All Executive changes articles – Page 90
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Jacques Royer, president of Groupe Royer, and his brother Alain,...
Jacques Royer, president of Groupe Royer, and his brother Alain, vice president, are getting extra help in running his fast-growing conglomerate. Nathalie Montaldier Henock, a seasoned 50-year-old executive, has been appointed to the new position of deputy general manager to handle mainly the operational side. She worked at Leo Burnett, ...
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Andrea Beltrami has been appointed commercial director of Voile Blanche,...
Andrea Beltrami has been appointed commercial director of Voile Blanche, one of the adult shoe brands of Falc, which also owns the Naturino and Falcotto brands of children's footwear
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Michael Brumme has been appointed publisher of Verlag Otto Sternefeld,...
Michael Brumme has been appointed publisher of Verlag Otto Sternefeld, which puts out Schuhkurier and other footwear magazines in German. He takes the position of his father, Horst Sternefeld, who died at the beginning of this year at the age of 86. Brumme has been the general manager of the ...
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Vito Artioli, chairman of the European shoe industry federation, CEC,...
Vito Artioli, chairman of the European shoe industry federation, CEC, is recruiting a new general manager for the Brussels-based organization as Eline Van Audenaerd quit her job after only a few months in office. She was supposed to take the place of Roeland Smets, who is retiring at the end ...
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Steve Madden has hired the twin sisters Ashley and Mary-Kate...
Steve Madden has hired the twin sisters Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen as creative directors for Superga. Madden has the license for North America for the sneaker brand, owned by BasicNet. The partnership will start with a co-branding initiative for the spring/summer 2012 collection between Superga and The Row, a brand ...
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Fabrizio Salvatori, a former Geox manager who became production...
Fabrizio Salvatori, a former Geox manager who became production and sourcing director for the shoe division of Sixty Group, is the latest of a string of executives who has left the Italian company
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Olga Berluti will take over the role of creative director...
Olga Berluti will take over the role of creative director of the Berluti Art line, owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. She is known as a pre-eminent bootmaker, one of the rare women in the field, and takes the job from her former position as artistic director for the ...
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Pollini has confirmed the British designer Nicholas Kirkwood as its...
Pollini has confirmed the British designer Nicholas Kirkwood as its creative director until 2015. He started working for Pollini with the 2011 spring/summer collection.
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Mahendra Gupta, dean of Olin Business School at Washington University...
Mahendra Gupta, dean of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected as a member of the board at Brown Shoe Company to provide advice on managerial accounting, strategic cost management, information technology and marketing management and strategy
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Epic Footwear, a division of Fresh Footwear, is going to...
Epic Footwear, a division of Fresh Footwear, is going to introduce Xti of Spain into the British market for spring/summer 2012
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Klaus Kennel is retiring at the end of this year...
Klaus Kennel is retiring at the end of this year from Kennel & Schmenger Schuhfabrik (K&S), the German company in which he is a managing partner. The transition has been prepared for a long time. Most recently, last month, Stefan Frank, who has been responsible for sales and marketing since ...
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Michael McBreen has left his position as president of the...
Michael McBreen has left his position as president of the global operations group at Wolverine World Wide to join Collective Brands. He will take on the position of divisional senior vice president of product development for PaylessShoeSource. He had been with Wolverine since 2008; before that he was at Furniture ...
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Brown Shoe Company has appointed four new executives to help...
Brown Shoe Company has appointed four new executives to help lead its American Sporting Goods division, which it bought in February. Jim Hoff is the new vice president for sales across all brands, coming from Asics America, where he was most recently vice president – sales, athletic footwear, apparel, accessories. ...
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Bob Krieger is the new chief financial officer of Bearpaw...
Bob Krieger is the new chief financial officer of Bearpaw Footwear, part of the company's bid to expand. He takes the position from Wayne Cottrell, who was holding down the fort as CFO as well as chief operating officer. Cottrell will continue in the latter position. Krieger was previously co-found ...
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Two executives of Hartjes have been promoted to share the...
Two executives of Hartjes have been promoted to share the top management of this Austrian manufacturer of comfort shoes following the departure of its former chief executive, Otto Leodolter, who is moving into the clothing sector. They are Hans Sternbauer and Martin Leodolter, the younger brother of Otto. They will ...
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Guy Rapp, the French industry veteran who has been running...
Guy Rapp, the French industry veteran who has been running Bloch out of its head office in Australia for the past couple of years, is expected to move back to France to concentrate on the development of the brand's non-dance business on a global basis
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Jake Brandman is taking the reins as president of Sanuk,...
Jake Brandman is taking the reins as president of Sanuk, the company bought last month by Deckers Outdoor Corporation. He will take over the position as of Sept. 1, moving from his job as vice president for North American operations at Teva, another Deckers brand. Jeff Kelley, who founded Sanuk ...
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Rainer Worbs has decided to quit Ludwig Görtz, where he...
Rainer Worbs has decided to quit Ludwig Görtz, where he has been acting as general manager in charge of product management since March 2003. He has been with the big German shoe retail group, based in Hamburg and named after its founder, after working for it on and off over ...
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Two new executives are taking the reins at Orthofeet, the...
Two new executives are taking the reins at Orthofeet, the maker of footwear for people with health problems that was bought in December by a group of investors led by Tuckerman Capital and Equis Capital. Mark Koide is the new chief executive, coming off a background that includes being ...
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Novascarpa Group has a new vice president for sales in...
Novascarpa Group has a new vice president for sales in Fritz Schneider. He comes to the Idaho-based distributor with nearly three decades of experience in sales, marketing and consulting. Novascarpa distributes Joya footwear.
