{"id":459204,"date":"2025-09-29T01:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/459204\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:24:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:24:26","slug":"the-lycra-company-names-new-key-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/459204\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lycra Company names new key appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                                    <b>Published<\/b><br \/>\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                                        September 28, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content col-md-8 offset-md-1\">\n                                The <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-lycra\" title=\"Lycra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lycra<\/a> Company has promoted\u00a0Robert Johnston to the role of chief operating officer, alongside the appointment of\u00a0Doug Kelliher to the role of executive vice president, product.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"news-image\" style=\"width:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2971.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Johnston\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Robert Johnston &#8211; Courtesy<\/p>\n<p>A 35-year veteran of the American apparel maker, Johnston previously served as executive vice president, operations. In this expanded role, the executive&#8217;s scope will now include product development, in addition to his current oversight of global manufacturing operations and IT.<\/p>\n<p>He will also manage R&amp;D talent, lab resources, and pilot production to drive innovation across the product portfolio, supporting growth opportunities identified by Kelliher\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-md-8 offset-md-1 article-content--texte\">With more than 30 years of product leadership experience at <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-timberland\" title=\"Timberland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Timberland<\/a>, Velcro Companies, Polartec and Milliken &amp; Company, Kelliher\u00a0will lead The Lycra Company&#8217;s product management team in developing and executing strategy across fibers, fabrics, and garments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"news-image\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:939px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d0ca.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Kelliher\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Doug Kelliher &#8211; Courtesy<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-md-8 offset-md-1 article-content--texte\">&#8220;As the apparel industry continues to evolve, our focus remains on delivering high-performance solutions that meet consumer needs and help brands and retailers differentiate and thrive,&#8221; said Gary Smith, CEO of The Lycra Company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Doug and Robert bring exceptional leadership, vision, and industry expertise to their roles, strengthening our ability to co-create with customers, accelerate innovation, and bring transformative technologies to market faster and more efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early this year, Lycra promoted Melissa Riggs to the role of chief marketing officer.\n                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Copyright \u00a9 2025 FashionNetwork.com All rights reserved.\n                            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published September 28, 2025 The Lycra Company has promoted\u00a0Robert Johnston to the role of chief operating officer, alongside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[952,748,393,2584,4884,15909,153840,5775,1144,15910,712,66018,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-459204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-beauty","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-fashion","tag-great-britain","tag-luxury","tag-lycra","tag-network","tag-northern-ireland","tag-professionals","tag-scotland","tag-timberland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115284978668894593","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}