NIKE Inc. announced that Roger Wyett, president of its affiliates, will be the company’s new vice president of action sports with responsibility for the Nike Brand’s skateboarding and snow businesses, as well as Hurley International LLC. Sandy Bodecker, the current vice president of action sports at Nike, will now work on special projects involving long-term product innovation. In addition, NIKE Inc. announced that Jim Calhoun, CEO of Converse Inc., will report directly to Mark Parker, president and CEO of NIKE Inc.
“Roger’s leadership over these important businesses will help continue to drive success for Nike,” said Mark Parker, president and CEO of NIKE Inc. “I’d like to thank Sandy for his strong leadership over the last five years and look forward to his continued significant contributions to the company.”
Scott LeClair, vice president and general manager of Nike Skate and Nike Snow, will report to Wyett. Bob Hurley, currently the interim CEO of Hurley, also will remain in that position and will report to Wyett.
Wyett first joined Nike in 1994 and has held a variety of roles including CEO of Hurley and vice president of global apparel. He will report to Trevor Edwards, Nike’s executive vice president of global brand & category management.
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