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Nike reshuffles its senior leadership team

Dec 12, 2025 United States

Following the elimination of the Chief Technology Officer role, Chief Supply Chain Officer Venky Alagirisamy has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and will now oversee the technology department

As part of its ‘Win Now’ strategy, the sportswear company has announced several changes to its senior leadership team. Most notably, Venkatesh Alagirisamy, who was recently Chief Supply Officer and has worked at Nike for almost 20 years, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. In addition to his existing responsibilities for Supply Chain, Planning, Operations, Manufacturing and Sustainability, he will also lead Technology.

In a memo to employees, Nike’s President and CEO, Elliott Hill, highlighted that “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”. This change has resulted in the elimination of the Chief Technology Officer role, with Muge Dogan set to leave the company.

Additionally, Nike’s four regional heads, Angela Dong (Greater China), Carl Grebert (EMEA), Tom Peddie (North America) and Cathy Sparks (APLA), will join the senior leadership team to strengthen the company’s connection with consumers and further drive its sports strategy. As part of this change, the position of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), which was held by Craig Williams, has been eliminated.

Finally, Global Sales and Nike Direct will now report to 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”, Elliott Hill said.

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