Michelle Robertson joins the Adidas Executive Board as Head of Human Resources at the turn of the year.

The 48-year-old Briton had already been in charge of the division on an interim basis since July, as the world's second-largest sporting goods group announced in Herzogenaurach on Friday. Robertson has worked in human resources for Adidas and its former subsidiary Reebok for more than 18 years. Her predecessor in the HR department, Amanda Rajkumar, left Adidas in mid-July after just two and a half years.

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