Exexcutive Changes – Page 5
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ArticleNew Global GM for Gregory in the U.S., new structure for Europe
Source: Gregory John Sears Gregory Mountain Products, one of the leading backpack manufacturers for more than four decades and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, just revealed the appointment of John Sears to the company’s new global general manager, as of January. Sears has been with the ...
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ArticleMountain Hardwear expands its leadership team
Mountain Hardwear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Company, has announced three internal promotions, including a new vice president of product line management and merchandising, and two new hires. In 2021, Mountain Hardwear experienced tremendous growth over the past year, including a 33 percent increase in net sales and a ...
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ArticleWoom Bikes with new management
Mathias Ihlenfeld has taken over the overall management of Austrian children’s bicycle manufacturer Woom as CEO at the turn of the year. Born in Germany, Ihlenfeld founded Woom USA in 2014. With an uncompromising focus on DTC retail and customer service, he succeeded in making Woom one of the fastest ...
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ArticleHaushofer appointed project director for ISPO shows, Gröber back as head of ISPO
While the pandemic is responsible for the fact that we have not been able to meet in person at any ISPO trade show for almost two years, the situation is certainly particularly challenging for the trade show organizers. In the wake of the many cancellations and digital substitutes, the ISPO ...
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ArticleNick Brown passes on ownership of Nikwax and Páramo to employees
After 45 years as owner and founder, Nick Brown has handed over control over Nikwax and Páramo on Feb. 1 to his employees on three continents at the age of 67 by selling the company to a newly formed Employee Ownership Trust. Nikwax Waterproofing Wax for Leather, 1977 ...
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ArticleIronman Group realigns leadership structure
Florida-based The Ironman Group has announced the promotion of Stefan Petschnig to chief business development officer and Matt Wikstrom to chief partnerships officer, resulting in shifts in the management structure and several promotions. Petschnig’s successor is Thomas Veje Olsen, who has been promoted to SVP & managing director Europe, ...
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ArticleFormer Nike executive to become TNF’s new global brand president
VF Corp. has named Nicole Otto global brand president of its Denver, Colorado-based outdoor brand The North Face (TNF). Otto will succeed Steve Murray, who will be retiring. Murray had been promoted from president of Americas to global brand president of TNF in October 2020 as part of management structure ...
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ArticleFormer CEO of Private Sport Shop group to join Moustache Bikes as CEO
French e-bike supplier Moustache Bikes is strengthening its management team ahead of its tenth anniversary, launching a new development phase. On Jan. 1, 2022, Olivier Cantet, an experienced executive from the outdoor and sporting goods industry, who describes himself as a “leading French e-bike specialist,” will join the company as ...
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ArticleOdlo reorganizes its business structure in German-speaking countries
Pascal Schweizer, Odlo’s country manager DACH, is seizing the opportunity of the departure of field sales manager Matthias Faller to reorganize responsibilities in the German-speaking region. Faller is leaving Odlo on Oct. 31 after almost five years with the company. Moving forward, a dedicated sales manager will be in place ...
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ArticleProphete Group with management change after successful turnaround
In mid-2019, when the German bicycle supplier Prophete Group ran into difficult waters, the two owner families, Lönne and Prophete, brought the turnaround consultancy Struktur Management Partner GmbH on board. Interim manager Felix Schwabedal was tasked with designing and implementing the restructuring. Effective Oct. 1, 2021, he will now be ...
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ArticleBollé Brands Group with executive changes for e-com, CSR, marketing and sales
Bollé Brands Group has hired new staff for its marketing, business, e-commerce and corporate social responsibility departments to support the plan to strengthen both its digital and local presence, raise awareness of all the group’s brands - Bollé, Cébé, Spy+ and Serengeti - and strengthen its socially responsible investment policy. ...
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ArticleHoudini drives expansion of circular economy movement with new shareholder
Swedish outdoor brand Houdini Sportswear announced that Italian investment firm GDTRE will join the brand’s co-founders, Hanna Lindblad and Eva Karlsson, who both hold a minority stake in the company and together own 77 percent of the company, as well as Stefan Ytterborn, founder of POC and CEO and founder ...
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ArticleSSU reorganizes management of Internetstores Group
After more than three years as CEO of Internetstores GmbH, Hans Dohrmann will leave the parent company of multichannel bike, camping and outdoor retailers such as Addnature, Bikester, Brügelmann, Campz and Fahrrad.de. According to Internetstores Group’s parent company, Signa Sports United (SSU), he will leave “on good terms” on Sept. ...
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ArticleNew CEO and board members for Ecco
Ecco’s CEO Steen Borgholm has stepped down from his post on Aug. 20 “by mutual agreement” after four years and more than two decades with the Danish footwear company. He will be replaced by Panos Mytaros, who has been with the company for 27 years. Mytaros started his career with ...
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ArticleBlack Diamond hires ski industry veteran Mike Hattrup
Salt Lake City-based outdoor company Black Diamond Equipment has named Mike Hattrup business unit director for its ski category. Hattrup will be responsible for the brand’s entire ski and snow safety category, including skis, avalanche transceivers, JetForce airbag backpacks, probes, shovels, as well as snowpacks and ski poles. As business ...
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ArticleSmartwool strengthens sales and e-commerce
Source: Smartwool Jennifer McLaren, CEO Smartwool The CEO of Denver-based merino specialist Smartwool, Jennifer McLaren, has named two new executives for the brand’s sales and e-commerce departments. Corey Stecker, previously international general manager of sales and marketing, was promoted to global head of sales. Stecker has been ...
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ArticleColonna takes the helm at K2-MDV
Source: K2 Sports John Colonna After three years as president of K2 Sports , John Colonna has been named president and CEO of K2-MDV Holdings . He will be responsible for the Marker Dalbello Völkl ( MDV ) and K2 Sports businesses, ...
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ArticleNew boss and new structures for Dachstein’s parent
Juha Luhtanen , 51, became the new managing director of the Luhta Sportswear Company on May 4, taking the place of his older brother, Vesa Luhtanen , who has retired after many years at the helm of the Finnish-based family-owned company, previously known as the L-Fashion Group . The ...
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ArticleU.S. bike industry veteran to head Hero International in London
After Indian two-wheeler giant Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (also known as Hero Motor Company or HMC ) announced in March the formation of Hero International ( HIT ) as its new international headquarters in Europe, U.S. industry veteran Jeff Weiss has now been hired as CEO of ...
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ArticleBoardriders without Peter Knoll
Peter Knoll has left Boardriders, Inc. at the end of March 2021, where he was most recently general manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. According to Knoll, his departure was mutually agreed upon, following differing views on organizational and strategic changes within the company. Knoll’s position ...
