BEAVERTON, Ore. - Wednesday, 03. December 2025
(BUSINESS
WIRE) -- NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) today shared the following note with
employees regarding changes to its Senior Leadership Team.
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Team,
I’d
like to share some important changes to our Senior Leadership Team
(SLT) that further remove layers and continue to bring us closer to
athletes* and the marketplace.
We’re establishing the role of
EVP, Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting to me, to better connect
our operations and integrate technology more seamlessly into our sport
offense. Venkatesh Alagirisamy (“Venky”), currently Chief Supply Chain
Officer and a nearly 20-year Nike veteran, will take on this role
effective December 8. Venky will lead Technology, in addition to his
existing responsibilities leading Supply Chain, Planning, Operations,
Manufacturing and Sustainability.
He and his team will now be
able to look end-to-end to ensure technology is fully integrated across
the company and into how we create, plan, make, deliver and sell our
world-class innovations across our three iconic brands. His experience,
innovative mindset and team-first leadership style will be key as we
continue to evolve into a more agile, tech-enabled Nike.
As a
result of this change, we’ve eliminated the EVP, Chief Technology
Officer role on the SLT and Dr. Muge Dogan will leave the company. I
want to thank Muge for the role she has played in advancing our tech
capabilities, helping to shape how we embed digital, data and AI across
our business. I’m grateful for the impact she’s had and wish her well.
Additionally,
as we seek to move faster in service of athletes*, strengthen our
leadership team’s connection with consumers and further activate our
sport offense, the senior leaders of Nike’s four Geographies will now
join the SLT, reporting to me. I want to welcome Angela Dong (Greater
China), Carl Grebert (EMEA), Tom Peddie (North America) and Cathy Sparks
(APLA) to our team.
As part of this shift, we’re eliminating the
role of EVP, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), currently held by Craig
Williams. I want to thank Craig for his important role in advancing our
marketplace strategy as CCO and for his leadership of the Jordan Brand.
Throughout his time at Nike and Jordan, Craig has united teams around
the world through his passion for our brands, his commitment to
excellence and his value-based leadership. We wish him the best in his
next chapter.
Global Sales and Nike Direct will now report to our
EVP and Chief Financial Officer, Matt Friend. In addition to his role
as CFO, Matt brings deep commercial, strategy, and geography experience
from more than 15 years at Nike. He has partnered closely with me for
several years managing our integrated marketplace, and his understanding
of our global business will be especially valuable now. Bringing these
teams under Matt’s leadership, alongside the strategy work he already
oversees, puts him in a unique position to connect our marketplace
directly to company strategy and where we place our biggest bets. It
ensures that insights from our stores, our digital platforms, and our
wholesale partners directly shape our corporate planning, growth
initiatives, and investment priorities.
This move is about growth
and offense — giving Sales and Nike Direct an even stronger voice in
how we set strategy and invest. It also reflects the critical role the
marketplace plays in driving Nike’s success, including our Win Now
actions. Our physical and digital footprints will continue to celebrate
the passion and emotion of sport, highlight our innovations and
game-changing products, and inspire consumers wherever they experience
our brands.
It’s significant our Brand presidents and our
Geography leaders are sitting together at the same NIKE, Inc. leadership
table. With this newly evolved SLT, I’m confident we’ll be able to
accelerate the core aspects of our Win Now actions. Collectively, these
changes amount to us eliminating layers and better positioning Nike to
continue to have an impact the way only Nike can.
You’ve heard me
say before we need everyone pushing forward with focus, speed,
collaboration and urgency. I’m grateful to each of you for answering
this call and I know we are making meaningful progress in creating a
bright future of our own design.
Elliott Hill
President & CEO, NIKE, Inc.
*If you have a body, you are an athlete.
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About NIKE, Inc.
NIKE,
Inc., headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, is the world's leading
designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear,
apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of sports and
fitness activities. Converse, a wholly-owned NIKE, Inc. subsidiary
brand, designs, markets and distributes athletic lifestyle footwear,
apparel and accessories. For more information, NIKE, Inc.’s earnings
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