US developer of branded performance products Under Armour, Inc. has announced the promotion of two senior executives and the addition of two new members to the company's management team.

Wayne Marino has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer. As part of his new role, he will oversee the company's Sales Operations and Production Planning units. He will continue to hold responsibility for the Accounting and Finance, Information Technology, Distribution, Facilities, and Human Resources departments.

William Kraus has been named senior vice president of Marketing. He was previously vice president of Sports Marketing, Team Sales and Licensing. He will assume the senior leadership position for the Product Creation and Merchandising functions and will also oversee the Brand Marketing organisation as well as the Sports Marketing team.

Richard Zielinski has joined the company as vice president, Technical Services. In this new position, he will oversee fabric development, product development and quality assurance. He most recently served as divisional vice president, May Merchandising Corp., and prior to that was vice president, Quality Assurance/Technical Services for J. Crew.

Tony O'Neill has joined the company as sales director, Europe. Based in the company's new European headquarters in Amsterdam, he will work closely with Ryan Wood, president of Under Armour Europe, to build the company's network of direct sales, distributors and agents in the European market. Prior to joining Under Armour, he was Head of Sales, Continental Europe for adidas Golf.