All Executive changes articles – Page 98
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Patrick Pons de Vier, former brand manager for Salomon, is...
Patrick Pons de Vier, former brand manager for Salomon, is head of global footwear at Brooks, the U.S. running footwear company, starting last month. Pons de Vier spent about 18 years at Salomon, starting in 1996 in marketing for snowboarding products. He was leading strategic business development for Salomon's winter ...
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Patagonia has hired Dean Carter as vice president for human...
Patagonia has hired Dean Carter as vice president for human resources and shared services. Carter is to report directly to Rose Marcario, the outdoor company's chief executive. Described as an avid hiker, snowboarder and swimmer, he was previously chief human resources officer at Sears Holdings and at Fossil Inc. Carter ...
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Heather Jackson, described as an expert in IT and change...
Heather Jackson, described as an expert in IT and change management, has become a non-executive director of JD Sports Fashion, parent company of Blacks, Millets and other outdoor retail chains in the U.K. She is also a non-executive director of Ikano Bank from Sweden, where she chairs the remuneration and ...
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Crocs has eliminated the positions of chief operating officer and...
Crocs has eliminated the positions of chief operating officer and senior vice president of the supply chain in connection with the departure of its COO, Scott Crutchfield. The company has appointed Phil Blake to the new position of senior VP of global sourcing and promoted Dennis Sheldon to VP of ...
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Keen has hired Chris Heffernan, a seasoned executive in the...
Keen has hired Chris Heffernan, a seasoned executive in the footwear industry, as general manager of Keen Utility. Heffernan previously spent three years at Honeywell International, as general manager of safety footwear and vice president of global product. He also worked for seven years at Timberland as global brand manager ...
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Sergio Morales, who recently left as a regional sales manager...
Sergio Morales, who recently left as a regional sales manager for Polartec, has joined Noble Biomaterials to help boost European sales of its anti-microbial solution, X-Static
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Wendy Yang will join Deckers Brands on May 1 in...
Wendy Yang will join Deckers Brands on May 1 in the role of president of the Teva brand, reporting to the new president of the group, Dave Powers. Yang has been with New Balance since 2009, working as general manager for wellness, and subsequently for women's training, lifestyle and walking. ...
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Jack Wolfskin has appointed a new retail director, Stefan Kopp,...
Jack Wolfskin has appointed a new retail director, Stefan Kopp, replacing Philipp Prechtl after two years of service. Kopp has led Marc O'Polo's retail operations for several years. He previously worked at Gerry Weber and Esprit, a company where Melody Harris-Jensbach, the new chief executive of Jack Wolfskin, occupied a ...
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Vincent Wauters, who has been the general manager of Arc'teryx...
Vincent Wauters, who has been the general manager of Arc'teryx since 2012, has been made president of Amer Sports' apparel business. He will again become a member of the group's executive board, and he will continue to run the Canadian-based brand. In connection with Wauters' appointment, Andy Towne will leave ...
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Tim Pointer, global human resources director at Pentland Brands, has...
Tim Pointer, global human resources director at Pentland Brands, has left the company to set up his own management consultancy, Starboard Thinking
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VF Corp. has promoted Scott A. Roe to the role...
VF Corp. has promoted Scott A. Roe to the role of vice president and chief financial officer, with effect from Apr. 1. He succeeds Robert K. Shearer who is retiring after 28 years of service for the company. Roe has been with with VF for 18 years, acting most recently ...
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Karl Heinz Salzburger, vice president of VF Corporation and president...
Karl Heinz Salzburger, vice president of VF Corporation and president of its international operations since January 2011, is set to join the board of directors of Luxottica at the company's annual meeting next month
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Jean-Michel Herrault has left the position of managing director...
Jean-Michel Herrault has left the position of managing director for Deckers France, the sales subsidiary that he had set up in 2010, after working for 13 years a president of Eider. He will not be replaced, in line with the recent reorganization of European operations by brand rather than by ...
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Silvia Felt, who has a record of several years in...
Silvia Felt, who has a record of several years in the sports and outdoor business with Vaude, Adidas and the Oberalp Group, has been appointed as Silva's commercial manager for Germany
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Patagonia has promoted Lisa Williams to the position of...
Patagonia has promoted Lisa Williams to the position of chief product officer, with responsibility for all aspects of design, line management, merchandising, inventory and product marketing. She has been with Patagonia since 2001, acting most recently as vice president of global design and merchandising, after taking care of specific segments ...
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Jonathan Petty has been appointed by Montane as its new...
Jonathan Petty has been appointed by Montane as its new brand manager, replacing Paul Cosgrove who has moved to Berghaus. He will be responsible for product management and strategic planning. Petty has spent 20 years in the outdoor industry. He ran the U.K. subsidiaries of Salomon and Patagonia. He spent ...
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Chuck Roth, who has been the designer of Oboz Footwear...
Chuck Roth, who has been the designer of Oboz Footwear since its launch in 2008, is now employed by the company. He is already a shareholder of Oboz, which he founded together with the company's current president and vice president, John Connelly and Josh Fairchilds, who had been working for ...
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Berghaus has hired Paul Cosgrove as product manager for the...
Berghaus has hired Paul Cosgrove as product manager for the Berghaus Extreme range of outdoor gear, the brand's most technical collection. Cosgrove has spent 15 years in the outdoor industry. He served most recently as head of marketing and product at Montane.
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Ken Reeve has left the Blacks Outdoor chain of stores...
Ken Reeve has left the Blacks Outdoor chain of stores in the U.K., where he was appointed as managing director after the departure of Julia Reynolds in mid-2012 after a brief stint. He has also quit the board of the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA). Reeve was made strategy director of ...
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Leatherman Tool Group has named Bobbie Parisi vice president of...
Leatherman Tool Group has named Bobbie Parisi vice president of marketing for its Leatherman brand, effective Feb. 16. She will work at Leatherman's headquarters east of Portland International Airport, and will report to the president of Leatherman Tool, Ben Rivera. In her new role, she will be leading the marketing ...
