Footwear Insight

R obert Sullivan has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Asics North America. He takes over the top role in the region from North American chief executive officer Koichiro Kodama, who has been ele- vated to a new global role of managing executive officer for Asics at its headquarters in Kobe, Japan. Additionally at Asics NA, Barbara Turner will assume the role of chief administrative officer and Sean Condon has been named vice president of omnichannel for the North America division. Steve Murray has been named Global Brand President for The North Face. Previously VF's President of the Americas Region, Murray replaces Arne Arens who has stepped down to pursue other opportunities outside of VF. VF Corp. also announced organizational changes in support of its ongoing business model transformation. The leaders of VF's three Core Brands (Vans, The North Face and Timberland) and its Emerging Brands (all other brands in its portfolio) now report directly to Chairman, President and CEO, Steve Rendle. In addition to Murray, these include Doug Palladini, global brand president for Vans, and Martino Scabbia Guerrini, interim global brand president for Timberland. Kevin Bailey, president of the Asia Pacific region and emerging brands at VF, will also report directly to Rendle. Vasque has named Bryce W e r n s m a n a s i t s n e w president. For the last three years, Wernsman has led marketing efforts as the Senior Director of Global Marketing at Red Wing Shoe Company. In his new role, Wernsman will be charged with overseeing Vasque's distribution, product and brand strategies. Reebok has appointed Kerby Jean-Raymond as its new VP of Creative Direction. Jean- Raymond won this year's CFDA Award for 'American Menswear Designer of the Year' and Harlem's Fashion Row 'Designer of the Year.' In his role at Reebok, Jean- Raymond will provide creative leadership across all design disciplines and will work with Reebok's Product, Global Marketing and Development organizations to ensure his design strategy is consistently implemented across all brand touchpoints. Caleres has hired former Boeing executive Amy Hunter as its VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In addition to driving the company's diversity, equity and inclusion strategy development and organization, Hunter will guide the organization in its efforts around the focus on recruitment of diverse c a n d i d a t e s , h e i g h t e n i n g the expectations around d e v e l o p m e n t o f d i v e r s e associates and increasing the slate of diverse candidates for open positions with leadership accountability. l Amy Hunter Caleres Robert Sullivan ASICS North America Bryce Wernsman Vasque Steve Murray The North Face Executive Moves at Asics, The North Face, Vasque, Reebok, Caleres BRAND LEADERSHIP THE FOOTWEAR EYE 6 • Footwear Insight Sports Edition ~ November 2020 footwearinsight.com Kerby Jean-Raymond Reebok

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