Swiss brand Intersport International announces Rick White as chairman

On Friday, September 10, 2021, the delegates of the national Intersport Organizations met virtually for their annual gathering. The meeting approved all statutory required motions. Following the meeting, the IIC board of management met and confirmed the appointment of the new chairman and vice-chairman for the term of office of one year, the company said in a media release.

Rick White, the chairman of the IIC board of management stated: “After the sale of the Athlete’s Foot, end of July 2022, there is now full focus on Intersport. I am glad that the Group has developed positively and that after a covid-based decline, sales are on the rise again and are on or above the level in 2019 in most of our countries. We have adapted our bricks and mortar operations according to the regulations in the local markets and have strengthened our e-commerce capabilities to better serve our customers in an omnichannel capacity.”

In his annual report, IIC CEO Steve Evers presented the development of the Group and IIC: “In IIC’s fiscal 2020-21 (ending on April 30, 2021), we were able to react fast and with consequence and navigated IIC successfully through the crisis. The last fiscal has shown again the strength and resilience of our global, customer-focused retail network and the positive spirit at today’s annual meeting paves the path forward to ensure continued success of the Intersport Group.”

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KD)