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Positive result achieved: reduction of the anti-dumping duty from US$13.85…
WFSGI has sent submission, participated in public hearing and requested…
TRADE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
CHAIR
Jeff Whalen
Senior Counsel, Customs and International Trade, Legal Department, Nike, Inc.
VICE-CHAIRS
Manuel Pauser
Head of Global Government Affairs, adidas AG
MEMBERS
Peter Bragdon
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, Columbia Sportswear Company
Renato Jardim
Executive Director, APICE – Association for Sporting Goods Industry and Commerce
Tom Cove
President and CEO, SFIA – Sports and Fitness Industry Association
Chris Warn
Global Head of Logistics, Pentland Brands Ltd.
Dmitri Hu
Head of Strategy and Investment, Pou Chen Group, Chief Financial Officer, Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Ltd.
Gumercindo Moraes Neto
Partner and CEO, RG3 Consulting
John Larsen
President Emeritus, New Balance Athletics, Inc., Director, New Balance UK
Gabriel Hoyos
Senior Regional Counsel, Under Armour, Inc.
Andy Long
Executive Director, Pentland Group
Kristine Marvin
Vice President and General Counsel Timberland
Youri Mercier
Deputy Secretary General, FESI – Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry
Hirotaka Miyaji
Owner, HM Consult
Hamish Stewart
UK and Ireland Country Manager, Brooks Sports, Inc.
Shinji Matsuda
Production Control Department/Supply Chain Management Department Footwear Production Division, ASICS Corporation
Jeff Tooze
Vice President Global Customs and Trade, Columbia Sportswear Company
George Wood
Chairman TBS Group Corp., Honorary President TSMA – Taiwan Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association
Li Hua
President, CSGF
Bruna Romano
Senior Manager, Global Trade Compliance, PUMA SE
Dr. Monica J. Gorman
Vice President, Responsible Leadership and Global Compliance, New Balance Athletics, Inc.
EX OFFICIO
Edwin Vermulst
WFSGI Trade Counsel
Marc-Ivar Magnus
WFSGI Vice President, Trade, Corporate Responsibility and Legal
MANDATE
The Trade Committee is focusing on international trade issues facing the global sporting goods industry, including eliminating trade barriers, defending against trade cases, examining new product safety and testing requirements, removing restrictions that impact WFSGI member company’s supply chains, supporting international trade agreements that benefit the global sporting goods industry.
CONTACT
For more information about the WFSGI Trade Committee please contact:
Marc-Ivar Magnus, WFSGI Vice President, Trade, Corporate Responsibility and Legal, mmagnus@wfsgi.org
Gominga provides a software solution that enables tool-based interaction with the customer: review management in one-stop shop and on various eBusiness platforms. WFSGI partnered with Gominga to support its members in managing online product reviews.
McKinsey & Company is a consulting firm advising on strategic management to corporations, governments, and other organizations. WFSGI partnered with McKinsey & Company to support its members in understanding their business environment and take the right business decisions. Among others, sports brands and retailers have been advised on how to cope with the “new normal” that is shaping as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
ISPO is the s the world’s largest trade fair for sporting goods and sportswear. WFSGI partnered with ISPO to enable its members to benefit from a couple of ISPO discounts (booths, entrance tickets).