New Delhi: Sportswear retailer Decathlon has appointed Javier Lopez as Chief Executive Officer of the company, it said in a media release on Friday.
“I am particularly honoured by the confidence of Julien and the Board of Directors as I take up my new position, and I thank Barbara, with whom I have enjoyed working in the Executive Committee for the past 3 years,” said Lopez.
Lopez, who has been associated with Decathlon for the past 26 years has held numerous positions within the company, in digital, logistics and retail. He headed the Germany market for the brand from 2012 to 2015, then served as CEO of Decathlon Spain from 2015 to 2022.
He will replace Barbara Martin Coppola who held the position since March 2022.
“Over the past three years, we have initiated a major evolution of DECATHLON, moving from ambition to action. I’d like to thank all our teammates, whose dedication made all of this work possible: we’ve repositioned the DECATHLON brand by redefining the customer experience in-store and in e-commerce, which now accounts for 20% of our revenue. I have every confidence in Javier to lead an ever more ambitious company, in the image of DECATHLON,” Coppola said in a statement.
