Brands
Puma
German sports giant Puma has appointed industry expert Archie McEachern as the vice president of its basketball business unit, effective Aug. 18. McEachern will be based in Boston and report to Maria Valdes, Puma’s chief product officer. He replaces Max Staiger, who left the company earlier this year. McEachern previously held international leadership roles in merchandising, product creation and sales at companies including Nike and VF Corporation.
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Jil Sander
Serge Brunschwig, chief executive officer of German luxury house Jil Sander—and its parent company, OTB Group—is exiting the company after only six months. Ubaldo Minelli, CEO of OTB Group, will assume Brunschwig’s responsibilities. The former LVMH executive succeeded Lo Curzio in February—just a few weeks before Jil Sander’s co-creative directors, Lucie and Luke Meier, departed.
Raw Materials
Metsä Group
Metsä Spring, the venture capital arm of Finnish forest industry firm Metsä Group, has named Anna-Kaisa Huttunen as director of business development. Her duties include leading the work to form the business and market entry plans for the group’s Kuura textile fiber. Huttunen has extensive experience in the textile industry, working in the development and management of international business since 2007, first in the textile rental business and, as of 2022, at a company specializing in textile fiber recycling.
