Pentland Brands news and archive

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...

22 Dec 2022

BusinessFeatured

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...

13 Dec 2022

People

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....

10 Nov 2022

Fashion

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,...

2 Sept 2022

People

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...

2 Aug 2022

Business

Cycling apparel brand Endura names Noah Bernard as brand director

Jim McFarlane, founder of the cycling apparel brand Endura, and director, Pamela Barclay, have announced plans to step-back from the day-to-day management of the business. The company has appointed Noah Bernard as brand director, who will lead the business going forward. Commenting on the development, Chirag Patel, chief executive officer,...

10 May 2022

BusinessFeatured

Pentland Brands wants to be net-zero by 2032

Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, has launched a new “100-1-0” sustainability strategy that includes becoming a net-zero business by 2032. The 2032 timeline and name of the strategy coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Pentland Brands business. “100-1-0” focuses on...

2 Nov 2021

People

Berghaus names new global brand director

Berghaus has appointed Charlie Pym as its new global brand director, responsible for the global product and marketing for the outdoor brand. Pym joins Berghaus from McLaren’s Pro Cycling programme, where he served as marketing director launching Team Bahrain McLaren. Before that, he was director of communications at Rapha and was managing...

4 May 2021

Business

Pentland Brands partners with UK students to help launch careers

Pentland Brands, which owns Speedo, Berghaus, and other sports and outdoor lifestyle brands, announced it has partnered with academic institutions across the UK to nurture design students through mentoring workshops, career opportunities, and fabric donations. The company stated it has enrolled in the UK Government Kickstart scheme, which grants...

13 Apr 2021

Business

Pentland Connect signs up 1,200 retailers

Pentland Brands online ordering service, Pentland Connect has signed up 1,200 retailers, following the group’s relaunch of its business-to-business website in January. Pentland Connect has been relaunched to allow retailers to adapt to what the group calls “an unpredictable retail climate” and allow them the opportunity to order products from...

1 Feb 2021

People

Pentland Brands announces its first positive business director

Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo and Berghaus, has appointed Sara Brennan as its first-ever positive business director. In the newly created leadership role, Brennan has been tasked with looking at how Pentland, and its portfolio of brands, can accelerate its positive business strategy to deliver...

20 Jan 2021

People

Speedo appoints new global brand director

Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Berghaus and Canterbury of New Zealand, has appointed Kev McFadyen as the global brand director for its Speedo brand. McFadyen joined the Pentland Brands business as the brand director for Berghaus in 2018 and has successfully led the brand to deliver growth across both...

3 Nov 2020