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Jean Félix Biosse Duplan, the official who has been running...
Jean Félix Biosse Duplan, the official who has been running the communication department of BBGR for many years, is taking on the job of external communications director of its parent company, Essilor International. This is going to be a new position within a team led by Kate Philipps, recently appointed ...
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Greg Pollock is the new vice president, business development for...
Greg Pollock is the new vice president, business development for New York Eye, supporting the continued growth of the company into new markets and brands. He will report to Arthur Jankolovits, the company's president. Pollock was previously senior director of sales in Luxottica's independent and sun specialty division and also ...
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Dave Cole has moved up from his role as chief...
Dave Cole has moved up from his role as chief operating officer at Transitions Optical to be the company's new president. He has been with the company since it started in 1990, and was named COO last October. Before joining Transitions, he was with PPG Industries in various sales and ...
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Paul Clapton is the new director of the U.K. subsidiary...
Paul Clapton is the new director of the U.K. subsidiary of De Rigo. He has been a national accounts manager in contact lenses for seven years, and was formerly national sales manager for Signet Armorlite/Kodak Lens, where he helped expand the Kodak Lens Vision Center program in the U.K.
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Marchon Eyewear has filled its new position of vice president,...
Marchon Eyewear has filled its new position of vice president, global house brands, with Micha Siebenhandl. In this role he will oversee the company's house brands, which include Marchon, Flexon, AutoFlex, Tres Jolie, Disney, X Games and Disney Princess. He will report directly to Mark Ginsberg, senior vice president, global ...
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Mario Zimmermann, 26, is now joint managing director of Brille24,...
Mario Zimmermann, 26, is now joint managing director of Brille24, a German e-commerce operation in the eyewear sector. He will work together with Matthias Hunecke, founder of the company in Oldenburg. Zimmermann was one of the founders of Brands4friends, the digital shopping club that was taken over by eBay at ...
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Christian Wette, who founded IGA Optic 30 years ago, is...
Christian Wette, who founded IGA Optic 30 years ago, is leaving as chairman of its supervisory board at the age of 67
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Anthonie Klijn, a 47-year-old manager who ran Luxottica in Germany...
Anthonie Klijn, a 47-year-old manager who ran Luxottica in Germany for eight years after setting up its South African subsidiary in the late 1990s, has joined the advisory board of Mister Spex, the fast-growing German online retailer of ophthalmic glasses and frames. He will be particularly involved in the planned ...
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Bob Bartlett, a veteran of the American golf industry, becomes...
Bob Bartlett, a veteran of the American golf industry, becomes operations manager of Tifosi Optics, a new position within the U.S. company
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Annett Strüwing boosts the management of Johnson & Johnson Vision...
Annett Strüwing boosts the management of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care in Germany as marketing manager for Acuvue in the country
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Shelly Bansal's one-year term as president of the British Contact...
Shelly Bansal's one-year term as president of the British Contact Lens Association has been extended for one more year before Catherine Chisholm takes his place in May 2012
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Rob Robillard, formerly the chief executive at the beauty company...
Rob Robillard, formerly the chief executive at the beauty company Living Proof, is the new CEO at Zoom Eyeworks; Jeff Linden will continue to serve as president and chief operating officer
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Manuel Martin has been made chief financial officer of Menicon...
Manuel Martin has been made chief financial officer of Menicon Europe, after three years spent as CFO of a major Spanish real estate company
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Pierre Fay, the president for the e-commerce business at Essilor...
Pierre Fay, the president for the e-commerce business at Essilor International on a global basis, has left the company, VMail reports. He will be pursuing other interests. Fay joined the company last spring to take up the newly created position, overseeing FramesDirect and the MyOnlineOptical business of Essilor of America. ...
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Fielding Eyewear, a U.S. company specializing in camouflage eyewear for...
Fielding Eyewear, a U.S. company specializing in camouflage eyewear for shooting and other purposes that was recently acquired by Sportsquest, has picked Jim Spangler to be its new vice president for marketing and brand development. Formerly he was the president of World Axis Group, an advertising agency in the state ...
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Xavier Fontanet, chairman of Essilor International, told shareholders at the...
Xavier Fontanet, chairman of Essilor International, told shareholders at the annual meeting that the time seems to have come for the company's current chief executive, Hubert Sagnières, take over his place and become chairman and CEO. The move will be discussed at the next meetings of the board of directors ...
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Nouveau Eyewear has signed a contract with a French distributor,...
Nouveau Eyewear has signed a contract with a French distributor, Lunetterie Parisienne, for the sale in the country of the lines from its Nickelodeon collection bearing the names of three comics characters, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go! and SpongeBob SquarePants. These feature colorful prescription frames and sunglasses for children. ...
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Tura has named Debbie Forstenzer to be its new vice...
Tura has named Debbie Forstenzer to be its new vice president for product development, after two years of consulting for the company. She will be responsible for design and product development with an eye on new strategies and profitability.
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Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer and manufacturer, is launching...
Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer and manufacturer, is launching B. Robinson Optical's Betsey Johnson line of eyewear in France
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Mathias Schmidt is the new managing director of Essilor Deutschland,...
Mathias Schmidt is the new managing director of Essilor Deutschland, replacing Stefan Schicke, who has left the company after five years in the job. Schmidt, 45, acted as managing director of Hoya in Germany until 2004. Most recently, he was a top manager at Flemming Dental, a German company dealing ...
