Amer Sports appointed Vincent Wauters, currently general manager of Arc'teryx Inc., as president of Amer Sports apparel business and a member of Amer Sports executive board. Wauters will continue to lead the Arc'teryx brand.
He will report to Amer Sports' President and CEO Heikki Takala. Amer Sports said Wauters has successfully been leading Arc'teryx since 2012. Before that, he was the senior vice president, Amer Sports Global Operations, and a member of the executive board.
"Over the past three years, Vincent has successfully led Arc'teryx with continuous acceleration in line with the company strategy. I am pleased to promote a strong leader like Vincent from our internal bench, as we continue to build capabilities to accelerate toward our ambitious longer term targets," said Takala.
Andy Towne, previously president of apparel, will at the same time leave Amer Sports.
"I want to thank Andy for his positive contribution in building our Apparel business to today's intermediate stage with solid foundations and readiness for further acceleration," said Takala.
Amer Sports brands include Salomon, Wilson, Atomic, Arc'teryx, Mavic, Suunto and Precor.
