Fleet Feet Sports appointed Joey Pointer, its former CFO, as chief executive officer.
“On behalf of the Fleet Feet Sports board of directors, I’m excited to announce that Joey Pointer has become the chief executive officer of Fleet Feet Sports effective immediately,” said Jim Hyler, a director on Fleet Feet’s board in a statement. “Joey has done a tremendous job leading the team for the last two and a half months, and we have the utmost confidence in his leadership.”
The hiring comes as Jeff Phillips, Fleet Feet’s president and CEO, stepped down in mid-March. In a statement at the time, the franchisor said Fleet Feet’s board of directors would lead the search for the next CEO and would be partnering with Pointer “to lead the company through this change.”
Pointer joined Fleet Feet as a financial manager in 2004 and became director of operations in January 2006 through May 2012 before becoming CFO over the last five years.
Phillips became CEO in 2013 after the company was acquired by management, led by Phillips, in partnership with Raleigh, NC-based Investors Management Corp., which also owns the Golden Corral franchise. The change also comes after Luke Rowe, another long-term Fleet Feet exec, left the retailer in January to become SVP at CEP, the compression brand.
In late May, Fleet Feet announced that it had hired Brent Hollowell, most recently recently VP of marketing at Nathan Sports, as its VP Of marketing and vendor management. Hollowell also held leadership positions in the past at Foot Locker and Adidas America.
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