All Executive changes articles – Page 71

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    Richard Messegaward, formerly with VF Corporation, has become general manager...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Richard Messegaward, formerly with VF Corporation, has become general manager of Rockport for the U.K. and Ireland

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    W. Lee Capps, former chief financial officer and chief operating...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    W. Lee Capps, former chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Kellwood Company, has become a member of Brown Shoe Company's board of director and audit committee

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    Thomas Ridder has finally left the HR Group, the parent...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Thomas Ridder has finally left the HR Group, the parent company of Hamm Market Solutions and Reno, where he has been acting as a member of the executive board since May 2011. Citing personal reasons, he had been placed on a leave of absence since January. Ridder previously worked in ...

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    Altagamma has appointed Stefania Lazzaroni to the new role of...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Altagamma has appointed Stefania Lazzaroni to the new role of managing director, in charge of leading and coordinating the foundation's activities. Armando Branchini, the long-standing secretary general of the foundation, had already been named vice-president back in April, in charge of the jewelry, boating and wellness industries, as well as ...

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    James Salzano, who has been running Clarks Company North America...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    James Salzano, who has been running Clarks Company North America since the departure of Bob Infantino in 2011, has left the company, triggering a search for his successor. Ken Doninson, chief commercial officer of Clarks in the U.K., has taken over his responsibilities on an interim basis. Salzano plans to ...

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    Simon Stechel has left ANWR Schuh. Stechel previously worked as...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Simon Stechel has left ANWR Schuh. Stechel previously worked as buying agent in sports fashion and men's shoes. Until he is replaced, the buying department will assume his tasks and responsibilities. After working for the German shoe retail chain Görtz in Hamburg for many years, he joined ANWR Schuh in ...

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    Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the Merrell brand, reporting to Jim Zwiers, president of the company's Performance Group. His experience of more than 30 years in the footwear and apparel industry includes leadership roles as senior vice president of footwear at Under Armour, co-president of Timberland, ...

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    Rosemarie Okcu has been appointed international sales manager for Hassia,...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Rosemarie Okcu has been appointed international sales manager for Hassia, after handling exports for an unnamed Italian shoe brand. She takes the place of Christoph Götzendorfer, who will be responsible for sales at Ganter, another brand owned by the Shoe Fashion Group Lorenz.

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    +++ Palladium has appointed Matthew Pantoja, most recently head of...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    +++ Palladium has appointed Matthew Pantoja, most recently head of entertainment at Reebok, as senior director of marketing +++ FootBalance has hired Todd Poseley, formerly with Apex Sports Group, as vice president of sales for North America +++ Christine Powley-Williams, a divisional manager of Satra responsible for consumer products testing ...

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    Maximilian Müller, who joined the executive board of Ara Shoes...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Maximilian Müller, who joined the executive board of Ara Shoes last January, has been named chief executive of the company. Müller previously served as chief executive of Lloyd Shoes, another company controlled by the Ara group, which invited some 500 guests to a celebration of its 125th anniversary on the ...

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    Jean-Marc Groell, who has been taking care of Kodiak's outdoor...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Jean-Marc Groell, who has been taking care of Kodiak's outdoor footwear business in Europe out of an office in Switerland, has added a new role as managing director of KT Europe. In this position, he is now also responsible for Kodiak's range of lifestyle footwear and for Terra, the industrial ...

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    Bernd Hillen, former brand manager of Birkenstock and most recently...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Bernd Hillen, former brand manager of Birkenstock and most recently sales manager in Germany for all the brands of the Birkenstock group, joins the growing Berkemann group from November this year. After Birkenstock Orthopädie, the holding company for the Alpro's, Betula, Birkenstock, Birki's, Footprint, Papillio and Tatami brands of comfort ...

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    Michael Sylvester joined the executive board of Finke Schuhe +...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Michael Sylvester joined the executive board of Finke Schuhe + Sport on Aug. 1. He assumed the commercial management of the German retail company, including accounting and the newly created area of controlling and finance. Additionally, in his function as sales director, he is responsible for all of the company's ...

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    Thorsten Lettau will manage the new order center of the...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Thorsten Lettau will manage the new order center of the ANWR group from October 15. He assumes the strategic and operative management of the group's O1 order center of its campus in Mainhausen. He will be responsible for all renting processes, the commercial, technical and infrastructural tasks of the order ...

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    Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Jodi K. Watson to the new...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Jodi K. Watson to the new position of president of consumer direct operations, reporting directly to Blake W. Krueger, chairman, chief executive and president of the growing American footwear group, which is committed to expanding the online and retail operations of its brands around the world. ...

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    Ronald van der Vis, 45, will join the supervisory board...

    2013-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Ronald van der Vis, 45, will join the supervisory board of Macintosh Retail Group, expanding it from four to five members. The Dutch manager has acted as executive director at important companies such as Pearle Europe, a major European conglomerate for optical retailing, and Esprit. He already serves as a ...

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    Johannes Füchter, 52, has been named buying director of Leiser,...

    2013-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Johannes Füchter, 52, has been named buying director of Leiser, the shoe retail division of Josef Seibel, including its Schuhhof chain. He has been most recently product manager of Belmondo, a brand of women's shoes owned by Görtz. He previously took care of purchasing for women's shoes at Salamander. At ...

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    Ecco has announced the departure of Michael Hauge Sørensen, the...

    2013-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Ecco has announced the departure of Michael Hauge Sørensen, the company's chief operating officer, who has decided to return to Asia, which he calls his “second home.” From 2002 to 2009, Sørensen was instrumental in building Ecco's presence across the Asia-Pacific region almost from scratch, with a base in Hong ...

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    Bally has announced the departure of Victoria Hennessy, the brand's...

    2013-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Bally has announced the departure of Victoria Hennessy, the brand's director of global marketing and communications. According to the Swiss firm, Hennessy has decided to leave to pursue new professional opportunities, after Bally's co-creative directors, Graeme Fidler and Michael Herz, also decided to leave early this month. Bally started an ...

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    Hunter Boot has announced a series of key appointments to...

    2013-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Hunter Boot has announced a series of key appointments to its senior team. Niall Sloan, former senior women's wear designer for Burberry Prorsum, is the new global design director. Sloan's first new collection for Hunter Boot will be showcased for autumn/winter 2014. The British label has also appointed Ali Lowry ...