Quiksilver CEO leaves the company with immediate effect

27/03/2015
The chief executive of sports brand Quiksilver, Andy Mooney, has left the company and has been replaced by company president, Pierre Agnes. Greg Healy, Quiksilver’s regional president in the Asia-Pacific region, will take over as company president and founder and former chief executive, Bob McKnight, will become chairman of the board. All changes are effective immediately.

Andy Mooney joined Quiksilver at the start of 2013 after more than a decade with the Disney Corporation.

On announcing the changes, Bob McKnight said the board was grateful for the leadership Mr Mooney had shown in driving organisational change. “This work provides the foundation for the next phase of Quiksilver’s progress,” he said.