All Executive changes articles – Page 68
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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 ...
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News briefsNew agenda, new board member at ZEG
Source: ZEG Fred Schierenbeck In order to continue offering customers high-quality, state-of-the-art products in the future, the supervisory board and management board of Europe’s largest bicycle dealer group and cooperative, ZEG (Zweirad-Einkaufs-Genossenschaft eG), have launched a holistic, long-term corporate strategy. An important part of this “Agenda 2030” ...
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Fox Factory welcomes new board member
U.S. shock absorber and suspension manufacturer Fox Factory Holding Corp. has appointed Sidney Johnson to its board of directors, effective Jan. 1. Johnson brings more than 25 years of operational excellence and global supply chain experience in the technology, global mobility and automotive manufacturing industries to the company, which aims ...
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Bafang relies on internal solution for Brandsen successor
Chinese e-bike drivetrain manufacturer Bafang Electric (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. has promoted Gary Xu to succeed Jack Brandsen, who is reportedly leaving the company March 31. As European regional manager of Bafang Electric Motor Science-Technology B.V. in the Netherlands, Xu – who previously held management responsibilities at Bafang’s European factory in ...
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Cascade Designs with three new hires
Cascade Designs, the U.S. company that owns the Therm-a-Rest, Mountain Safety Research (MSR), Platypus, SealLine and PackTowl brands, has announced the addition of three new members to its product development and marketing teams: Kalon Pilmanis will serve as senior director of product, Jeff Moberg as product line manager and Ashley ...
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News briefsNew President Americas at Thule Group
Hilary Hartley has been named Thule Group’s Americas business area president and will join the global corporate leadership team, reporting to CEO and president Magnus Welander in Sweden. Fred Clark, who currently holds the role of Americas region president and announced his decision to retire last fall, will remain with ...
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Bafang Europe’s GM to leave the company
After six years as general manager of Chinese e-bike drivetrain giant Bafang in Europe, Jack Brandsen will leave the Wijchen, Netherlands-based company on March 31. Brandsen joined Bafang Electric Motor Science-Technology B.V. in 2014, where over time he built a strong team of service, sales and administrative specialists. Both the ...
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Helinox strengthens European team to build on recent growth
Helinox, a British manufacturer of outdoor furniture and other products for outdoor living, has hired Helen Bridge as head of its European operations and customer service. The company also plans to further strengthen its customer service team with the appointment of an e-commerce coordinator in the coming weeks. Bridge has ...
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News briefsRuff Cycles expands management team
After steady growth in recent years, German Ruff Cycles founder and CEO, Petar “Pero“ Desnica, has promoted his old school friend and head of marketing, Tuong “Mark“ Ngauv, to the management board. Both will now steer the manufacture, which has attracted attention with eye-catching choppers and cruisers (including electrified ones), ...
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Arne Arens to steer Boardriders
Source: Boardriders Arne Arens On March 1, Arne Arens, the Swedish manager who led The North Face in Europe, the Americas and globally between 2010 and last October, will become the new CEO of Boardriders, the struggling parent company of Quiksilver, Roxy, Billabong, DC Shoes, RVCA, Element ...
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ArticleBezos hands over leadership of Amazon
Jeff Bezos will hand over the chairmanship of Amazon’s board in the third quarter of 2021 to Andy Jassy, the head of the cloud business Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon made the announcement on Feb. 2 after the U.S. stock market closed in Seattle. Source: Amazon Jeff Bezos ...
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ArticleAmer Sports appoints new CEO for Arc’teryx, plans to accelerate DTC
Amer Sports has announced the immediate appointment of Stuart Haselden, a retail industry executive, to the newly created position of CEO of Arc’teryx Equipment, based in Vancouver, Canada. He succeeds Jon Hoerauf, Arc’teryx’ president, who has decided to leave the company to pursue other plans. In his new role, Haselden ...
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News briefsDeckers appoints DTC and digital specialist to its board
Deckers Brands has appointed Maha S. Ibrahim to its board of directors, effective Feb. 1. Mike Devine, chairman of the board, said he especially values her experience identifying trends and driving growth in the direct-to-consumer and technology sectors. He also said Ibrahim’s insights and capabilities align with management’s focus on ...
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News briefsSyring to leave Thule, Dittmer takes over Central European sales
Thule Group announced on Jan. 29 that company veteran Wolfram Dittmer will assume sales responsibility for Central Europe as a result of the resignation of Thomas Syring, who led the Swedish brand’s Central European sales for the past four years. In total, Syring had been with the company for nearly ...
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Propain Bicycles hires global brand manager
Source: Propain Bicycles Volker Knaus Volker Knaus has joined the team at German niche custom brand Propain Bicycles as global brand manager on Jan. 1. After spending five years building and managing the European marketing and sales office of U.S. mountain and gravel bike supplier Pivot Cycles ...
