All Executive changes articles – Page 70
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Lür Holler is the new sales manager for Clarks in...
Lür Holler is the new sales manager for Clarks in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, filling a vacant position. He previously worked as a sales manager for Geox. Prior to that, he was involved with Belmondo, a brand of women's shoes owned by Görtz.
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Francois Kress has been appointed to the new role of...
Francois Kress has been appointed to the new role of global president at Stuart Weitzman. He has been most recently president and chief operating office of The Row. He has previously acted as chief executive of Prada's and Miu Miu's U.S. subsidiary and managing director of Bulgari America. At Weitzman, ...
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Thomas O'Neill has been appointed to replace Peter Davies as...
Thomas O'Neill has been appointed to replace Peter Davies as chairman of the Clarks Group. He is already a non-executive member of the board of directors, and he has extensive experience with global retail brands. O'Neill acted as president of Burberry in London between 2001 and 2004, and he spent ...
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Jocelyne Vassoille has been appointed director of human resources at...
Jocelyne Vassoille has been appointed director of human resources at Vivarte, the big French shoe and apparel retailing group
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Francesco Russo, who recently left as artistic director of Sergio...
Francesco Russo, who recently left as artistic director of Sergio Rossi, has been hired by Christian Dior to develop its shoe collections, starting with the autumn/winter 2014/15 season. Russo has also opened a workshop in Paris to launch a line of shoes under his own name. Prior to Sergio Rossi, ...
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Gina R. Boswell, executive vice president of Unilever in charge...
Gina R. Boswell, executive vice president of Unilever in charge of personal care products, is joining the board of directors of Wolverine Worldwide. Blake W. Krueger, Wolverine's chairman and chief executive, says that she has an impressive track record of building global brands, executing business strategy, and growing market share ...
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Laurent Potdevin is stepping down as president of Toms Shoes...
Laurent Potdevin is stepping down as president of Toms Shoes in January to act as the new chief executive of Lululemon Athletica, a big Canadian-based activewear company. The Swiss-born executive is credited with setting up a world-class management team at Toms and broadening its strong cultural identity since he began ...
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Joe Salzano, who left as vice president of sales at...
Joe Salzano, who left as vice president of sales at Clarks North America last October, has became a senior advisor to his former boss, Bob Infantino, for the development of the Drydock Footwear Group. This is a joint venture formed in May 2011 between Infantino and New Balance to manage ...
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Andy Simister, who has worked for Pentland Group for 17...
Andy Simister, who has worked for Pentland Group for 17 years, has left the company, where he has been acting lately as global vice president for Lacoste Footwear. His responsibilities are expected to be assumed on an interim basis by Richard Newcombe, vice president of global sales, and Paul Webber, ...
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Crocs has appointed a new general manager for the Americas...
Crocs has appointed a new general manager for the Americas region, Greg Sullivan, who has spent 20 years with Wal-Mart. The region comprises North, Central and South America.
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Frank Annunziata as the new vice...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Frank Annunziata as the new vice president and general manager of its Sebago brand. The 30-year footwear veteran has been most recently a senior vice president of sales at Clarks' North American subsidiary. He previously worked for Bostonian, Rockport and G.H. Bass.
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David Friedrich assumes the position of international sales manager for...
David Friedrich assumes the position of international sales manager for Napapijri footwear, which is licensed to an offshoot of the Hamm-Reno group in Osnabrück, Germany. He succeeds Marc Plückebaum, who left the company last month. Friedrich previously worked as international sales manager for Crocs Europe and within the Birkenstock group ...
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Genesco's board of directors has a new member, Joanna Barsh,...
Genesco's board of directors has a new member, Joanna Barsh, who became director emeritus of McKinsey & Company last March, after more than 30 years with the consultancy, where she has served as a senior partner since 1994
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Ira Hernowitz, an executive from the toy industry, has been...
Ira Hernowitz, an executive from the toy industry, has been appointed by Wolverine Worldwide as the new president of its Stride Rite Children's Group. He will be in charge of the recently acquired Stride Rite brand as well as the children's shoe offering of other brands within the group such ...
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Paul Blum, who spent many years in senior positions at...
Paul Blum, who spent many years in senior positions at Kenneth Cole Productions in two stages until 2011, is leaving as chief executive of an American fashion company, Juicy Couture, following its sale to Authentic Brands
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Simon Stechel has joined the buying office of the Salamander...
Simon Stechel has joined the buying office of the Salamander chain of stores managed by the Klauser group in Germany. He has been a buyer for Göertz and ANWR Schuh, specializing in men's and sports shoes.
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Bally has appointed Frédéric de Narp as its new chief...
Bally has appointed Frédéric de Narp as its new chief executive, effective Nov. 4. He fills the post left vacant by Berdnt Hauptkorn, who left the Swiss brand in January 2012 to take up the role of chief financial officer at Fast Retailing Europe. Reinhard Mieck, chief executive of Bally's ...
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Ronald Van der Vis has been appointed to the supervisory...
Ronald Van der Vis has been appointed to the supervisory board of Macintosh Retail Group, the diversified Dutch retailer that owns Brantano, Jones Bootmaker, Scapino and other shoe retail chains. The Dutch executive has run important companies such as Royal Ahrend, Pearle Europe and, until recently, Esprit Holdings.
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Crocs appoints Tim Lyons as its European retail manager, running...
Crocs appoints Tim Lyons as its European retail manager, running the company's 115 corporate stores and the 98 franchises in 45 countries. Lyons, who was previously in charge of Nike's factory outlets in western Europe, will report to Ann Chan, European commercial director of Crocs. Prior to the Swoosh, Lyons ...
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Thomas Stockhammer assumed the position as head of production at...
Thomas Stockhammer assumed the position as head of production at Peter Kaiser on Oct. 1. Previously, he worked as facility manager for Ara Shoes at its factory in Valea lui Mihai in Romania. In his new post at Peter Kaiser, he succeeds Martin Burkhard, who left the company in March ...
