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Amer Sports Oyj Mr. Vincent Wauters has been named Amer Sports Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Information Technology. The newly created position has been established to reinforce the company's efforts in developing synergies through common platforms in the areas of Supply Chain and Information Technology. Mr. Wauters will join Amer Sports on September 1, 2008.
Mr. Wauters holds a Post Graduate degree in geopolitics from U:L:B Brussels University, Belgium. He is joining Amer Sports from Newell Rubbermaid (www.newellrubbermaid.com) in Paris, France, where he held the position of Vice President, Supply Chain, EMEA. Mr. Wauters will relocate to Helsinki, Finland and will be based at Amer Sports headquarters.
Mr. Wauters will report to Mr. Roger Talermo, Amer Sports' President and CEO and will be a member of Executive Board.
For further information, please contact: Mr. Max Alfthan, Senior Vice President, Communications, Amer Sports Corporation, tel. +358 9 7257 8216
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AMER SPORTS CORPORATION Amer Sports (www.amersports.com) is the world's leading sports equipment company with internationally recognized brands including Wilson, Atomic, Suunto, Precor and Salomon. All Amer Sports companies develop and manufacture technically advanced products that improve the performance of active sports participants. The Group's business is balanced by its broad portfolio of sports and presence in all major markets.