Former chief executive of footwear group Ecco Panos Mytaros is to join another footwear group, Bata.

Mr Mytaros stepped down from his role at Ecco in December. He had been with the group for 30 years, serving first as director of its tannery in Indonesia, then as managing director of Ecco Leather. In 2021, he moved to Ecco headquarters in Denmark to become group chief executive.

He will take up the same role at Bata in September, replacing Sandeep Kataria.

“Bata is one of the most iconic and underrated brands in the world,” Mr Mytaros said, “selling 140 million pairs of shoes per year. It has more than 130 years of history, rooted in making good shoes for everyday life.”

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