Two senior appointments at Under Armour
27/09/2018
Alessandro de Pestel has joined the company as chief marketing officer, and Ann Funai is Under Armour’s new senior vice-president for engineering.
Mr Pestel has more than 20 years’ experience in communications and global marketing. He most recently served as executive vice-president of marketing, communications and consumer insight at Tommy Hilfilger.
For her part, Ms Funai has held senior roles in system architecture, quality assurance, development operations, security and design. At Under Armour, she will take responsibility for the engineering function across the “digital ecosystem”, including fitness applications and global ecommerce.
Chief executive, Kevin Plank, said the “global experience and insights” of the two new recruits will help the company give customers “an even more seamless experience”.