All Executive changes articles – Page 86
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Erik Burbank has joined Keen in the position of general...
Erik Burbank has joined Keen in the position of general manager in charge of the Outdoor, Lifestyle and Kids categories, based at its head office in Portland, Oregon. He had spent the last seven years in Oslo, working for Helly Hansen as senior vice president of brand and marketing, and ...
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Oberalp is restructuring Salewa's sales and marketing teams after promoting...
Oberalp is restructuring Salewa's sales and marketing teams after promoting one staff member and attracting an external hire. Mark Landenberger is now responsible for Salewa's sales and marketing for the entire Austrian, German and Swiss region. Martin Stolzenberger has also joined as a key account manager. Landenberger has been in ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and managing director of its Asia-Pacific division. He comes from Timberland, where he led its Asia-Pacific business for six years before becoming president of the brand in 2014. He left Timberland in July of last year, when he was replaced by ...
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Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The...
Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The 46-year-old replaces Wolfgang Helmberger. Rettig has been with Amer Sports since 2006. At Amer, she was initially in charge of marketing for the cycling division in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Afterwards she was promoted to GTM (Go to Market) trade ...
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Bergans is strengthening its international sales force. The new international...
Bergans is strengthening its international sales force. The new international focus includes the appointment of John-Olav Evans as international strategic account manager. In this new position, he will be responsible for serving and developing relations with Bergans' distributors and key strategic clients in the international market. Another new recruit is ...
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Martin Vergien has been appointed as vice president and managing...
Martin Vergien has been appointed as vice president and managing director of Coleman in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He formally takes over from Marc Hill, after several months in the same position on an interim basis. Vergien is taking charge on a regional basis of the Coleman, ...
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Confirming the company's fashion-oriented approach, Canada Goose is proposing the...
Confirming the company's fashion-oriented approach, Canada Goose is proposing the nomination of Maureen Chiquet, a former CEO of Chanel, as a member of the board of directors at the shareholders' meeting scheduled for Aug. 15
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Black Diamond has expanded its engineering team from six to...
Black Diamond has expanded its engineering team from six to ten persons, and it has added two outdoor industry specialists to its apparel development team. The four extra engineering staff are Greg Woolston, previously in product design at Skullcandy, who joined the lighting team. Tom Santoro is to focus on ...
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Two other top managers are leaving Columbia Sportswear. The chief...
Two other top managers are leaving Columbia Sportswear. The chief executive of Prana, Scott Kerslake, will quit the job on Aug. 18 to join another company in an adjacent sector. He has led Prana since 2009, building it up to reach a turnover of $100 million by 2014, when it ...
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Chris Matthews has resigned as chief executive of Go Outdoors,...
Chris Matthews has resigned as chief executive of Go Outdoors, after four years in the post. He has been replaced by Claire Webb, the former chief financial officer of the British outdoor retail chain, which was taken over by JD Sports Fashion at the beginning of this year. Webb joined ...
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Mark DeYoung has left as chief executive of Vista Outdoor....
Mark DeYoung has left as chief executive of Vista Outdoor. He had run the company since it was spun off from Orbital ATK in early 2015, after serving as president and chief executive of the parent company for the previous five years. Michael Callahan, Vista Outdoor's lead independent director and ...
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Creating a new position, Peak Performance has hired Miklos von...
Creating a new position, Peak Performance has hired Miklos von Pronay as urban sales representative for Central Europe. His job will be to expand the brand's sales in the fashion sector. Von Pronay comes from Tiger of Sweden, where he covered the German-speaking countries. He previously worked for Closed as ...
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Andi and Heidi Brun, the founders of Exped, will be...
Andi and Heidi Brun, the founders of Exped, will be retiring by the end of the year. Andi Brun is head of innovation and IT and responsible for the development of mats, hammocks, bivy bags and ponchos, while Heidi Brun is the company's general manager. They will continue to work as consultants ...
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Anne Leidenfrost, who worked previously as marketing director at Edelrid, joined Skylotec in...
Anne Leidenfrost, who worked previously as marketing director at Edelrid, joined Skylotec in the newly created position of brand manager on June 1. Skylotec won this year's OutDoor Gold Award in the climbing equipment category for its Rider 3.0 via ferrata set.
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Ivo Richaers has been appointed chief executive of Vrijbuiter, a...
Ivo Richaers has been appointed chief executive of Vrijbuiter, a Dutch group of four megastores for camping, outdoor and other leisure products, from the start of July. He takes over from Steven de Raat, a former executive in sports and footwear retailing, who led Vrijbuiter for four years in a ...
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Morten Mosland has been appointed as marketing and business development...
Morten Mosland has been appointed as marketing and business development manager at Viking Footwear, after a few months working with the Norwegian footwear brand on a consultancy basis. Mosland previously spent nearly ten years with the Carlsberg Group. He is replacing Karl Henrik Felde, who left to become international marketing ...
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Cascade Designs has appointed John Bowen as supply chain manager for Europe, replacing Derrick...
Cascade Designs has appointed John Bowen as supply chain manager for Europe, replacing Derrick Jones. Bowen, who was previously supply chain manager at EMC Corporation and Apple, started at Cascade Designs in May, handling also customer service, planning and purchasing. He is based at the company's European office and factory in Cork, Ireland.
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Bernd Mayer, international sales manager at Leki, has left at...
Bernd Mayer, international sales manager at Leki, has left at his own request after 30 years with the German supplier of poles. Mayer was responsible for Leki's sales in Asia and Eastern Europe. Leki aims to focus more intensely on North America, Asia and Scandinavia in the near future. Michael ...
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Blaise Agresti, who has been global sales director at Petzl...
Blaise Agresti, who has been global sales director at Petzl for the last two years, is leaving the company at the end of August. The decision was taken in agreement with the company, as Agresti decided to focus on a promising start-up project. A French mountain guide and former commander ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Jim Swanson as its senior vice...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Jim Swanson as its senior vice president and chief financial officer from the start of July. He takes over from Tom Cusick, who will become executive vice president and chief operating officer. Swanson has been the outdoor group's vice president of finance for the past two ...
