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Adidas: Leadership Change
Birgit Kretschmer appointed as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Harm Ohlmeyer whose contract expires end of year
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The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. Adidas's move reshapes the layer beneath it in the sector as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 105.9 (Hot) (down 2.3 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-2.8pts) on signal share.
Adidas: 3 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 3 tracked across 51 days.
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