Executive Transactions
Nike named WILLEM HAITINK VP & GM for Nike China; JIM GODBOUT VP
& GM for Nike Japan; DAVIDE GRASSO VP for Asia Pacific Marketing; JOHN
SLUSHER VP/Sports Marketing for both Asia Pacific and the Americas; and DEEDEE
WILSON VP/Finance & CFO for the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region
(Nike)....IMG named Interpublic Media CFO TERRI SANTISI Exec VP,
CFO and Administrative Officer, reporting to Chair & CEO TED FORSTMANN
(IMG)....The Bonham Group announced its expansion into Europe and named
former O2 UK Head of Sponsorship PAUL SAMUELS CEO of The Bonham Group Europe
(The Bonham Group)....The Athlete’s Foot named Hibbett Sporting Goods VP/Divisional
Merchandise Manager MARK DOBBINS VP/GM (BRANDWEEK, 10/16 issue).
MEDIA: TBS promoted SAL PETRUZZI to Senior VP/PR for its Turner
Ad Sales & Marketing unit, where his responsibilities will include PR and publicity
efforts supporting Turner Sports (TBS)....Fox Sports Enterprises named
JACK TROMPETER Dir of Sponsorship Sales for Pac-10 Properties (Fox Sports).
VENUE: Global Spectrum named TIM MURPHY VP & GM of the Wachovia
Center and Wachovia Spectrum. Previously, Murphy was a Global Spectrum Regional
VP (Global Spectrum)....Central Illinois Arena Management, which oversees
operation of U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Illinois, named BRYAN BLOODWORTH
Dir of Media & PR (U.S. Cellular Coliseum).
OLYMPIC: The USOC named TIM WOOD Dir of Security Operations. Wood
served as a Special Agent in the U.S. Secret Service for over 21 years (USOC)....CHEN
GANG, the former Dir of Beijing’s Urban Planning Commission, “will apparently
take over from” Beijing Vice Mayor LIU ZHIHUA, who “headed the construction
team” for the ’08 Olympics. Zhihua was “sacked for alleged corruption in June,
but BOCOG officials insisted that Olympic projects were not affected by the scandal”
(AROUND THE RINGS, 10/13 issue).
FRANCHISE: MLB Giants head athletic trainer STAN CONTE, whose subpoena
in April “represented the first time a Giants employee other than a player had
been dragged into the BALCO saga,” has stepped down after 15 years with the team.
In S.F., Henry Schulman notes Conte “had disagreements with management, largely
revolving around BARRY BONDS.” Conte in ’00 “wanted [Greg] Anderson and
the rest of Bonds’ group banned from the clubhouse, but team executives would
not do it.” However, Conte said that “none of that played into his decision to
leave” (S.F. CHRONICLE, 10/17)....The Yankees let go VP/Int’l Scouting
LIN GARRETT, Coordinator of Pacific Rim Scouting JOHN COX, advance
scouts CHUCK COTTIER and WADE TAYLOR and strength & conditioning
coach JEFF MANGOLD (N.Y. POST, 10/17).
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