All Executive changes articles – Page 74

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    VF Corp. is moving Jeremie Blondel from Vans to The...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    VF Corp. is moving Jeremie Blondel from Vans to The North Face. Filling a newly created role, he will serve as vice president of sales for TNF in Europe, the Middle East and Africa with responsibility for the entire wholesale business in the region. Blondel will work under Jan van ...

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    Craghoppers, the British travel clothing specialist, is strengthening its German...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Craghoppers, the British travel clothing specialist, is strengthening its German sales team by hiring Christoph Schröder. The 30-year-old was most recently sales manager for Northern Germany at Kübler Sport. Also, Karolin Krohn will strengthen the marketing team at Craghoppers’ European headquarters in Hamburg under the leadership of Oliver Robens. The ...

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    Equip Outdoor Technologies has hired Jonathan Frederick as U.S. country...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Equip Outdoor Technologies has hired Jonathan Frederick as U.S. country manager for the Lowe Alpine and Rab brands

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    Some media reported in the last few weeks that Antoine...

    2019-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Some media reported in the last few weeks that Antoine Sathicq, formerly with Adidas, Le Coq Sportif and Odlo, has been appointed chief sales officer of Babolat, where he would be taking the place of Giovanni Pietra, who left the post several months ago. That's what his LinkedIn profile says, ...

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    Creating a new position, Asolo has appointed Marco Sancandi as...

    2019-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Creating a new position, Asolo has appointed Marco Sancandi as European sales manager, effective from Feb. 1. The 56-year-old manager reports directly to the Italian company's chief executive, Luca Zanatta, who will continue to take care of sales in the rest of the world. Sancandi was most recently in charge ...

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    Peter Novak has been appointed president of Sherpa Adventure Gear,...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Peter Novak has been appointed president of Sherpa Adventure Gear, maker of outdoor apparel and accessories, and plans to grow the brand in North America. Novak is coming off nine years – first as head of national accounts, more recently as vice president of sales – with 5.11 Tactical, which ...

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    At the beginning of this year, Hanwag appointed Albrecht Volz...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    At the beginning of this year, Hanwag appointed Albrecht Volz to the new position of country manager for Germany. Thomas Gröber, chief executive of Hanwag, has until now been responsible for the German market. Volz has worked for Hanwag since 2013. He spent four years as a sales representative and ...

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    Amy Beck will become president of Oboz/Kathmandu North America, based...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Amy Beck will become president of Oboz/Kathmandu North America, based in Bozeman, Montana, on April 1. Beck has been vice president of North American sales at Smartwool, in Colorado, for almost eight years and previously held an executive post at another brand owned by VF Corp., Lucy Activewear (Lucy has ...

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    Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before joining Schöffel, Sontheimer worked for Ziener, where he was chief executive and head of product management, design and purchasing. Sontheimer also worked for over two decades at Vaude. At Schöffel, he will both lead the product management, design, technical development ...

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    Timberland appointed Marc Martin to the newly created position of...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Timberland appointed Marc Martin to the newly created position of field sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland on Jan. 1. In addition to overseeing all product categories sold in specialist stores in those countries, Martin will lead Timberland's entire specialist trade team for German-speaking countries. He will report directly ...

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    Dachstein has expanded its marketing department with the appointment of...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Dachstein has expanded its marketing department with the appointment of a new manager, the 29-year-old Romana Georg, in charge of online and social media

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    Fjällräven assigned Dean Polic to the position of country manager...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Fjällräven assigned Dean Polic to the position of country manager for Germany at the beginning of this year. He succeeds Lars Ryslev, who is taking the newly created position of head of global sales for Central Europe at Fenix Outdoor, parent company of Fjällräven. Polic, 47, will be leading Fjällräven's German ...

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    David Parker has been made chief financial and operating officer...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    David Parker has been made chief financial and operating officer at Pacific Market International (PMI), the manufacturer of food and beverage containers. Parker will be in charge of the company's finances, supply chain, IT, legal department and business transformation. He will report to Bob Keller, PMI's chief executive. Parker has ...

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    Primus and Brunton, two of the outdoor brands owned by...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Primus and Brunton, two of the outdoor brands owned by Fenix Outdoor International, have hired Rebecca Day to be their marketing manager. She will be reporting to Per Wååg, general manager of both Primus North America and Brunton Outdoor. Day was most recently marketing manager at Topo Designs, the Denver-based ...

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    Microban, which develops chemical treatments for textiles to control odor...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Microban, which develops chemical treatments for textiles to control odor and prevent the spread of microbes, has appointed Maté Dzakula to the post of business development manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Dzakula was born in Croatia and raised in Sydney. He will be working out of ...

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    David Orr, an industry veteran who has worked for Keen,...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    David Orr, an industry veteran who has worked for Keen, Timberland and Adidas, has been hired as general manager of Dakine, overseeing all aspects of sales, product creation and operations. He will report to Jonathan Hirshberg, the head of JR286, the company that has been contracted to operate Dakine by ...

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    Duckworth, which makes source-verified, single-origin Merino wool and woolen products...

    2019-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Duckworth, which makes source-verified, single-origin Merino wool and woolen products entirely in the U.S., has hired Andy Wunsch to be its chief executive. Last November, Wunsch ended a seven-year stint, most recently as business execution leader, at Sitka Gear, maker of hunting apparel and accessories. Before that, he worked for ...

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    Primaloft has appointed Tanja Ederer, 25, to be its European...

    2018-12-28T00:00:00Z

    Primaloft has appointed Tanja Ederer, 25, to be its European trade marketing assistant. Working out of the company's European headquarters in Taufkirchen, Germany, Ederer will be in charge of retail marketing: setting up trade fairs, POS activations and the Primaloft Training Tour. She will also handle the Banff Mountain Film ...

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    Lowa has announced that Alexander Nicolai will join the top...

    2018-12-28T00:00:00Z

    Lowa has announced that Alexander Nicolai will join the top management on Jan. 1 as joint managing director alongside Werner Riethmann, the German company's longtime chief executive, and Rudolf Limmer and Matthias Wanner, who will serve as commercial director and international sales manager. Nicolai has been heading up design and ...

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    Decathlon has a new chairman, Fabien Derville, who had already...

    2018-12-28T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon has a new chairman, Fabien Derville, who had already been on the board of directors when it was headed up by the company's founder, Michel Leclercq. He takes the place of one of the founder's sons, Mathieu Leclerq, who resigned last June and is no longer on the board. ...