Academy Sports + Outdoors, Inc., appointed Matt Pasch, formerly at Burlington Stores, to the role of EVP and chief people officer. He succeeds Bill Ennis, who recently retired.

In this position, Pasch will oversee Academy’s talent strategy, human resources, and communications functions supporting the company’s corporate, distribution centers, and retail initiatives.

Most recently, Pasch served as executive vice president, chief human resources officer at Burlington. He also held the roles of senior vice president of human resources, merchandising, marketing and strategy as well as senior vice president of human resources, corporate support, distribution and supply chain in addition to other executive and leadership positions throughout his tenure.

He was at Burlington for 16 years and before that worked at Finlay Fine Jewelry for nearly 12 years.

Pasch will report directly to Steve Lawrence, Academy’s chief executive officer.

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