All Executive changes articles – Page 74
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Frank Schuffelen, a member of the board of management at...
Frank Schuffelen, a member of the board of management at ANWR Garant International, AGI, resigned from his post on Feb. 28. Before assuming the post in December 2012, the German financial expert had already been a member of the board of management of Garant Schuh + Mode for seven years.
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Important changes have taken place at Mirapodo, the online shoe...
Important changes have taken place at Mirapodo, the online shoe retail platform of Germany's Otto Group, which is probably having a hard time competing with the likes of Zalando and Amazon (see the article on Amazon in the Results & Statistics). Stephanie Caspar, who has been the chief executive of ...
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Starting on Feb. 1, HG Diffusion is responsible for the...
Starting on Feb. 1, HG Diffusion is responsible for the distribution of Gabor shoes in France
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Ivan Dompé, 40, former corporate communications director of Luxottica, he...
Ivan Dompé, 40, former corporate communications director of Luxottica, he became director of financial and corporate communications of Yoox, the global online retailing platform for branded apparel, shoes and other accessories. Before Luxottica, he worked in Edison and Pirelli.
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Adnan Bilgi is returning to Sioux as head of operations,...
Adnan Bilgi is returning to Sioux as head of operations, handling production, procurement and quality control. He had already worked for the German company from 1997 to 2010, before stints at Mephisto and Lorenz Shoe Group. Also at Sioux, Berthold Niehörster is appointed as key account manager for the German ...
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Gerhard Aigner will be the new chief executive of Ferdinand...
Gerhard Aigner will be the new chief executive of Ferdinand Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes. He replaces Alf Netek, who will concentrate on his responsibilities as CEO of the parent company, Shoe & Shirt Group. Aigner previously was the CEO of Think Shoe, the Austrian producer for women's ...
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Tod's has hired Alessandra Facchinetti as the new creative director...
Tod's has hired Alessandra Facchinetti as the new creative director of its women's collections. The Italian designer, aged 40, graduated from Istituto Marangoni di Milano and then worked for some of the most prestigious fashion houses in the world. She started with Prada in 1994 as designer and coordinator of ...
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Frank Jung has been named international sales director of Müller...
Frank Jung has been named international sales director of Müller & Meirer, taking the place of Rainer Lüers, the former international director of Lloys, which has left the German company after two years in the job
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Frank Wright, the footwear brand owned by the Jacobson Group,...
Frank Wright, the footwear brand owned by the Jacobson Group, has continued to expand its international footprint with the appointment of agents for three new markets. Nick Dimitriadis will be covering Greece and Cyprus. Eduardo Viegas will take care of Portugal.
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Henri Huck is the new distributor for the Högl brand...
Henri Huck is the new distributor for the Högl brand in France
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Major changes are going to take place on the supervisory...
Major changes are going to take place on the supervisory board of Macintosh Retail Group, the Dutch parent company of Scapino, Brantano, Jones Bootmaker and other footwear chains, at the company's general shareholders meeting on April 25. A. Nühn, chairman of the board, and another director, J.E. Lagerweij, will have to ...
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Francesco Russo is no longer creative director of Sergio Rossi,...
Francesco Russo is no longer creative director of Sergio Rossi, the Italian brand of high-end women?s shoes owned by PPR. He had been in the position since October 2008. In discussing the group?s results for 2012, PPR said that Sergio Rossi?s sales gross margins and operating profits improved. Sales were ...
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Erik Van Heuven has left the Hamm Reno Group, where...
Erik Van Heuven has left the Hamm Reno Group, where he acted as chief operating officer and international chief executive, citing personal reasons. He had joined the German group, which runs the Reno chain of shoe stores among other activities, in June 2009, to take care of the wholesale business ...
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As expected, the general meeting of Fice, the Spanish shoe...
As expected, the general meeting of Fice, the Spanish shoe industry association, has elected José Juan Sanchís Busquier as its new president, taking the place of Rafael Calvo, who has run the organization for more than 20 years. Born in Elda and graduated from the University of Valencia, he moved ...
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Stephan Fricke, who joined Solidschuhwerk as chief executive in July 2012,...
Stephan Fricke, who joined Solidschuhwerk as chief executive in July 2012, left the company at the start of 2013. Fricke worked previously for Clarks. Thomas Bauerfeind is assuming his position. Bauerfeind is managing partner of Berkemann, which bought Solidschuhwerk and its brands Solidus and Vivo a few years ago.
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Alasdhair Willis has become the new creative director of Hunter,...
Alasdhair Willis has become the new creative director of Hunter, the British brand of Wellington boots. Willis is the husband of Stella McCartney. He will work together with the newly appointed chief executive of the brand, James Seuss, and with a new design director who will be announced soon.
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+++ Bata has appointed Muhammad Qayyum as chief executive of...
+++ Bata has appointed Muhammad Qayyum as chief executive of Bata Pakistan, replacing Muhammad Imran Malik Ismial who has resigned +++ Arvind Lifestyle Brands has struck a licensing deal with Iconix Lifestyle India to make and distribute Ed Hardy brand apparel and accessories in India, to be launched for the ...
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Impactiva, the leading quality assurance service provider for the footwear...
Impactiva, the leading quality assurance service provider for the footwear industry, has announced the appointment of Rodney Hammond to the newly-created position of chief operating officer, effective Feb. 1. Based at the company's office in Dongguan, he brings more than 35 years of experience in the automotive leather, shoe leather and ...
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Jimmy Choo now has only one creative director, Sandra Choi,...
Jimmy Choo now has only one creative director, Sandra Choi, following the departure of Simon Holloway, who served as co-creative director with her since November 2011. The U.K.-based footwear and accessories group said that Holloway has left the company to pursue other professional interests. Choi, who is the niece of ...
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Joseph Stafiniak will be stepping into the newly created job...
Joseph Stafiniak will be stepping into the newly created job of senior vice president for merchandising for The Jones Group's Nine West brand. In the position, he will head up product and merchandising strategies as the brand expands globally. He reports to Kathy Nedorostek, the group president of global footwear ...
