What was the name of Dickies' CEO at the time of its 2017 acquisition?

Philip Williamson was the CEO of Williamson-Dickie when VF Corporation announced its 2017 acquisition of the company.

Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co. was the privately held parent business associated with Dickies and several other workwear brands. VF announced the planned purchase in August 2017, identifying Philip Williamson as Williamson-Dickie’s chief executive and stating that he would remain with the company after the transaction.

The acquisition brought Dickies, Workrite, Kodiak, Terra, and Walls into VF’s workwear portfolio. VF completed the deal on October 2, 2017, for approximately $820 million in cash. Williamson’s role is therefore tied to the acquired parent company, rather than to a separately incorporated “Dickies” public company.

Readers sometimes confuse Philip Williamson with C. N. Williamson, one of Dickies’ original founders, or with VF’s own chief executive, Steve Rendle. Those are different people associated with different periods and roles in the company’s history.