Amer Sports restructures
Finnish sporting goods manufacturerAmer Sports is realigning its winter and outdoor business in order to streamline operations more effectively.
The winter sports equipment segments of Salomon and Atomic will now be managed by president of the new winter sports equipment business area, Michael Schineis, the current Atomic president. He has worked for the company for many years and has extensive experience with both Atomic and Salomon.
In addition, a new entity consisting of the Salomon and Arc'teryx brands has been formed. The general manager for the apparel and footwear business segment will be Jean-Marc Pambet, who is currently the general manager of Salomon apparel and footwear.
Bernard Millaud will continue as general manager of Mavic, who will be responsible for the legal entity of Salomon S.A. in Annecy. The current president of Salomon, Jean-Luc Diard, is leaving the company to pursue other interests. Jari Melgin, currently vice president, finance and administration at Salomon, will be responsible for the finance and administration functions of the winter and outdoor business.
The leaders of the three business areas will report to president and CEO, Roger Talermo. The changes are effective immediately.
