Executive Transactions
In Louisville, Sheldon Shafer reported the city's Muhammad Ali Center (MAC) has hired Univ. of Louisville Athletics Department Dir of Sales and former WRKA-FM host JOHN RAMSEY as VP/Marketing & Government Affairs. MAC spokesperson JEANIE KAHNKE said that while the center has had other marketing VPs, Ramsey, a "friend and confidant" of the former boxer, is the "first to have the task of coordinating the center's involvement with government matters and officials" (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 6/5)....Russia Prime Minister VLADIMIR PUTIN has appointed TAIMURAZ BOLLOYEV to oversee construction for the '14 Sochi Games. Bolloyev replaces VIKTOR KOLODYAZHNY, who resigned, as Chief of the Olympstroi corporation (CP, 6/6)....Nike Sportswear EMEA Brand Dir GINO FISANOTTI has been named Marketing Dir for the U.K. and Ireland, replacing SIMON PESTRIDGE. Fisanotti will "oversee all brand marketing activity for the company" (BRANDREPUBLIC.com, 6/8).
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