Repucom has appointed JAN LEHMANN as its exec VP Business & Client Solutions. Lehmann will report directly to Managing Dir DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) STEPHAN SCHRÖDER and President of Global Strategy GLENN LOVETT. Lehmann will support Repucom's top clients in the DACH region and help grow the overall consulting business across Europe. Prior to joining Repucom, Lehmann had worked for five years in several positions at the German Football League (DFL). Before joining the DFL, he was associate director at Infront Sports & Media and worked as a business consultant at McKinsey & Company (Repucom).
COACHES/MANAGERS: PAUL STURROCK has left his job Conference Premier club Torquay United "after just four days, having been offered a permanent position elsewhere." Sturrock was hired on Sunday to "work alongside" Manager CHRIS HARGREAVES in an advisory role. However, Sturrock "chose not to stay after being offered another position at an unnamed club" (London GUARDIAN, 4/8). ... League Championship side Wigan Athletic has named former captain GARY CALDWELL as its new manager, replacing MALKY MACKAY, who "was sacked on Monday." Caldwell is Wigan's "third manager of the season," following UWE ROSLER and ex-Cardiff boss Mackay. GRAHAM BARROW, a "long-serving member of Wigan's coaching staff, will assist Caldwell," while ERIC BLACK and MIKE POLLITT will "serve as first-team coach and goalkeeping coach respectively" (BBC, 4/7).
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