Amer Sports Corp. said its Chief Executive Roger Talermo will leave the company and be replaced by Heikki Takala on April 1, 2010, according to the Associated Press.
Talermo has headed Amer Sports, which owns Atomic, Salomon, Wilson, Preco, Arc'teryx and Suunto, since 1996.
In a statement, Amer said Talermo will continue in a special role assigned by Amer Sports Board of Directors until June 21, 2010, when he will resign from the company.
Executive Vice President and Deputy to President and CEO Pekka Paalanne has been appointed as acting president and CEO from Dec. 22 until March 31, 2010.
Heikki Takala, 43 years old, is currently working at Procter & Gamble as commercial director of Procter & Gamble Salon Professional Global Commercial Operations. He has served at Procter & Gamble 17 years in several line management positions in region and product line organizations.
Amer Sports chairman Anssi Vanjoki cited “lack of trust” to Finland's YLE radio as the main reason for Talermo's departure, but did not give details. He told Finland's YLE radio Tuesday that “the board agreed that it is a proper time to bring in new energy.”
