All Executive changes articles – Page 53
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Michael Dörner, who has been most recently in charge of...
Michael Dörner, who has been most recently in charge of retail development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Birkenstock, has been hired by Crocs to act as director of wholesale for the German market. Dörner previously worked for Adidas, Reebok and Merrell. At Crocs, he takes the place ...
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Steve Rendle has been promoted president and chief operating officer...
Steve Rendle has been promoted president and chief operating officer of VF Corporation. He has been running VF's Outdoor & Action Sports Coalition for many years, overseeing Timberland, Vans and many other important brands. He had been in charge of all the brands of the group for the Americas since ...
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Anton Magnani, a former top manager of Manas, Bata, Clarks...
Anton Magnani, a former top manager of Manas, Bata, Clarks Originals and Hugo Boss, has been appointed chief executive of Sutor Mantellassi, the Italian brand of high-end men's shoes owned by the Korean E-Land group since 2010 through Lario 1898. He has reorganized the design department and the network of ...
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Günther Althaus, chief executive of the ANWR Group, and Fritz...
Günther Althaus, chief executive of the ANWR Group, and Fritz Terbuyken, product manager, have been confirmed in their positions until the end of 2020. The general meeting of the German-based buying group, which took place in Prague, also expanded the supervisory board from ten to 12 members. New on the ...
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Important people have joined the management of Alma, the Italian...
Important people have joined the management of Alma, the Italian company that has come out of the merger between Manas and Alfiere. Fabrizio Salvatori, who has worked for Tod's, Geox, Stonefly and Fabi, has become its chief operating officer. Stefano Rossi, who has collected experience at multi-national companies, is its ...
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Birkenstock has placed all its sales operations for Europe, the...
Birkenstock has placed all its sales operations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa under the management of Klaus Baumann, a 46-year-old former executive of Camper who was responsible for Germany, Austria and Poland. He will work with Michael Schmitz, formerly with Converse and Nike, to cover the Middle East ...
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CTC, the French-based quality certification agency for leather and leather...
CTC, the French-based quality certification agency for leather and leather products, has announced the appointment of André Leroy as sales director for CTC Greater China and CSR Officer of CTC Groupe. He will be based in Hong Kong. Leroy was previously global compliance program manager for Avery Dennison and quality ...
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Patrice Boydron, former French country manager of Esprit, has joined...
Patrice Boydron, former French country manager of Esprit, has joined Geox as managing director for Western Europe, covering France, Benelux, Ireland and the U.K. He has taken the place of Matthew Schegg, who has moved to Columbia Sportswear.
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Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark,...
Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark, Tom Tinning, who takes the place of Thomas Vangsaard, now in charge of Denmark for Ecco. Tinning, 45, started off as a sales rep for Nike and later became Danish sales manager for the big athletic brand. He worked for ...
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Titan Industries has appointed a new chief executive, Andrea Bernholtz,...
Titan Industries has appointed a new chief executive, Andrea Bernholtz, with effect from June 1. She was the president and co-founder of Rock & Republic, where she developed the brand's footwear line. Joe Ouaknine, formerly chairman and CEO of Titan, will remain in the chairman's position. Titan owns or licenses ...
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Alf Natek is now the only general manager at Richter....
Alf Netek is now the only general manager at Richter. He previously shared responsibilities with Gerhard Aigner, who is leaving the Austrian children's shoe company. Thomas Miedler, a long-standing Austrian sales representative, is taking over sales, focusing on Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He will be supported by Hans-Reiner Köhler for ...
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Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram...
Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram since 1993, has been promoted to the new position of global general manager. He started off as manager of the Italian supplier of high-tech shoe soles for Italy and Spain. He later opened Vibram's offices in the U.S. in 1999 ...
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Kering has further restructured Gucci's management team, making several promotions....
Kering has further restructured Gucci's management team, making several promotions. Micaela Le Divelec, who has filled several roles at the company including those of chief financial officer and chief corporate operations officer, has become executive vice president and chief consumer officer, a new role where she will supervise all the ...
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Donald Pliner and his wife Lisa have left the U.S....
Donald Pliner and his wife Lisa have left the U.S. company that he founded in 1989, Donald J Pliner, and sold to Castanea Partners four years ago
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Jean-Michel Herrault has left the position of managing director for...
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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Keen has hired Nikolai Christensen as vice president of product,...
Keen has hired Nikolai Christensen as vice president of product, Cesar Geronimo as development director, and Manon Belley as design director. Christensen was most recently at Ecco, where he also worked on product management. Geronimo is an industrial engineer and has worked for more than 16 years at Wolverine Worldwide. ...
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Michele Scannavini, former chief executive of Coty, is joining the...
Michele Scannavini, former chief executive of Coty, is joining the board of directors of Tod's along with three women: Cinzia Oglio, Romina Guglielmetti and Sveva Dal Masso
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Seth Horowitz has resigned as chief operating officer of Iconix...
Seth Horowitz has resigned as chief operating officer of Iconix Brand Group, owner of Candies and many other brands
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Giuseppe Pirola is no longer chief executive of Bruno Magli....
Giuseppe Pirola is no longer chief executive of Bruno Magli. His functions have been taken over on an interim basis by the Italian company's president, Michael De Virgilio, and by the chief operating officer, Cory M. Baker. They were appointed at the beginning of this year after the takeover of ...
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Brinkmann has promoted Nicolas Zülka as export manager of Bugatti,...
Brinkmann has promoted Nicolas Zülka as export manager of Bugatti, taking the place of the retiring Manfred Gürck
