All Executive changes articles – Page 63
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Richard Messegaward, formerly with VF Corporation, has become general manager...
Richard Messegaward, formerly with VF Corporation, has become general manager of Rockport for the U.K. and Ireland
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Thomas Stockhammer assumed the position as head of production at...
Thomas Stockhammer assumed the position as head of production at Peter Kaiser on Oct. 1. Previously, he worked as facility manager for Ara Shoes at its factory in Valea lui Mihai in Romania. In his new post at Peter Kaiser, he succeeds Martin Burkhard, who left the company in March ...
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Crocs appoints Tim Lyons as its European retail manager, running...
Crocs appoints Tim Lyons as its European retail manager, running the company's 115 corporate stores and the 98 franchises in 45 countries. Lyons, who was previously in charge of Nike's factory outlets in western Europe, will report to Ann Chan, European commercial director of Crocs. Prior to the Swoosh, Lyons ...
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Bally has appointed Frédéric de Narp as its new chief...
Bally has appointed Frédéric de Narp as its new chief executive, effective Nov. 4. He fills the post left vacant by Berdnt Hauptkorn, who left the Swiss brand in January 2012 to take up the role of chief financial officer at Fast Retailing Europe. Reinhard Mieck, chief executive of Bally's ...
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Ronald Van der Vis has been appointed to the supervisory...
Ronald Van der Vis has been appointed to the supervisory board of Macintosh Retail Group, the diversified Dutch retailer that owns Brantano, Jones Bootmaker, Scapino and other shoe retail chains. The Dutch executive has run important companies such as Royal Ahrend, Pearle Europe and, until recently, Esprit Holdings.
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Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Jodi K. Watson to the new...
Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Jodi K. Watson to the new position of president of consumer direct operations, reporting directly to Blake W. Krueger, chairman, chief executive and president of the growing American footwear group, which is committed to expanding the online and retail operations of its brands around the world. ...
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Thorsten Lettau will manage the new order center of the...
Thorsten Lettau will manage the new order center of the ANWR group from October 15. He assumes the strategic and operative management of the group's O1 order center of its campus in Mainhausen. He will be responsible for all renting processes, the commercial, technical and infrastructural tasks of the order ...
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Michael Sylvester joined the executive board of Finke Schuhe +...
Michael Sylvester joined the executive board of Finke Schuhe + Sport on Aug. 1. He assumed the commercial management of the German retail company, including accounting and the newly created area of controlling and finance. Additionally, in his function as sales director, he is responsible for all of the company's ...
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Bernd Hillen, former brand manager of Birkenstock and most recently...
Bernd Hillen, former brand manager of Birkenstock and most recently sales manager in Germany for all the brands of the Birkenstock group, joins the growing Berkemann group from November this year. After Birkenstock Orthopädie, the holding company for the Alpro's, Betula, Birkenstock, Birki's, Footprint, Papillio and Tatami brands of comfort ...
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Jean-Marc Groell, who has been taking care of Kodiak's outdoor...
Jean-Marc Groell, who has been taking care of Kodiak's outdoor footwear business in Europe out of an office in Switerland, has added a new role as managing director of KT Europe. In this position, he is now also responsible for Kodiak's range of lifestyle footwear and for Terra, the industrial ...
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Maximilian Müller, who joined the executive board of Ara Shoes...
Maximilian Müller, who joined the executive board of Ara Shoes last January, has been named chief executive of the company. Müller previously served as chief executive of Lloyd Shoes, another company controlled by the Ara group, which invited some 500 guests to a celebration of its 125th anniversary on the ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the Merrell brand, reporting to Jim Zwiers, president of the company's Performance Group. His experience of more than 30 years in the footwear and apparel industry includes leadership roles as senior vice president of footwear at Under Armour, co-president of Timberland, ...
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Rosemarie Okcu has been appointed international sales manager for Hassia,...
Rosemarie Okcu has been appointed international sales manager for Hassia, after handling exports for an unnamed Italian shoe brand. She takes the place of Christoph Götzendorfer, who will be responsible for sales at Ganter, another brand owned by the Shoe Fashion Group Lorenz.
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+++ Palladium has appointed Matthew Pantoja, most recently head of...
+++ Palladium has appointed Matthew Pantoja, most recently head of entertainment at Reebok, as senior director of marketing +++ FootBalance has hired Todd Poseley, formerly with Apex Sports Group, as vice president of sales for North America +++ Christine Powley-Williams, a divisional manager of Satra responsible for consumer products testing ...
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Simon Stechel has left ANWR Schuh. Stechel previously worked as...
Simon Stechel has left ANWR Schuh. Stechel previously worked as buying agent in sports fashion and men's shoes. Until he is replaced, the buying department will assume his tasks and responsibilities. After working for the German shoe retail chain Görtz in Hamburg for many years, he joined ANWR Schuh in ...
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James Salzano, who has been running Clarks Company North America...
James Salzano, who has been running Clarks Company North America since the departure of Bob Infantino in 2011, has left the company, triggering a search for his successor. Ken Doninson, chief commercial officer of Clarks in the U.K., has taken over his responsibilities on an interim basis. Salzano plans to ...
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Altagamma has appointed Stefania Lazzaroni to the new role of...
Altagamma has appointed Stefania Lazzaroni to the new role of managing director, in charge of leading and coordinating the foundation's activities. Armando Branchini, the long-standing secretary general of the foundation, had already been named vice-president back in April, in charge of the jewelry, boating and wellness industries, as well as ...
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Sharon Stone has resigned as president of the Stride Rite...
Sharon Stone has resigned as president of the Stride Rite Children's Group, which was taken over by Wolverine Worldwide along with other properties last October. She is returning to the toy industry, acting as chief executive of Build-a-Bear Workshop. Wolverine is looking for her replacement.
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Dirk Pues, one of the managing directors of Hamm Market...
Dirk Pues, one of the managing directors of Hamm Market Solutions, responsible for product development and sales, has left the German company, which is the global footwear licensee for Gant and Napapijri and the European distributor for the corresponding lines. Jeton Bujupi and Anja Frers will now be responsible for ...
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Cornelia Müller, who has handling purchases of footwear for C&A,...
Cornelia Müller, who has handling purchases of footwear for C&A, is heading up the shoe division of Marc O'Polo, replacing Thomas Bergbauer who has moved to Navyboot
