All Executive changes articles – Page 47
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Steve Harden has been appointed president for Supra Footwear and...
Steve Harden has been appointed president for Supra Footwear and KR3W Denim, two brands owned by K-Swiss Global Brands (KSGB). He takes over from Robert Capener and reports to Philipp Jeong, chief executive and president at KSGB. Harden has spent many years in the industry, with functions including vice president ...
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Mirko Ostendorfer has assumed the position of chief operating officer...
Mirko Ostendorfer has assumed the position of chief operating officer at Buffalo Boots in Hochheim, Germany, since the beginning of October. The 46-year-old has moved from Fitflop, where he served as German country manager, to help oversee the re-launch and repositioning of the Buffalo Boots brand, which was purchased last ...
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Michelle Ryan, who previously worked for Jimmy Choo and Burberry,...
Michelle Ryan, who previously worked for Jimmy Choo and Burberry, has been appointed buying and supply chain director of Kurt Geiger. A former executive of Michael Kors, Steve Sousa, has been named international director.
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Toms has hired John Whitledge as its new creative director....
Toms has hired John Whitledge as its new creative director. Whitledge is the co-founder of the Trovata fashion brand, which he launched in 2002 with three college buddies, Josia Lamberto-Egan, Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos. Trovata won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2005. In his new role at Toms, he ...
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Ivo van Ireland, a sales director who previously worked for...
Ivo van Ireland, a sales director who previously worked for K-Swiss and Palladium, has been appointed as Havaianas' general manager for Central Europe, covering mainly Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Sales in the region, which are growing rapidly, were previously steered by Vanessa Sosa, who was also responsible for Spain and ...
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Eno Polo, the former European director of Havaianas, has left...
Eno Polo, the former European director of Havaianas, has left Global Brands Group, which he recently joined as European business development director
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Hunter Boots has appointed Daniel Shaw as its new design...
Hunter Boots has appointed Daniel Shaw as its new design director, replacing Niall Sloan who has moved to Escada after four years with the British company. Shaw previously ran the design studio of Christopher Raeburn. He has also been an associate lecturer at the London College of Fashion since 2015.
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and managing director of its Asia-Pacific division. He comes from Timberland, where he led its Asia-Pacific business for six years before becoming president of the brand in 2014. He left Timberland in July of last year, when he was replaced by ...
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Michele Norsa, the former top manager of Benetton Sportsystem and...
Michele Norsa, the former top manager of Benetton Sportsystem and Sergio Tacchini who worked as managing director of Salvatore Ferragamo for ten years until last year, has agreed to serve as vice president of Gruppo Biagiotti, helping the young Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna after the sudden death last spring of her ...
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WMS, the organization that manages the German measuring standard for...
WMS, the organization that manages the German measuring standard for children's footwear by this name, said goodbye to its former president, Jochen F. Obrecht. He was appointed as the new president of the WMS working group in May 2012. Under his leadership, the WMS, which is licensed by the German ...
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After an almost rags-to-riches tale of success, the 65-year-old Maximilian...
After an almost rags-to-riches tale of success, the 65-year-old Maximilian Müller is retiring from the management board of the Ara Shoes group at the end of the year. Commencing as an apprentice shoemaker and salesman at the age of 15 with Bally, Müller has spent a lifetime in the shoe ...
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After working for about ten years as sales director with...
After working for about ten years as sales director with the Hamm Reno Group, Manfred Klumpp will be joining Peter Kaiser in October as one of the members of its executive board. The company is looking for another member of the board to take care of product, sales and marketing. ...
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Repetto has hired Gilles Assor as its new chief executive...
Repetto has hired Gilles Assor as its new chief executive for the Americas. The appointment is effective immediately. Assor, 42, has spent the last five years at Robert Clergerie, where he has served as vice-president. Prior to that, he worked in Paris for brands including Jean Paul Gaultier, Maison Margiela ...
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Geox says it is getting closer to the selection of...
Geox says it is getting closer to the selection of a new country manager for the U.S. and expects to be able to make a decision on the candidate after the summer break. The new executive would take the place of Tracy Smith, who recently became vice president of VF ...
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Tod's is terminating its contract with the Aquilano & Rimondi...
Tod's is terminating its contract with the Aquilano & Rimondi design studio for its Fay brand of apparel
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Vivarte, the French group that owns André, Minelli and other...
Vivarte, the French group that owns André, Minelli and other shoe retail chains (see also the news brief in Corporate), has a new finance director, Thierry Louis, since June 12. An expert in financial restructuring operations, he recently worked for Smoby and Arc International under the leadership of Patrick Puy, ...
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The Dune Group has announced that its chief executive, John...
The Dune Group has announced that its chief executive, John Egan, will be standing down from the role at the end of August to take up a non-executive director position within Dune Holdings. Egan has been at the head of the group for the last nine years. James Cox, the ...
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Working together with the European University of Applied Sciences, Birkenstock...
Working together with the European University of Applied Sciences, Birkenstock is offering a three-year combined bachelor's program in industrial and logistics management. The course starts this autumn. In the framework of the course, students will be working at Birkenstock during their practical phases. Sales in the German market account for ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed Donald Kohler from Burberry to the...
Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed Donald Kohler from Burberry to the newly appointed position of chief retail officer and chief executive for its operations in the Americas. Kohler has spent almost three decades in the fashion industry after commencing at Macy's, the U.S. department store chain. Most recently, he served as ...
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Michael Romberg has been appointed managing partner of Jana Shoes,...
Michael Romberg has been appointed managing partner of Jana Shoes, a company that is still controlled by the Wortmann group, with a minority stake in the operation. Romberg started working for the Wortmann group in 1996. He first gained sales experience at Tamaris before joining the sales department of Jana ...
