BALTIMORE, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Under Armour, Inc.
(NYSE: UA, UAA) today announced two new additions to its senior
management team with the appointments of Alessandro de Pestel as Chief Marketing Officer
and Ann Funai as Senior Vice
President, Engineering. These hires will strengthen Under Armour's
ability to drive growth through the implementation of strategic
marketing activities and digital touchpoints to build brand equity
and increase global market share.
"We're excited to welcome Alessandro and Ann to the Under Armour
team, two talented senior executives who will help us connect even
more deeply with our consumers through powerful engagements and
premium experiences," said Under Armour Chairman and CEO
Kevin Plank. "The diversity of their
global experience and insights will enrich and advance our
marketing and digital capabilities to deliver an even more seamless
experience to our consumers – whenever and wherever they engage the
Under Armour brand."
Alessandro de
Pestel, Chief Marketing Officer
As a member of the company's executive team and a direct report
to President and Chief Operating Officer Patrik Frisk, De Pestel will lead all aspects of
the company's global brand marketing strategy. He will be based at
the company's global headquarters in Baltimore.
De Pestel has successfully developed brand equity
and pioneered digital marketing across different cultures, nations
and businesses. He has more than 20 years of high-level global
experience in communications and global marketing. He most recently
served as Executive Vice President of Marketing, Communications and
Consumer Insights for Tommy Hilfilger Global/PVH Europe where he
executed global alignment, planning and strategies to support the
company's product directives and initiatives.
Prior to that, de Pestel served as International Communications
Director for Christian Dior Parfums in France and as vice president of global
marketing for Omega Watches in Switzerland.
Ann Funai, Senior Vice
President, Engineering
As a senior leader, Funai will be responsible for the
engineering function across Under Armour's digital ecosystem,
including its fitness applications and global ecommerce business.
She will lead the engineering strategy that supports the roadmap,
platform and product feature set development. Based in Austin, Texas, she will report directly to
Chief Digital Officer Paul
Fipps.
Funai joins Under Armour following her role as Chief Technology
Officer at PeopleAdmin, a SaaS company focused on talent management
for the education industry. In that role she led the architecture,
development, quality assurance, development operations, security,
IT, and design teams. She was also the technical leader for the
acquisition and integration of multiple companies including
PeopleAdmin's merger with PowerSchool.
Prior to that, Funai was with IBM, where she worked across many
different business units and technical disciplines including the
development of hardware simulation, firmware, systems management,
and OpenStack software for its cognitive systems.
About Under Armour Inc.
Under Armour, Inc., headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland is a leading innovator,
marketer and distributor of branded performance athletic apparel,
footwear and accessories. Designed to make all athletes better, the
brand's innovative products are sold worldwide to consumers with
active lifestyles. The company's Connected Fitness™ platform powers
the world's largest digitally connected health and fitness
community. For further information, please visit www.uabiz.com.
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