All Executive changes articles – Page 53
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Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings has dismissed Chen Kuo-Lung, the chief...
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings has dismissed Chen Kuo-Lung, the chief financial officer of its 62.41 percent owned distribution and retail subsidiary, Pou Sheng International, and its chief executive, Kwan Heh-Der, has resigned. The reason given by Yue Yuen is the discovery of “certain incorrect sales data,” but the discrepancies with ...
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Roman Gut, who worked previously for Kangaroos and Puma, is...
Roman Gut, who worked previously for Kangaroos and Puma, is replacing the retiring Hans-Rainer Köhler as German sales manager for Richter
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Todd Spaletto, who left recently as president of The North...
Todd Spaletto, who left recently as president of The North Face for North America after six years in the role, is joining Wolverine Worldwide to be the president of its Outdoor and Lifestyle Group, formed one year ago to manage Merrell, Chaco, Cat Footwear, Hush Puppies and Sebago. Jim Zwiers, ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Berkemann Group has promoted Yvonne Breinlinger, 37, to the...
The Berkemann Group has promoted Yvonne Breinlinger, 37, to the position of joint managing director of Solidus, along with Thomas Bauerfeind. She has spent five years as sales director for the company. One of her tasks will be to pursue the internationalization of this German brand of comfort shoes. She ...
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Daniel Kuster, 41, has been promoted by the ANWR Group...
Daniel Kuster, 41, has been promoted by the ANWR Group as the manager responsible for contractual relations with suppliers, taking the place of Pedro David Mastrorilli who is now key accounts manager at Quick Schuh
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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.
