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8 • March/April 2024 sportstyle • sportstylemag.com T he first quarter of 2024 kicked off with change at the top for three major industry players. ere is new leadership in place at Brooks, HOKA and Under Armour. Brooks announced in March that Jim Weber is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer aer 23 years in the position. Dan Sheridan, who currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer, is Brooks' new CEO, effective April 26, 2024. Weber joined Brooks' Board of Directors in 1999 and was named CEO in 2001 — over Weber's tenure Brooks grew from the verge of bankruptcy to a billion- dollar brand and a leader in the global running category. Sheridan takes the reins having already served as a long-time leader in different roles at Brooks. He joined the company in 1998 and was named COO in 2019 and promoted to President and COO in 2022. In addition to Sheridan's appointment to CEO, Matt Dodge, Vice President, Managing Director of Brooks International, will become President and COO, effective Aug. 1, 2024. Dodge will return to the brand's global headquarters in Seattle aer growing Brooks' business and team in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific and Latin America (APLA) regions for the past five years. Under Armour founder Kevin Plank moved into the role of President & Chief Executive Officer of UA as of April 1, 2024, with Stephanie Linnartz stepping down as President & Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board. Additionally, Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian, an independent director since 2018 and Lead Director since 2020, became the non-executive Chair of the Board at UA. Linnartz, the former Marriot International President, had been with UA for one year. At HOKA, longtime Nike exec Robin Green took over as president of the HOKA brand in February. She most recently served as Global Vice President of Men's Running and Fitness at Nike. Green will serve on the Executive Leadership Team, reporting directly to Dave Powers, Chief Executive Officer and President of Deckers Brands. With her track record of delivering transformative results and brand growth at Nike, Green joins a HOKA brand with plenty of positive momentum. Her focus at HOKA will include delivering continued growth and accelerating the product innovation pipeline across a dynamic global marketplace. n Dan Sheridan is taking over as CEO at Brooks. NEWS/ANALYSIS LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT BROOKS, UA, HOKA

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