Lacoste is understood to be circling the acquisition of a controlling stake in its joint venture company set up with Pentland Group. If the deal proceeds, Lacoste intends to buy Pentland’s 50 percent stake in Pentland Chaussures Ltd, for which the group currently serves as a Lacoste licensee. According to FashionNetwork, which initially reported...
Apr 24, 2025
Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands, has named former Converse executive Joe Spies as president of Americas as Matt Rock steps down. The announcement comes as Rock, the current president of Americas, steps down after a 19-years with the fashion group, which owns brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse. Spies,...
May 2, 2024
Pentland Brands, the sportswear group behind Speedo, Canterbury and Ellesse, has outlined plans to simplify the business as it looks towards accelerating further growth throughout the company. As part of its plan, Pentland said it would be simplifying the way its business is organised, with around 90 people expected to leave the organisation to...
Aug 4, 2023
Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands, including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, is joining mission-led start-up The People to bring youth insights into the boardroom. In a statement, Pentland Brands said it is looking to form a new youth advisory board and is seeking people under 30 in its key markets, the UK, US,...
Jul 25, 2023
Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, has named Graham Burridge as its new chief finance officer. Burridge, who joins the company in August, has over two decades of experience in the consumer and retail sector, has held controllership roles, financial planning and analysis...
Jun 21, 2023
Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, has appointed Abhy Thomas-Joseph as its new global chief operating officer (COO). Thomas-Joseph joined Pentland Brands in 2012 and has held numerous roles, including global IT director in 2018, where he helped the company grow its digital...
Apr 6, 2023
Outdoor clothing retailer Berghaus has become the first label owned by Pentland Brands to achieve B Corp status, the company has revealed, recognising it for responsible business practices. In a release, the British brand said it pledged to use the certification as a “catalyst to strive for even higher social and environmental standards”. To...
Mar 16, 2023
Pentland Brands Limited has announced that Matt Rock has taken over the role of president – Americas, Pentland Brands. This role, the company said in a release, oversees Speedo as well as Pentland’s full portfolio, including Endura and Mitre for the Americas region. Matt Rock takes over as president - Americas Rock, formerly president - Asia...
Dec 22, 2022
Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, is driving forward its ‘100-1-0’ sustainable strategy launched at the end of 2021 by sharing its progress over the last 12 months. In the last year, Pentland Brands states it has made “significant progress” on its sustainability plans, set...
Dec 13, 2022
Pentland Brands, which includes sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Ellesse and Mitre, have named Belinda Deery as its new chief human resources officer. Deery joins Pentland this month from the behavioural change consultancy KultraLab, where she served as chief insight and solutions officer for the past two years....
Nov 10, 2022
Pentland Brands, which owns sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, and Ellesse, has named Paisley Wright as its new director of creative. In a short statement, Pentland Brands said that Wright, who will join the business in mid-August, will lead “ambitious plans to transform the Pentland Creative Agency (PCA) into a...
Aug 2, 2022
Jim McFarlane, founder of the cycling apparel brand Endura, and director, Pamela Barclay, have announced plans to step-back from the day-to-day management of the business. The company has appointed Noah Bernard as brand director, who will lead the business going forward. Commenting on the development, Chirag Patel, chief executive officer,...
May 10, 2022