been responsible for the continuous optimization of purchasing on the employee and customer side as well as the overarching systematization ...
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News briefsNew GM for the Norwegian branch of Fenix Outdoor
Kyrre Ufert Lømo is the new general manager of Fenix Outdoor Norway AS. Lømo has more than 10 years of experience in sports marketing, multichannel business development and communications, and most recently spent 2.5 years at Columbia Sportswear as regional director for the Nordic and Baltic countries. The Norwegian subsidiary ...
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News briefsOberalp Germany with new marketing staff for Salewa and Dynafit
With Anne Rittmeyer, Oberalp Deutschland has a new international online marketing specialist in the team. The position was newly created to provide marketing support to online retail partners like Amazon, Bergfreunde and Keller Sports. This includes supporting retailers with their brand-related initiatives and campaigns - from social media posts, newsletters ...
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ArticleSSU reorganizes management of Internetstores Group
After more than three years as CEO of Internetstores GmbH, Hans Dohrmann will leave the parent company of multichannel bike, camping and outdoor retailers such as Addnature, Bikester, Brügelmann, Campz and Fahrrad.de. According to Internetstores Group’s parent company, Signa Sports United (SSU), he will leave “on good terms” on Sept. ...
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ArticleNew CEO and board members for Ecco
Ecco’s CEO Steen Borgholm has stepped down from his post on Aug. 20 “by mutual agreement” after four years and more than two decades with the Danish footwear company. He will be replaced by Panos Mytaros, who has been with the company for 27 years. Mytaros started his career with ...
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ArticleBlack Diamond hires ski industry veteran Mike Hattrup
Salt Lake City-based outdoor company Black Diamond Equipment has named Mike Hattrup business unit director for its ski category. Hattrup will be responsible for the brand’s entire ski and snow safety category, including skis, avalanche transceivers, JetForce airbag backpacks, probes, shovels, as well as snowpacks and ski poles. As business ...
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Fenix Outdoor UK has a new managing director
Fenix Outdoor UK Ltd. has announced the appointment of its new managing director for the U.K., Paul Griffiths. Griffiths brings a wealth of industry experience from working with brands such as Arc’teryx and Salomon and will join the company on Sept. 1. He replaces current country manager Will Stanton, who ...
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News briefsK2 Sports hires Chris Hammann as country manager Germany
Source: K2 Sports Chris Hammann Sports industry expert Chris Hammann has jumped on board at K2 Sports starting Aug. 1, taking over the role of country manager Germany at the K2 Sports office in Penzberg near Munich. He succeeds Karsten Möhrer, who has left K2 to join ...
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Rip Curl appoints new CEO
Kathmandu Holdings has announced that Brooke Farris will assume the position of CEO of Rip Curl, effective Aug. 16, 2021. The appointment follows the previously announced promotion of current CEO, Michael Daly, to group CEO and managing director of Kathmandu Holdings Ltd. In her new role, Farris will report directly ...
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News briefsAmer Sports names Fogliato Salomon’s new president and CEO
Source: Salomon Franco Fogliato Amer Sports has found a new and experienced executive with an excellent background in the sporting goods industry, Franco Fogliato, to head up Salomon as president and CEO. He will take on the responsibility by March 15, 2022, at the latest. Columbia Sportswear ...
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Columbia's VP of global omnichannel leaves the company
Columbia Sportswear announced that Franco Fogliato, executive vice president, global omnichannel since Nov. 2020 and executive VP and general manager Americas for the group since 2017, has informed the company of his intention to leave after a short transition period ending Sept. 3, 2021. Fogliato joined Columbia Sportswear in 2013 ...
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News briefsSRAM Group expands its European marketing team
Source: SRAM Moritz Dittmar SRAM Group’s European marketing department has hired two new employees. On Aug. 1, industry returnee Moritz Dittmar officially succeeded Maximilian Topp as MTB communications coordinator for Northern Europe. Dittmar has several years of experience in the cycling media landscape. Most recently, he worked ...
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News briefsMarkus Dirr heads new marketing and sales unit at Messe München
Source: Messe München Markus Dirr Just in time for the restart of the trade show season, ISPO organizer Messe München has established a new central division, “Product Marketing and Sales.” The newly structured unit is to bring together the marketing and sales competencies of the two disciplines ...
