New year will bring new CEO to VF Corp.

VF Corp., whose brands include The North Face, Timberland and Nautica, will have a new chief executive come January.



The company announced that president and COO Steven E. Rendle will become CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Rendle, 57, will succeed Eric C. Wiseman, who will continue to serve as executive chairman and work with Rendle to ensure a successful transition.



Rendle has more than 30 years of experience in the specialty outdoor and action sports industry, 16 of which have been with VF.



In his current role, he has overseen all of VF's business coalitions worldwide: outdoor & action sports, jeanswear, imagewear and sportswear, and been responsible for VF's global supply chain and direct-to-consumer platforms. Rendle, a member of VF's board since June, 2015, began his career with The North Face in 1999.



“Steve is the right person to serve as VF’s next CEO as we begin our 118th year of business,” Wiseman said. “As you’d expect of VF, and with full credit to our board of directors, we have a long-standing, rigorous and successful approach to succession planning. We’ve been working since 2008 to identify and prepare the right person to succeed me when the time comes. That time is now.”