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Senior and long-serving º£½ÇÊÓÆµ Adidas executive leaves US retail giant

Gavin Thomson first joined the company in 1995

Adidas' º£½ÇÊÓÆµ base is located in Greater Manchester(Image: (Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images))

One of the most senior and long-serving Adidas executives in the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ, who was responsible for Northern Europe, has left the retail giant.

Senior vice president Gavin Thomson, who was based at the US firm's offices in Hazel Grove, Greater Manchester, had been with the company since 1995.

For almost four years he had been in charge of managing Northern Europe for the brand.

An Adidas spokesperson said: "We can confirm that Gavin Thomson, senior vice president and general manager North Europe, has left Adidas.

"We are currently in the process of recruiting for his successor."

Mr Thomson started his career as a national account manager at Nike in Washington, º£½ÇÊÓÆµ, in 1990 before moving to Adidas.

He took on the role of senior sales until April 2000 when he was promoted o director of product marketing.