Adidas's Global Olympic Games director and head of London 2012 will leave the company next month. Erica Kerner is taking up the newly created position of vice president of marketing for Polo Ralph Lauren in Asia Pacific and will be based in Hong Kong.

After joining Adidas in 2004, Kerner was an integral part of the company's presence and activation at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. She worked with Nike for 10 years before joining Adidas.