All Executive changes articles – Page 62
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News briefsPOC expands e-tail and marketing team
Source: POC Lukas Malgay Lukas Malgay has been supporting the e-tail and digital team of Swedish brand POC as online account manager Europe since March 1. For the past three and a half years, Malgay worked in sales & sales marketing for the manufacturer of cycling and ...
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News briefsBergzeit appoints new marketing director
Source: Bergzeit Thorsten Eder Thorsten Eder has taken over as head of marketing at German multisport retailer Bergzeit. He succeeds Sara Hallbauer, who will leave the company at her own request at the end of March. Eder will lead a 30-person marketing team divided into the five ...
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Lycra promotes Denise Sakuma to VP of brands, marketing and merchandising
As reported by Sport+ Mode, business veteran Denise Sakuma, acting director of global ready-to-wear, denim and woven segments at The Lycra Company, has been promoted to additionally serve as VP of brands, marketing communications and merchandising. Prior to joining Lycra in 2019, Sakuma spent 15 years at Invista and 10 ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva appoints new GM
Italian mountain sports brand La Sportiva has announced that after more than 19 years as general manager, Lanfranco Brugnoli is retiring from the company. The new GM alongside Lorenzo Delladio, CEO and president, is Marcello Favagrossa. With Brugnoli and Delladio at the helm, the company has seen consistent double-digit growth ...
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Accell Group plans to nominate two new supervisory board members
Accell Group, Europe’s leading premium bicycle supplier, has announced that its supervisory board intends to nominate Luc Volatier and Eugénie van Wiechen as new members. Following their nomination, the new board members will be appointed at the annual general meeting on April 21 for a period of four years until ...
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News briefsSwedish knife maker Morakniv appoints new CEO
Morakniv, a Swedish manufacturer of quality knives since 1891, has hired Johan Burtus as CEO. Burtus returns to the region where he was born and raised after spending much of his career abroad, including in Poland, Finland and China. For several years, he ran his own consulting business, helping clients, ...
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News briefsZwift appoints two new high-profile board members
Global virtual cycling and running training platform Zwift has confirmed the appointment of Patrick Pichette and Celeste Burgoyne to its board of directors. The appointments follow the U.S.-based provider’s recent Series C funding round. According to Eric Min, co-founder and CEO of Zwift, Pichette and Burgoyne bring a wealth of ...
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Herschel hires former Arc’teryx president as new CEO
Canadian brand Herschel has brought Jon Hoerauf on board in the newly created position of chief executive officer, effective immediately. The Vancouver-based brand, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, is best known for its casual backpacks. Hoerauf is the first non-family member to head the privately held company, which was ...
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News briefsSusie Mulder is Timberland’s new global brand president
VF Corp. has appointed Susie Mulder as global brand president of Timberland. She will start her new role with the New Hampshire-based brand on April 5 and report to VF’s chairman, president and CEO, Steve Rendle. She will also serve on VF’s executive leadership team. Source: Business Wire ...
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News briefsNew Country Manager for Haglöfs Germany
Due to increased customer demand, the Swedish outdoor brand Haglöfs recorded double-digit sales growth in Germany and Austria last year. To further drive the brand’s development in these strategic markets, Matthias Leurs was appointed country manager for Germany and Austria earlier this year. He was previously working at Brooks, The ...
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Larry Enterline retires from Fox Factory
As reported earlier, Larry L. Enterline, who has been at the helm of bicycle and other on/off-road specialty vehicle suspension specialist Fox Factory Holding Corp. for nearly a decade, will retire on April 2. The board has now appointed the current lead independent director and audit committee chairman, Dudley Mendenhall, ...
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News briefsSympatex creates “Chief Sustainable Community Manager” position
Sympatex has created a new position within the company called ”chief sustainable community manager and head of storytelling” and recruited Kim Scholze, former outdoor community manager and developer of ISPO Munich’s sustainability strategy, to fill the role. Scholze brings more than 20 years of industry experience in strategy, marketing, development ...
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News briefsNew addition to H.A.D.’s digital marketing team
Source: Linn Poppen Linn Poppen has joined the team of the German brand Pro Feet Functional Wear as digital marketing & sales manager. Poppen joins Pro Feet from competitor Buff / Elan Central Europe, where she spent the last four years building the digital marketing department. Poppen ...
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News briefsHaglöfs promotes head of sustainability to management team
Source: Haglöfs Elaine Gardiner Swedish outdoor brand Haglöfs has decided to add its head of sustainability, Elaine Gardiner, to the company’s management team, retroactive to Jan. 2021. Gardiner joined Haglöfs in early 2019 as its new head of sustainability to take the brand’s sustainability ambitions to the ...
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News briefsOrtlieb strengthens its management team
Ortlieb, the brand known for its waterproof bike and outdoor equipment made in Germany, has expanded its management team. Managing directors Hartmut Ortlieb and Jürgen Siegwarth were joined by former sales manager Martin Esslinger on Feb. 1. Esslinger has been with the company since 2016 and has gradually taken on ...
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Pelican Products hires VP of worldwide supply chain
On Feb. 1, Jeffrey Goldberg assumed his position as vice president of worldwide supply chain at U.S. protective case manufacturer Pelican Products. In this new position, Goldberg is responsible for supply chain policies, strategies and practices that help achieve Pelican’s global manufacturing goals. His focus is on supplier quality monitoring/management ...
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Cascade Designs with two new additions to its product development team
The product development team of Seattle-based Cascade Designs, owner of the Therm-a-Rest, Mountain Safety Research (MSR), Platypus, SealLine and PackTowl brands, has gained two new members with Kalon Pilmanis and Jeff Moberg. Kalon Pilmanis Pilmanis joins the company as senior director of product. He has more than ...
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VF appoints new global president for Icebreaker
Jan Van Mossevelde is VF Corp’s new global president for the Icebreaker brand. Succeeding Greg Smith, who has resigned, Van Mossevelde will be working out of the brand’s international head office in Auckland, New Zealand, while reporting to Martino Scabbia Guerrini, president of the EMEA region. The new position is ...
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Salewa France will reportedly have a new head and strategy
According to an exclusive report by sport-guide.com, Pierre-Jean Touchard will leave Salewa France, of which he is managing director, within a few weeks. Touchard has been with Salewa since 2003. Touchard’s departure has been confirmed by Stefan Rainer, director of sales at Salewa France, who told sport-guide.com that Touchard would ...
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News briefsSecond family generation joins the management of Stevens
With Kim, Julian and Jacob von Hacht, the children of the company’s founders Werner and Wolfgang von Hacht, the second generation of the owner-managed family business Stevens Vertriebs GmbH is joining the management of the Hamburg-based bicycle equipment manufacturer. Fred Schierenbeck is leaving as Stevens’ co-managing director on July 1 ...
