Nike promotes Noel Kinder to Chief Sustainability Officer

Nike, Inc. has announced through a statement that Noel Kinder will become the company’s new VP, Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), effective September 5, 2018. Reporting into Eric Sprunk, Nike’s Chief Operating Officer and Tom Clarke, President of Advanced Innovation, with oversight from the corporate responsibility, sustainability & governance committee of the Nike board of directors, he replaces Hannah Jones. Jones, a 20-year Nike veteran as CSO, the company added, who after 14 years in the role will become President of Nike Valiant Labs, the company’s in-house new business model incubator.