Nautilus has appointed Alan Vickers as managing director of its UK business.

Vickers has extensive experience in the sporting goods industry, in Europe and North America, having previously held titles such as predident of Nike France, president of Reebok EMEA and managing director of Olympus Sport.

Carole Bailey, who has been responsible for the UK operations, has joined the Nautilus EMEA team to support the firm’s initiative to establish a European Shared Services Group by centralising the finance, HR, IT and marketing functions.