Nike (NKE) chief innovation officer Tony Bignell is leaving the sneaker giant after under one year in the position, the Wall Street Journal’s Inti Pacheco reports. CEO Elliott Hill promoted Bignell to the role last June as one of his first moves as CEO to regain the company’s footing in the innovation race, and now Bignell is leaving to pursue his own creative and philanthropic interests, the author says, noting that the departure marks the third time an innovation chief has left Nike in less than three years.
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