All Executive changes articles – Page 66
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Christophe Mélard has left the Kering group, where he has...
Christophe Mélard has left the Kering group, where he has been acting as president and chief executive of Sergio Rossi since 2009. Marco Bizzarri, who run Kering's luxury goods division, is taking over his responsibilities on an interim basis. Separately, Kering has appointed a director of fashion and luxury intelligence, ...
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Confirming a previous report, the Wortmann group says that Jan...
Confirming a previous report, the Wortmann group says that Jan Brinkmann has been appointed president and chief executive of Tamaris USA, a new subsidiary for marketing and sales of Tamaris' shoes and accessories in North America. He has been actually in the post since April. Brinkmann has been living and ...
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MBT is placing its Italian and Spanish sales subsidiaries under...
MBT is placing its Italian and Spanish sales subsidiaries under common management. They will both be run by Dario Bonazza, who has been with the company for almost two years. For his part, Benjamin May is leaving as general manager of MBT Spain to act as general manager of Grupo ...
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Stephan Tendam, 45, will act as the new chief financial...
Stephan Tendam, 45, will act as the new chief financial officer of Görtz, the big German shoe retailer that is changing ownership, starting next Jan. 1. He will succeed Jörn Peters, who left the company in May, and will also be responsible for improving the supply chain and the introduction ...
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Rolf Konrad, the multi-lingual manager who has been acting as...
Rolf Konrad, the multi-lingual manager who has been acting as general secretary of Mephisto for 21 years, is leaving the company at the end of this year to go into full or semi-retirement at the age of 66. He plans to be still involved in teaching the psychology of management ...
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Werner Weber has joined the executive board of Leder &...
Werner Weber has joined the executive board of Leder & Schuh, the Austrian parent company of Humanic, Stiefelkönig and other shoe retail chains. Taking the place of Peter Horvath, who is leaving the company at his own request after 22 years, he will sit on the executive board next to ...
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Bisgaard, the Danish brand of children's shoes, recently appointed a...
Bisgaard, the Danish brand of children's shoes, recently appointed a former accountant, Henrik Kusk Jeppersen, to the newly created position of chief financial officer. His tasks were previously covered by Bisgaard's chief executive, Henrik Thomsen. The brand works together with 10 different factories in Portugal, with which it is currently ...
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Thierry Oriez, is going to take the place of Oliver...
Thierry Oriez, is going to take the place of Oliver Antignac as general manager of J.M. Weston, the French manufacturer of high-end men's shoes. Oriez comes from Christofle, a big porcelain manufacturer located in the same city, Limoges. Weston had stable sales of around €55 million in 2013.
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Ute Østerby, former key account manager with Novi Footwear, has...
Ute Østerby, former key account manager with Novi Footwear, has been appointed sales manager of Micropak for Scandinavia and the German-speaking region
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Jacobson Group has appointed Victoria Dunlop to act as house...
Jacobson Group has appointed Victoria Dunlop to act as house account manager of the British company's four-year-old London office, a new position where she will be focusing on private label collections for major accounts. The office had been created in 2010 as a design hub. With the new appointment, it ...
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Gabor has promoted Marc Martin, retail manager for Camel Active,...
Gabor has promoted Marc Martin, retail manager for Camel Active, to senior marketing and retail manager of the brand
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Aerosoles has appointed Kevin Mead as executive vice president, retail....
Aerosoles has appointed Kevin Mead as executive vice president, retail. He will report directly to Jules Schneider, the company's chief executive. Mead will lead the strategic direction, ongoing expansion and operations of Aerosoles' retail and outlet locations. Previously, he was senior vice president and retail director for The Children's Place, ...
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Peter Kaiser appointed Liliana Cacopardo, previously working for Dolce &...
Peter Kaiser appointed Liliana Cacopardo, previously working for Dolce & Gabbana and Navyboot, as head of design from July 1 and Lena Paetow, previously working for Bree Collections, as the new designer for its own collection of bags and accessories from last March
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Tod's has hired Andrea Incontri as its new creative director...
Tod's has hired Andrea Incontri as its new creative director for its menswear collections. The Italian designer has been rolling out designs for his namesake men's and women's labels since spring 2013. Incontri was revealed in June 2010 at a competition for young talents, “Who's on Next Man,” which he won ...
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Ara Shoes has appointed Stefan Frank as joint managing director...
Ara Shoes has appointed Stefan Frank as joint managing director in charge of marketing and sales, taking the place of Hans-Hermann Deters who had already announced his departure as of July 31. Unlike Deters, who comes from the sporting goods sector, Frank has been in the shoe business for a ...
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Stuart Weitzman has appointed Monica Schwartz to the newly created...
Stuart Weitzman has appointed Monica Schwartz to the newly created role of chief global digital and e-commerce officer
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Linda Brunzell as vice president of...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Linda Brunzell as vice president of global marketing for the Wolverine brand
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Propét USA has promoted Jillian Avey, who has been with...
Propét USA has promoted Jillian Avey, who has been with the company since 2011, to the position of vice president of marketing
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Michel Guth has left Wolverine Worldwide, where he has been...
Michel Guth has left Wolverine Worldwide, where he has been acting lately as the manager of its Heritage division in France, to join Rocket Dog Brands International in the position of European export manager, based in France. He worked previously at Sony, Fila, New Balance and Timberland. Rocket Dog has ...
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Tommy Hilfiger has hired Thomas Bergbauer as design director for...
Tommy Hilfiger has hired Thomas Bergbauer as design director for footwear and accessories, based in Amsterdam. The 47-year-old worked for Marc O'Polo Shoes for six years until last year when he was made creative director for Navyboot, based in Switzerland.
