All Executive changes articles – Page 48
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Safia Minney has joined Po-Zu, the London-based brand of sustainable...
Safia Minney has joined Po-Zu, the London-based brand of sustainable footwear, as managing director in a bid to develop its marketing and its wholesale business. She will work as managing director of the company alongside its founder, Sven Segal, who remains as chief executive. Minney is the woman who founded ...
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Carlos Becil is the new chief marketing officer of Coach....
Carlos Becil is the new chief marketing officer of Coach. Reporting to Andre Cohen, president of North America and global marketing, he will work together with Stuart Vevers, executive creative director of the New York-based accessories company. He comes from Equinox, where he held a similar position. He previously worked ...
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Javier Goñi, is resigning has chief executive of the Argentinian...
Javier Goñi, is resigning has chief executive of the Argentinian subsidiary of Alpargatas, citing personal reasons. His departure may be related to the Brazilian company's decision to shut down two factories in Argentina, resulting in the elimination of 170 jobs.
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Ecco has announced the appointment of Frank Dissman as general...
Ecco has announced the appointment of Frank Dissman as general manager for Central Europe, effective Jan. 19. He replaces Matthias Reichwald, who will be pursuing his career outside the company. Dissman joins Ecco from Novi Footwear, where he spent the past 11 years as director of sales and product for ...
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Oxygen, a French company founded in 2005, has appointed an...
Oxygen, a French company founded in 2005, has appointed an international director, Stéphane Courant, to develop its sales abroad, with a focus on its own brand of rain boots, By Only. It already launched a multi-lingual transactional website for the brand last year. Courant has spent 18 years in international ...
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Samuel Nettey, former head buyer for men's shoes at Next,...
Samuel Nettey, former head buyer for men's shoes at Next, the British fast-fashion retailer, has joined Sugi International as head of design and development for the U.K. He will run Sugi's first U.K. office as head of design and development for clients in the country. Asos, Matalan, Next, River Island ...
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Palladium has a new brand director, Douglas Segal, and a...
Palladium has a new brand director, Douglas Segal, and a new marketing manager, Amy Liu Schatt. Segal previously held similar positions at Dr. Martens and Camper. Schatt worked most recently for Telestar Corp. as director of marketing, business development and sales. Segal will report directly to Christophe Mortemousque, president of ...
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Renzo Dall'Olmo, who has been serving most recently as Italian...
Renzo Dall'Olmo, who has been serving most recently as Italian sales manager for Puma, has been appointed by the Nike group as general manager of Converse for Spain, Italy and Portugal. He had already spent almost 20 years with Nike in Italy before joining Puma. Dall'Olmo takes the place left ...
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Nine West Holdings has appointed Joel Oblonsky as chief executive...
Nine West Holdings has appointed Joel Oblonsky as chief executive for the Nine West and Bandolino brands with immediate effect. Most recently, he has served as president of Ralph Lauren's footwear and accessories. Oblonsky had previously worked for the Nine West group, serving in a number of management roles from ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed a new marketing and communications director,...
Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed a new marketing and communications director, Antonio Barrello. After working for L'Oréal and Scott, he joined LVMH as sales and marketing director for Moët-Hennessy. He moved to Zegna in 1996 as corporate communications director. In 2009, he was promoted as the company's chief marketing officer.
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Rocky Brands has appointed Mike Staude vice president of finance,...
Rocky Brands has appointed Mike Staude vice president of finance, as chief financial officer on an interim basis following the resignation of James E. McDonald
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Shoes For Crews has announced the arrival of Jim O'Connor...
Shoes For Crews has announced the arrival of Jim O'Connor as vice president and general manager of its industrial shoe business. O'Connor joins from Timberland, where he spent 14 years serving in a variety of leadership positions. Most recently, he was general manager and vice president of the Timberland Pro ...
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Alpargatas, parent company of Havaianas, has appointed Guillaume Prou...
Alpargatas, parent company of Havaianas, has appointed Guillaume Prou as the new president for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, replacing Eno Polo who left a few weeks ago, as we have already reported. Prou joined Alpargatas EMEA five years ago in the role of chief financial ...
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Chritian Böhm, 35, will become head of sales and marketing...
Chritian Böhm, 35, will become head of sales and marketing for Wendel, one of Wortmann's subsidiaries, starting in June and reporting to Wendel's chief executive, Carsten Humke. Böhm has been with Wortmann since 2008, handling sales and marketing for one of the group's brands, Marco Tozzi. In June 2015, he ...
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David Short, who left the management of the Jones Bootmaker...
David Short, who left the management of the Jones Bootmaker and Brantano chains in the U.K. in October, following a change in ownership, has a six-month contract as interim buying, merchandising and logistics director for KRM, a company that manages Ecco shops in 18 markets.
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Bernd Hillen has left the Berkemann Group, where he was...
Bernd Hillen has left the Berkemann Group, where he was responsible for sales strategies and synergies among its brands – Berkemann, Solidus and Marc Shoes – to undertake a new challenge early next year as German country manager for an unnamed foreign group. After 20 years with Birkenstock, where he ...
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Morten Bay Jensen has taken over the management of the...
Morten Bay Jensen has taken over the management of the supply chain on the executive board of Legero, the Austrian children's footwear company, from Jens Christian Meier. Both have worked for many years at Ecco in Denmark. Jensen has been with Ecco continuously since 1991, handling the global supply chain ...
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Holger Lang, who has worked for Sioux and the Astormueller...
Holger Lang, who has worked for Sioux and the Astormueller Group, will relaunch the Aerosoles brand in Germany next year, backing up the effort with marketing activities and opening a dedicated website next spring. He should also aim at Austria, Switzerland, the Benelux countries and France in due course.
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Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed a new chief financial officer, Ugo...
Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed a new chief financial officer, Ugo Giorcelli, who will take office next March 15. Coinciding with the release of the company's results for 2016, he will succeed Ernest Greco, who has been in charge of general administration, finance and controlling since 2007, helping the company to ...
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Mike Brooks is again the chief executive of Rocky Brands...
Mike Brooks is again the chief executive of Rocky Brands on a permanent basis. He has been chairman of the board since 1991. He served as CEO between 1991 and 2011. Last Sept. 8, he took over the post again on an interim basis, following the resignation of David Sharp.
