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Pentland Brands announces leadership transition for Americas

Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands, has named former Converse executive Joe Spies as president of Americas as Matt Rock steps down. The announcement comes as Rock, the current president of Americas, steps down after a 19-years with the fashion group, which owns brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse. Spies,...

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Pentland names new leadership at owned brands

Pentland Brands has announced a slew of new leadership appointments beginning this month at a number of its owned brands as part of its efforts to elevate product and identity. At Speedo, Simon Breckon has been named senior vice president, a step up from when he initially joined the group in 2018, from which time he was credited with playing a...

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Pentland Brands restructures business in bid to drive further growth

Pentland Brands, the sportswear group behind Speedo, Canterbury and Ellesse, has outlined plans to simplify the business as it looks towards accelerating further growth throughout the company. As part of its plan, Pentland said it would be simplifying the way its business is organised, with around 90 people expected to leave the organisation to...

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Pentland Brands to form new youth advisory board

Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands, including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, is joining mission-led start-up The People to bring youth insights into the boardroom. In a statement, Pentland Brands said it is looking to form a new youth advisory board and is seeking people under 30 in its key markets, the UK, US,...

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Pentland Brands names new chief finance officer

Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, has named Graham Burridge as its new chief finance officer. Burridge, who joins the company in August, has over two decades of experience in the consumer and retail sector, has held controllership roles, financial planning and analysis...

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Pentland Brands appoints new chief operating officer

Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, has appointed Abhy Thomas-Joseph as its new global chief operating officer (COO). Thomas-Joseph joined Pentland Brands in 2012 and has held numerous roles, including global IT director in 2018, where he helped the company grow its digital...

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Berghaus becomes first Pentland brand to achieve B Corp status

Outdoor clothing retailer Berghaus has become the first label owned by Pentland Brands to achieve B Corp status, the company has revealed, recognising it for responsible business practices. In a release, the British brand said it pledged to use the certification as a “catalyst to strive for even higher social and environmental standards”. To...

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Pentland Brands names Matt Rock as new president - Americas

Pentland Brands Limited has announced that Matt Rock has taken over the role of president – Americas, Pentland Brands. This role, the company said in a release, oversees Speedo as well as Pentland’s full portfolio, including Endura and Mitre for the Americas region. Matt Rock takes over as president - Americas Rock, formerly president - Asia...

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Pentland Brands shares ‘100-1-0’ sustainability progress

Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, is driving forward its ‘100-1-0’ sustainable strategy launched at the end of 2021 by sharing its progress over the last 12 months. In the last year, Pentland Brands states it has made “significant progress” on its sustainability plans, set...

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Pentland Brands appoints new chief human resources officer

Pentland Brands, which includes sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Ellesse and Mitre, have named Belinda Deery as its new chief human resources officer. Deery joins Pentland this month from the behavioural change consultancy KultraLab, where she served as chief insight and solutions officer for the past two years....

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Canterbury calls on brands to provide free PE kits

Canterbury, part of Pentland Brands, has launched a ‘Fair Game’ initiative calling on brands to give every UK school child a free PE kit to support struggling families during the cost-of-living crisis. To kickstart the campaign, the rugby brand is donating 100,000 pounds worth of sports kit to UK schools through charity partner In Kind Direct,...

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Pentland Brands names new director of creative

Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, has named Paisley Wright as its new director of creative. In a short statement, Pentland Brands said that Wright, who will join the business in mid-August, will lead “ambitious plans to transform the Pentland Creative Agency (PCA) into a...