All Executive changes articles – Page 49
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Trutworths International has appointed a new chief financial officer, David...
Trutworths International has appointed a new chief financial officer, David Pfaff, for Office, the big British shoe retail chain that it took over from a private equity firm last November
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Gerhard Aigner is returning to the Austrian-based Lorenz Schuh Group...
Gerhard Aigner is returning to the Austrian-based Lorenz Schuh Group as sales manager of its Ganter brand of comfort shoes, responsible for its internationalization. He was most recently one of the managing directors of Ferdinand Richter, another Austrian company specializing in children's shoes. Prior to that, he worked as export ...
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Friedo Schomeier has left Berkemann, where he acted as sales...
Friedo Schomeier has left Berkemann, where he acted as sales manager for seven years, to become head of sales for Tacco Footcare International, covering the German-speaking countries. He has been in the industry for more than 25 years, working also for Gabor and Mephisto. Schomeier reports to Oliver Timpe, who ...
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A German shoe industry veteran, Rainer Lüers, will act as...
A German shoe industry veteran, Rainer Lüers, will act as executive agent for Place Vendôme, in charge of promoting the international growth of its Melvin & Hamilton brand of shoes and accessories, according to Schuhkurier
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has announced the...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has announced the appointment of Rick Helfenbein, who is the current chairman of the organization, as AAFA's president and chief executive effective Feb. 15. He will replace Juanita Duggan, who announced her resignation in November. Helfenbein has been a member of AAFA's board ...
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Shoes For Crews, the Florida-based specialist in slip-resistant work footwear,...
Shoes For Crews, the Florida-based specialist in slip-resistant work footwear, has hired Stuart Jenkins as president, chief executive officer and chief innovation officer as well as a member of the company's board of directors, effective Jan. 25, 2016. Matt Smith, the company's founder and current chief executive, will become chairman ...
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Fouad Gross is leaving as country manager of Timberland for...
Fouad Gross is leaving as country manager of Timberland for Germany, Austria and Switzerland after more than ten years in the job. His role will be taken over on a temporary basis by Mariano Alonso, vice president of sales of Timberland for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Timberland ...
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Marcus Englert, a management consultant, is taking over from Norbert...
Marcus Englert, a management consultant, is taking over from Norbert Lang as chairman of Rocket Internet's supervisory board
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A new management headed up by Jutta Horezky is conducting...
A new management headed up by Jutta Horezky is conducting the re-launch of Tiggers, a German footwear brand that gets its shoes made in Portugal. It has launched its own web store and it is planning to show at the GDS, presenting an innovative boot. The brand and other assets ...
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Mellow Yellow, a brand that belongs to the Eram group...
Mellow Yellow, a brand that belongs to the Eram group for a few years, has a young new creative director, Thomas Lieuvin, who worked for Jean-Charles de Castalbajac before launching his own brand in 2012. He replaces Julien Granero who is leaving the company after five years in the role.
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David Friedrich, who has been the international sales director for...
David Friedrich, who has been the international sales director for Napapijri footwear for the past two years, is switching over to Gant footwear in the same position, starting with the sales campaign for the autumn/winter 2016/17 season. Both lines are licensed to Hamm Market Solutions.
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Impactiva, the leading quality assurance and supply chain optimization service,...
Impactiva, the leading quality assurance and supply chain optimization service, has hired three new senior executives. It has also expanded the territory covered by Paul Frowijn, who will also handle sales in the Netherlands after successfully developing the German market in the last four years. One of the three new ...
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The Idana Group has made two important appointments. Marino Knezevic...
The Idana Group has made two important appointments. Marino Knezevic has been taking care of international sales since Dec. 1 for the German shoe company. Jörg Glaztz has been placed in charge of its children's footwear lines, including its Indigo collection. Founded in 1078, the German company specializes in the ...
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Camuto Group has appointed Susan Pellish-Thaler as group president of...
Camuto Group has appointed Susan Pellish-Thaler as group president of footwear of Vince Camuto and Louise et Cie. In her new role, she will oversee the shoe businesses for both brands in the U.S. Pellish-Thaler was most recently general manager of Sam Edelman. Previously, she served at Nine West Corp., ...
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Superfeet, a leading American supplier of comfort insoles, has created...
Superfeet, a leading American supplier of comfort insoles, has created two new positions to stimulate further growth in the U.S. and abroad. Brad Parry, who has been with the company for eight years, has been appointed vice president of international sales. A regional sales manager of Superfeet, Miko Houser, becomes ...
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Reiner Pfeiffer, formerly with Jack Wolfskin, will act as sales...
Reiner Pfeiffer, formerly with Jack Wolfskin, will act as sales manager of Kangaroos in Germany and the other markets covered by its licensee, Bernd Hummel
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Jim Fox is taking over on Jan. 1, 2016 as...
Jim Fox is taking over on Jan. 1, 2016 as president of Dansko from Mandy Cabot, co-founder of the American brand of clogs and other comfort shoes. Cabot will continue as chairperson and chief executive of the company. Fox has been the chief financial officer of Dansko since 2006, and ...
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Mirapodo, the online shoe store of the Otto Group, has...
Mirapodo, the online shoe store of the Otto Group, has an experienced new head buyer, Heike Isemann. She has been working since the start of 2014 as shoe buyer for KaDeWe, the former premium department store operation of Karstadt. Prior to that she spent three years in the women's footwear ...
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Bugatti is getting ready for a generational change. Markus and...
Bugatti is getting ready for a generational change. Markus and Julius Brinkmann are going to support the work of their respective fathers, Wolfgang and Klaus Brinkmann, who have been jointly running since 1986 the family holding company, Bugatti Holding Brinkmann, founded in 1947 by their father, Friedrich Wilhelm Brinkmann. Markus, ...
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Marco Lachner is going to leave Birkenstock at the end...
Marco Lachner is going to leave Birkenstock at the end of 2015 after only one year as brand manager of the fast-growing company, but he may continue to be involved in specific projects. He had previously worked for Levi's, Vaude, Legero and Kangaroos.
