Ecco has appointed Panos Mytaros as its new chief executive officer, replacing Steen Borgholm, who has stepped down by mutual agreement. Borgholm has worked in Europe, North America and Asia for a number of years and has made a “very significant contribution,” said Ecco.
Mytaros has worked with Ecco for 27 years. He has worked at a Dutch tannery group, from which he was hired as Tannery Director for Ecco Indonesia. In 2002, he returned to Europe, where he has established the company’s Leather Group based in Dongen, Netherlands. In 2011, he became a member of Ecco’s Managing Board.
Michel Krol will continue as a member of the Managing Board, having worked with Ecco for 21 years. He is the Group Sales Director. Having worked for two years with Ecco’s distributor in Benelux before joining Ecco, he was Managing Director of Ecco Benelux, prior to being its Managing Director Europe, and lastly Head of Ecco EMEA, before joining Ecco’s Managing Board in 2011 with responsibility for global sales.
Thomas Gøgsig is a new member of Ecco’s Managing Board. He is the third generation in his family to work for Ecco. He joined Ecco in 2012 and in 2013 became Manager, Research Activities and Innovation. He was appointed Head of Applied Research in 2015, and in 2018 was appointed VP and Chief of Staff in Ecco’s Marketing Division.
Mads Fink Eriksen is also a new member of its Managing Board. He has worked with Ecco for 10 years, starting in China, followed by several years in Singapore in Ecco’s Global Production Headquarter. He spent the next three years at its headquarters in Denmark as Head of Corporate Finance. In 2018, he moved to Australia, where he restructured the company’s sales organization. In 2020, he was appointed CFO, Ecco Group.
Photo courtesy Ecco/Panos Mytaros
