All Executive changes articles – Page 91
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Adrian Davison has been appointed as European brand director for...
Adrian Davison has been appointed as European brand director for Gregory backpacks. He previously worked as global equipment and footwear product manager for Berghaus, after assignments at Puma, Fila Sport and Fox Head, focusing on product management, marketing and sales. Davison reports to Jonathan Dory, general manager for Gregory Europe ...
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Keen has appointed Jens Christian Meier as executive vice president...
Keen has appointed Jens Christian Meier as executive vice president in charge of its global value chain, a newly-created role. Meier will drive all aspects of the global value supply chain, from raw materials to the delivery of finished products. He brings Keen more than 35 years of experience in ...
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Guido Schwarz has been appointed as sales manager for Germany...
Guido Schwarz has been appointed as sales manager for Germany at Katadyn, the Swiss group specializing in water filtering systems and related products for the outdoor market, from the start of September. Schwarz is to supervise sales of Katadyn, Optimus, Trek'n'Eat in Germany, and distribution of Klean Kanteen in the ...
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Herbert Lindenmaier has been appointed as area sales manager at...
Herbert Lindenmaier has been appointed as area sales manager at Primaloft, taking care of the company's sales and marketing strategy in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and reporting to Stefan Brandt, Primaloft's European sales manager. He will work out of the company's European headquarters in Taufkirchen near Munich. For the past eight ...
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Columbia Sportswear has hired Faith Briggs and Mark Chase as...
Columbia Sportswear has hired Faith Briggs and Mark Chase as the brand's new directors of toughness. During the next nine months, the two directors will be travelling around the globe to test Columbia's gear in tough conditions. They will be documenting their journey on columbia.com/testedtough and across the brand's social ...
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Reiner Gerstner, former marketing manager of the Oberalp Group, is...
Reiner Gerstner, former marketing manager of the Oberalp Group, is now doing a similar job for TQ Group, a leading electronic engineering company based in Seefeld, near Munich
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Bruno Joly, 36, is joining Odlo International as communications manager,...
Bruno Joly, 36, is joining Odlo International as communications manager, reporting directly to the recently appointed brand director, Timo Pape. Joly started his career as German correspondent for a French fashion trade magazine, Journal du Textile. Based in Munich, he quickly focused on the sports industry. He contributed to other ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates has appointed Achim Ewers zum Rode...
W.L. Gore & Associates has appointed Achim Ewers zum Rode as “global brand & consumer strategy leader,” based at the company's European headquarters in Germany. He will be responsible for Gore-Tex and the other brands in the Gore Fabrics division, addressing new challenges from a globalized environment and the digitalization ...
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Just a few weeks after Mike Ashley took over from...
Just a few weeks after Mike Ashley took over from Dave Forsey as chief executive of Sports Direct International (SDI), the British sports retailer said its acting chief financial officer is leaving the group. The owner of Field & Trek, as well as Karrimor, Gelert and various other brands, has ...
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Andy Shand has been appointed vice president of international sales...
Andy Shand has been appointed vice president of international sales at Vista Outdoor, reporting to Dave Allen, the former president of The Coleman Company who became senior vice president of sales for Vista in May. Still based in London, Shand has been with Camelbak since 2009, most recently as senior ...
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Cory Bayers has been appointed as vice president of marketing...
Cory Bayers has been appointed as vice president of marketing at Patagonia. He has spent the last 15 years on global marketing assignments, including a stint at Helly Hansen and several years as vice president of global brand creative and global brand manager for Lululemon. Bayers is reporting directly to ...
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Deckers Brands has appointed Maggie Winkel as the general manager...
Deckers Brands has appointed Maggie Winkel as the general manager of Teva, a newly created role under the Performance Lifestyle Group at Deckers Brands. The appointment will be effective on Oct. 24. In this new position, Winkel will manage global product and brand marketing for Teva as well as the ...
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Cascade Designs has appointed Erik Flink as brand director for...
Cascade Designs has appointed Erik Flink as brand director for Therm-a-Rest and Karl Fritzsche as brand director for Platypus, SealLine and PackTowl. Flink has been with Cascade Designs for more than 17 years. Most recently, he was brand director of the Platypus Hydration division. Previously, he has been product manager ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed David Lawner as interim senior vice...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed David Lawner as interim senior vice president of retailing in North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), while the company has started a search to replace Shawn Cox. From 2011 until March 2016, Lawner was president in charge of U.S. retailing and ecommerce ...
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Leki has boosted its international sales department with the appointment...
Leki has boosted its international sales department with the appointment of Michael Brechtelsbauer as area manager for North America, Scandinavia and some other European countries
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Cory Bayers, former global creative vice president at Lululemon,...
Cory Bayers, former global creative vice president at Lululemon, has become the new vice president of marketing for Patagonia
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Moritz Kuhn started at the beginning of October as country...
Moritz Kuhn started at the beginning of October as country manager for Haglöfs in Germany and Austria, after several years at the Adidas Group and most recently as a team leader at Zalando. Kuhn replaces Herbert Horelt, who has been with the Swedish outdoor company since 2003 and left last ...
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Brian Moore, who served as vice president of global footwear...
Brian Moore, who served as vice president of global footwear for The North Face for four years until last May, has joined Tracksmith, an American brand of performance running apparel and accessories, as product manager. We understand that his appointment is intended to strengthen the sourcing capabilities of the company, ...
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Chris Roberts, managing director of Mammut UK, left the company...
Chris Roberts, managing director of Mammut UK, left the company earlier this month. The business is going to be supervised on an interim basis by Andy Ernst, head of the sales division for Europe, although he is based in Switzerland and the U.K. operations are led on a daily basis ...
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Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position...
Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position of chief product officer and Kevin Spreekmeester to the new position of chief brand officer. Turlington, who worked previously in leading roles for Nike, Patagonia, The North Face and Fila, had been a consultant of Canada Goose over the last ...
