All Executive changes articles – Page 58
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Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs...
Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs since 2011, is leaving the company in early November to occupy a similar position at West Marine. Mike Smith, a former executive of Collective Brands and Wolverine Worldwide who joined Crocs earlier this year as senior vice president of finance, ...
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Helen Thomson, the former Clarks manager who became the head...
Helen Thomson, the former Clarks manager who became the head of Ecco for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) a year ago, is no longer with the company since Aug. 12, the company says, due to differences of opinion on strategic issues. Her responsibilities will be handled on an ...
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OrthoLite has promoted John Barret to chief operating officer from...
OrthoLite has promoted John Barret to chief operating officer from his previous position as general manager of Asia. In his new role he will be responsible for all Asian operations including manufacturing, product development, human resources, finance and administration, research and development, and sustainability initiatives. The insoles maker has also ...
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Replay has assigned Javier Brandwain, based in Montevideo, the job...
Replay has assigned Javier Brandwain, based in Montevideo, the job of developing the brand in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Steve Madden has appointed Amelia Newton Varela as president, and...
Steve Madden has appointed Amelia Newton Varela as president, and Karla Frieders as chief merchandising officer, a newly-created position. Both are longtime employees of the New York-based fashion-footwear company. Newton Varela has worked at Steve Madden for more than 17 years in various roles, most recently as executive vice-president of ...
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Aeffe has appointed two new top managers for Pollini and...
Aeffe has appointed two new top managers for Pollini and Moschino. Lorenzo Panerai, 44, is Pollini's new chief operating officer. He will be in charge of the industrial platform for the production and development of footwear, leather goods and accessories for all of the group's brands. Pollini has 14 years ...
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Dennis Schmidt, a 42-year-old former manager of Uhlsport, has joined...
Dennis Schmidt, a 42-year-old former manager of Uhlsport, has joined Bernd Hummel to work on brand-building and other marketing activities for Kangaroos, the brand licensed by Pentland Group for Germany and other markets in Europe
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Ira Hernowitz has left as president of Stride Rite, the...
Ira Hernowitz has left as president of Stride Rite, the children's shoe brand owned by Wolverine Worldwide. He had joined the company in November 2013 after working in the toy industry, notably at Hasbro, Tyco Toys and Toys'R'Us. Chris Hufnagel, head of strategy, investor relations and communications at Wolverine, has ...
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LVMH has hired Ian Rogers as its new chief digital...
LVMH has hired Ian Rogers as its new chief digital officer. He joins from Apple, where he has served as a music senior director. Rogers is supposed to lead the expansion of LVMH's online retail presence. He will start working at the French luxury group in October. He takes over ...
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Mike De Bell, former chief sales officer for Crocs, has...
Mike De Bell, former chief sales officer for Crocs, has been recruited by Xero Shoes to act as vice president of global sales. As previously reported, John McCarvel, Crocs' former chief executive and president, has become chairman and lead investor in the young American company. Dennis Driscoll, former head of ...
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Rudy Haslbeck has left Birkenstock, where he had been engaged...
Rudy Haslbeck has left Birkenstock, where he had been engaged for the last two years as head of product and design. The German company indicates that his department is going to reorganized, following the appointment on June 1 of Yvonne Piu as general manager in charge of marketing and product.
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Kresmir Zovak, who has been working on sales for Salamander...
Kresmir Zovak, who has been working on sales for Salamander since the beginning of 2011, has been promoted to the executive board of the company, taking the place of the retiring Norbert Breuer. Prior to Salamander, the 39-year-old manager worked for Marc Shoes, Ara Shoes and Gabor. Jens Keller remains ...
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Nick Beighton, finance director of Asos, is promoted to the...
Nick Beighton, finance director of Asos, is promoted to the position of chief executive, replacing Nick Robertson, co-founder of the British online retailer, who becomes a non-executive director
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed John Coe as managing director of...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed John Coe as managing director of its London-based subsidiary, taking the place of Dan LeVesconte, to “drive continued growth” for its brands in the region. As general manager of Chaco since March 2011, Coe has been running Wolverine's fastest-growing brand. He gained international experience as president ...
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Sympatex Technologies has appointed Derek Spingler vice president for North...
Sympatex Technologies has appointed Derek Spingler vice president for North America, responsible for sales and marketing
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The Josef Seibel Group has announced that Andreas Garnier will...
The Josef Seibel Group has announced that Andreas Garnier will no longer sit on the executive board of the German company. He will continue as head of sales, marketing and retail stores and as chief executive of the group's Romika subsidiary. Carl-August Seibel, president of the group, will take over ...
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Serena Guardiani, the 26-year-old daughter of Alberto Guardiani, is taking...
Serena Guardiani, the 26-year-old daughter of Alberto Guardiani, is taking over as a design director of the eponymous Italian shoe producer, founded by her grandfather Dino in 1947. She is handling the women's line of the brand, while her father will continue to take care of the men's line. Two ...
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A restructuring specialist, Yorck H. Richter, has taken on the...
A restructuring specialist, Yorck H. Richter, has taken on the management of Scarosso along with Indira Thambiah, who is in charge of promoting the internationalization of the German online retailer of Italian-made men's shoes. Moritz Offeney and Marco Reiter, who founded Scarosso five years ago, have left the company, reportedly ...
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Daniel Knuchel, who is described as a finance expert, has...
Daniel Knuchel, who is described as a finance expert, has joined more sales and marketing-oriented Alf Natek in the top management of Ferdinand Richter, the Austrian producer of children's shoes. Knuchel's appointment follows the resignation of Gerhard Aigner at the beginning of this year.
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Confirming a report in Schuhkurier, a spokesperson for Ecco says...
Confirming a report in Schuhkurier, a spokesperson for Ecco says Uwe Janzen has left the company in the framework of structural changes. He will not be replaced in his latest position as sales director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, which he assumed in 2011 after working for four ...
