Latest Executive Changes – Page 37
-
News briefsSilva hires new marketing coordinator for Germany and Austria
Source: Silva Max Mangold Swedish brand Silva has hired Maximilian Mangold as its new marketing coordinator for Germany and Austria. In his newly created role, Mangold will be responsible for trade marketing, events, sponsoring and cooperation, and the organization and maintenance of an athlete’s team in the ...
-
News briefsBell’s Andrea Pankow joins PeopleForBikes board of directors
Andrea Pankow, vice president and GM of Vista Outdoor’s Bell Helmets, Raskullz and Krash brands, has been appointed to the PeopleForBikes Coalition board of directors. Pankow has held numerous positions since joining Bell in 2006, when the company was still known as Easton-Bell Sports. PeopleForBikes is the U.S.-based organization that ...
-
News briefsPinewood announces new CEO
Scandinavian outdoor brand Pinewood has announced Bengt Rimark as its new CEO. Founder and existing CEO Rainer Rüssel is stepping down after 30 years in the leadership role but remains at Pinewood, where he will now focus on product development and purchasing. Rimark is described as having extensive experience in ...
-
ArticleCotopaxi adds three new management positions
U.S. brand Cotopaxi has added three new executives to its senior management team during the last months: Kamal Thota, vice president of technology, Jason Hermann, vice president of corporate sales, and most recently Charlie Mangini, who joined the company as its vice president of operations. Mangini, who began his tenure ...
-
News briefsBurbank succeeds Millenacker as global brand president of Royal Robbins
Source: Royal Robbins Erik Burbank Fenix Outdoor has appointed Erik Burbank as global brand president of Royal Robbins. Burbank, an industry veteran with extensive experience leading brands in the U.S. and Europe, will succeed Michael Millenacker, who is retiring at the end of the year. Burbank will ...
-
News briefsNewell to have new CFO and president in 2023
On Jan. 9, 2023, Mark Erceg is to become Newell Brands’ chief financial officer, in charge of finance, IT, planning & analysis, accounting, SEC reporting, internal audit, tax, treasury, investor relations, information management and global business services. Erceg will be succeeding and reporting to Chris Peterson, who will be fully ...
-
ArticleEquip regaining independence, announcing management changes
Fundamental changes to the Equip Outdoor Technologies UK Ltd. (Equip) company structure: the parent company of Rab and Lowe Alpine announced a multi-million BP financing package with British bank HSBC UK. The financial backing aims to enable Equip to repay investors, including long-time partner Mobeus VCTs, which is advised by ...
-
News briefsNew Zwift co-CEO comes from Amazon
Zwift founder Eric Min announced that he will share CEO duties with former Amazon executive Kurt Beidler as co-CEO going forward. Min, who has been CEO of Zwift since its inception in 2014, will remain chairman of the company’s board of directors. Beidler spent 17 years at Amazon, most recently ...
-
ArticleVF seeks new permanent CEO following Rendle’s decision to step down
Source: VF Corp. Benno Dorer, interim president and CEO of VF, effective immediately VF Corp. announced that Benno Dorer, lead independent director of the VF board of directors, has been appointed interim president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Richard Carucci, who has served on the board ...
-
News briefsNewell Brands elects Stephanie Stahl to its board of directors
Newell Brands, whose portfolio includes Marmot, Coleman, and Campingaz, announced the election of Stephanie Stahl to its board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2023. With her appointment, the company’s board will increase from ten members to eleven. “We are delighted to welcome Stephanie, a dynamic business leader with a proven ...
-
News briefsSarah Seifert joins OR as new VP e-commerce
Source: Outdoor Research Sarah Seifert Seattle-based brand Outdoor Research (OR) has hired Sarah Seifert as its new vice president e-commerce. Seifert has been e-commerce manager at Eagle Creek most recently. Prior to that, she worked for seven years as director of e-commerce for Smartwool. Her experience also ...
-
News briefsEOG has a new president and VP
Source: Equip Matt Gowar, new EOG President At its extraordinary general assembly on Nov. 27, European Outdoor Group (EOG) selected Matt Gowar to succeed Mark Held as its president now that Held’s second term has ended. Gowar is CEO and owner of Equip Outdoor Technologies, owner of ...
-
News briefsCanyon Bicycles appoints former road bike athlete as COO
Source: Canyon Alison Jones, new Canyon COO As part of the company’s executive leadership team, German DTC bicycle supplier Canyon Bicycles GmbH has brought Alison Jones on board. She fills the open position of chief operations officer (COO). In this role, the former road bike athlete will ...
-
News briefsJack Wolfskin hires new country managers for the U.K. and Scandinavia
Source: Jack Wolfskin Steve Rosier, Country Manager U.K. and Ireland German brand Jack Wolfskin has announced executive changes in the northern hemisphere: Steve Rosier has been appointed country manager for the U.K. and Ireland. Rosier, who has most recently served as senior sales manager and POD lead ...
-
ArticleBike industry veteran Pat Cunnane named CEO of Messingschlager USA
Europe’s leading and expanding bicycle accessories supplier Messingschlager GmbH & Co. KG has been able to win over a high-profile industry expert. The German company, which acquired its longtime U.S. partner company – then called Cycle Force Group – and its subsidiaries at the end of 2021 and shortly thereafter ...
-
News briefsOrtovox announces three new positions
German outdoor brand Ortovox has announced three new additions to its management team. Christine Brien, Nicole Eichmeier and Stefan Kohlbauer will be responsible for the key areas of materials, transformation and sales in the future. Brien was appointed as the new head of material management in early September 2022 and ...
-
News briefsMontura appoints Gianluca Pandolfo as new general manager
Italian outdoor brand Montura has appointed Gianluca Pandolfo as its new general manager. Most recently, Pandolfo spent seven years at Patagonia as sales director for the EMEA region. Prior to that, he worked for more than nine years at The North Face, between 2005 and 2015, with a one-year break ...
-
ArticlePentland Brands Germany undergoes restructuring, Berghaus with comeback
Source: Pentland Brands Germany Michael Schupp With the restructuring of Pentland Brands Deutschland GmbH, founded in 2020 in Gmund in southern Germany, which as an offshoot of the British Pentland Group also distributes the group’s Endura and Speedo brands in the DACH region, the well-known British mountain ...
-
News briefsDevold of Norway brings on new CEO
Source: Norsk Sportsbransjeforening Øystein Vikingsen Fauske The Norwegian Sports Industry Association (Norsk Sportsbransjeforening) has announced that Øystein Vikingsen Fauske will become Devold’s new CEO in mid-February, and Kyrre Ufert Lømo will become the company’s new CMO at the turn of the year. Fauske joins Devold from the ...
-
News briefsOboz hires new VP finance
U.S.-based company Oboz Footwear, owned by KMD Brands Limited, the New Zealand-based global outdoor, lifestyle and sports company, has hired Rob Leo as its VP of finance. Leo joins the company from Skullcandy, a provider of headphones, earphones and other devices. “Rob brings a wealth of knowledge, great ideas and ...
