Latest Executive Changes – Page 48
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News briefsFormer Nike product manager to lead Arc’teryx footwear division
Arc’teryx has appointed Ovidio Garcia as VP, footwear, effective immediately. In his new role, Garcia will be responsible for leading the global footwear strategy and will report directly to Katie Becker, Arc’teryx chief creative officer. Garcia brings 15 years of experience at Nike in product management, merchandising and product operations ...
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News briefsCallaway expands board with additional independent director
Callaway Golf Company has expanded the company’s board of directors from twelve to thirteen members by appointing Bavan M. Holloway to the board. The company’s bylaws require that its board of directors consist of a minimum of six and a maximum of fifteen members, the vast majority of whom must ...
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VF promotes Nina Flood to president, global packs for Eastpak, Jansport and Kipling
Source: VF Corp Nina Flood VF Corp. has appointed Nina Flood as president, global packs for Eastpak, JanSport and Kipling. She has most recently served as president of Eastpak after a long career at VF brands Nautica and Kipling. Flood joined VF Corp. in 2003 after leaving ...
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News briefsRapha founder Mottram to step down
Rouleur magazine reports that Simon Mottram, founder of Rapha, will step down as CEO of the cycling apparel brand after 17 years. Mottram co-founded Rapha in 2004 with Luke Scheybeler, drawing inspiration from Team Rapha-Géminiani, a cycling team from the 1960s. He is considered one of the greatest marketers and ...
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News briefsKinetiXx Sports creates head of division position
Source: KinetiXx Matthias Faller Gloves specialist W+R Pro, based in Metzingen, Germany, appointed Matthias Faller as head of division for its KinetiXx Sports brand, a newly created position. Faller will be responsible for the German-speaking and international markets. For the last years, Faller had been sales manager ...
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News briefsSaucony hires Brian Moore as Senior VP of global product
Source: Saucony Brian Moore Saucony, part of the Wolverine Worldwide group, has appointed footwear industry veteran Brian Moore to senior vice president of global product, effective immediately. In his new role, Moore will be responsible for Saucony’s global brand footwear and apparel strategies, including design, development and ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin restructures sales management, promotes el Mahmoud to GM Commercial Europe
Jack Wolfskin has created a new sales management structure to ensure the coordinated alignment of wholesale, retail and digital strategies for its European operations. Jack Wolfskin veteran Natascha el Mahmoud fills the new position of general manager commercial Europe. El Mahmoud, who has been with the company since 2002, most ...
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News briefsAccell appoints Chief Supply Chain Officer
Accell Group has appointed Francesca Gamboni, currently SVP of Stellantis (the merger of the former PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler) in Paris, in charge of the global supply chain, to the position of chief supply chain officer, tackling what has become an important and complex issue in the bike sector ...
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News briefsBikeExchange creates chief customer officer position
BikeExchange Limited, an operator of a global online cycling marketplace, has appointed Rebecca Boxall as chief customer officer, a newly created position that completes the recruitment of its leadership team following the company’s IPO in February. Boxall, who is currently VP of e-commerce, marketing and customer experience at Canadian company ...
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News briefsKatadyn North America appoints new president
Chris Voxland, VP of operations for the outdoor company since 2001, has been promoted to president of Katadyn North America, headquartered in Rocklin, California, to lead the company’s growth in new channels, demographics and markets. Voxland is expected to drive the brand’s goal of building product lines and managing sustainable ...
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News briefsMichael Jakob hired as Deuter head of international sales
Source: Deuter Michael Jakob After leaving PrimaLoft in June 2020 after more than six years as VP of business development Europe, Michael Jakob – as the company has just officially announced – has taken over the position of head of international sales at Deuter in Gersthofen, Germany, ...
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News briefsVF appoints new VP investor relations
Source: VF Corp Allegra Perry VF Corp. has appointed Allegra Perry to the position of vice president, investor relations, effective Jan. 2022. She will report to VF’s chief financial officer, Matt Puckett, and work closely with the group’s executive leadership team and executives across the company’s 12 ...
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Columbia Sportswear appoints VP Investor Relations
Portland, Oregon-based Columbia Sportswear Company, which owns the Columbia, Mountain Hardwear, Sorel and prAna brands, has promoted Andrew Burns to vice president of strategic planning and investor relations. Burns has been with Columbia for more than three years leading the investor relations program. Prior to that, he spent more than ...
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News briefsLiz Wilson promoted SVP global product creation at OR
Liz Wilson Seattle-based brand Outdoor Research (OR) has promoted Liz Wilson to senior vice president of global product creation. Wilson, who has worked for OR for four years, is tasked with leading the product creation team and product development process from concept to consumer, from product and ...
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News briefsHaglöfs reports global growth of 26% in H1, expands sales team for Germany and Austria
Swedish outdoor brand Haglöfs reports well-received winter and spring collections and global growth of 26 percent in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period last year, citing continued investment in product development and design despite the pandemic. The brand says it’s committed to continuing to work closely ...
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Montane with new country manager and PR agency for the U.S.
British outdoor apparel brand Montane has announced a new brand initiative for the U.S. market. Effective immediately, industry veteran Mike Downing of Boulder, Colorado, will assume the role of country manager for the U.S., overseeing all wholesale, professional and direct sales for Montane’s apparel and gear collection. Downing will work ...
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Keen reorganizes German sales team
Ralph Hermann, so far Keen’s representative in Baden-Württemberg with his agency “Die Berg Agenten”, will be Keen’s new country manager for Germany. Baden-Württemberg as well as Bavaria will be taken over from fall/winter 2022 by the agency Frotscher, which also looks after brands such as Havaianas, CMP, Inuovo and Hoff ...
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News briefsKathmandu Holdings appoints new director
Kathmandu Holdings Limited has appointed Abigail Foote as an independent director of the company effective Oct. 15, 2021. Foote is a professional director with over 12 years’ governance experience. With qualifications in both law and accounting, her career has covered both disciplines, focusing on corporate finance, treasury and commercial transactions. ...
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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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News briefsBergans with new German online store and e-commerce team
Bergans Outdoor GmbH, the German subsidiary of the Norwegian outdoor company Bergans of Norway, launched its new online store for Germany on Oct. 12, complementing the already existing Norwegian and Swedish DTC webshops. Laura Ninnemann and Gizem Karakoyun are responsible as the e-commerce team for the new German store. Ninnemann, ...
