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CEO change at Fielmann USA
Dirk Hehenkamp, currently Vice President of Global Markets at Fielmann USA, will assume the role of CEO, succeeding Russ Steinhorst, who is retiring. The leadership transition will take effect on June 13, 2026, according to Vision Monday, which first reported the news. Hehenkamp joined Fielmann USA in 2022 as Vice ...
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Nexeye creates and fills a chief retail officer role
Nexeye, the Dutch-based optical retail group, has appointed Theo Willemse as its Chief Retail Officer, effective June 1, 2026. In this newly created role, Willemse will oversee the entire retail organization across all brands—Hans Anders, eyes + more and Direkt Optik—across Europe. New to the eyewear sector, Willemse previously served ...
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De Rigo Rem appoints new President
De Rigo Rem, the US subsidiary of De Rigo Group, has appointed Benjamin Colombara as its President, in replacement of Jeff Fitzhugh who has held the position since 2024 and is leaving the company. Colombara has been working in the eyewear industry for two decades, holding senior commercial roles at ...
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Optos picks former Essilor, Hoya executive as new CEO
Optos, the UK-based optical equipment company, has appointed Alexandre Montague as CEO, succeeding Rob Kennedy, who has left the company. Montague brings decades of industry experience, including senior roles at EssilorLuxottica and as CEO of HOYA Vision Care from 2020 to 2025. Founded by Douglas Anderson in the early 1980s ...
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Opto-Réseau has a new CEO
Opto-Réseau, the Québec-based optometry network, has appointed Mélissa Bastien as CEO, succeeding Christine Breton, who is stepping down after 25 years. Bastien, a former Nikon sales executive, joined Opto-Réseau in 2022 as part of the succession plan. The company, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, has a network of 88 ...
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CooperVision appoints APAC President
CooperVision has appointed Muru Annamalai as its President for the Asia-Pacific market. An experienced healthcare industry executive, Annamalai joins the company from TCA Venture Group. Earlier in his career, the Malaysian executive held senior leadership roles with AbbVie and Abbott. The Asia-Pacific region accounted for 21 percent of ...
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Zyloware appoints new VP of sales
Zyloware has appointed Dan Stegall as VP of Sales. An industry veteran with prior leadership roles at Marchon Eyewear and VSP Vision, Stegall will oversee the commercial strategy of both Zyloware’s legacy portfolio and the recently acquired Kenmark Eyewear business. His predecessor, Steve Mount, will transition into a new role, ...
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Carl Zeiss Meditec appoints new CEO
Carl Zeiss Meditec has appointed Bronwyn Brophy O’Connor as CEO, succeeding Andrea Pecher, President and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, who has held the role on an interim basis since the departure of Maximilian Foerst in December last year. Her exact start date is not yet konwn, the company said.O’Connor ...
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Mondottica USA names new sales director
Mondottica USA has appointed Guillaume Pottecher as Chief Commercial Officer, with responsibilities extending to SD Eyes, a New York-based distributor acquired last year. Pottecher joins from Aspex Eyewear, where he served as VP of Sales and Marketing since May 2025. Earlier in his career, he worked for Logo Group, Krewe, ...
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Ocuco makes key board appointment to support US expansion
Ocuco has announced the appointment of Dr. Scott Jens, a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, to its board. Dr. Jens is currently CEO of Sandbox Spaces, an advisory firm serving eyecare businesses and software companies, and chief medical officer at Deya, a supplier of asynchronous tele-eyecare services. Earlier ...
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Coburn Technologies announces several leadership promotions
Coburn Technologies, the lens processing equipment division of SDC Technologies, has promoted Jason Frank to Vice President of Sales. Frank joined the company last year as Director of Sales for the U.S. market, following management roles at several lens manufacturers, including Essilor International, Signet Armorlite, and Hoya Vision Care. Other ...
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Zeiss Vision Care US names new head of retail
Zeiss Vision Care has announced the appointment of Emi Cardarelli as Vice President and Head of Retail in the US market. Cardarelli joins the company after a short career break. She previously held senior leadership roles at Kenvue, previously Johnson & Johnson, Unilever and Walmart.
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Silhouette picks luxury retail expert as new CEO
Silhouette International has appointed Christian Bachler as its new CEO, effective today. Before joining the Austrian eyewear maker, Bachler spent 15 years at Fiskars Group—most recently until April 2025 as Executive Vice President of the Vita business unit, which focuses on luxury home and lifestyle brands like Georg Jensen, Royal ...
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KITS Eyecare appoints new president from within
KITS Eyecare has promoted Tai Silvey to the position of President. A seasoned executive with past leadership roles at global consumer brands such as Red Bull or Dyson, Silvey joined the Canadian-based e-tailer in 2022 as Senior Vice President Operations and was later appointed Chief Business Development Officer. In his ...
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Topcon Healthcare reshuffles top management
Topcon Corporation has announced the promotion of Lance Patton to the position of President of Topcon Healthcare Inc., its US-based branch focusing on digital healthcare solutions and AI-powered care systems. A former Optos executive, Patton joined Topcon Healthcare in 2024 and has served as Chief Commercial Officer since. The group ...
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Menicon EMEA has a new CEO
Menicon has appointed Oxana Pastushenko as its new CEO for the EMEA region, effective today. Pastushenko joins the Japanese-based contact lens maker from HOYA Vision Care where she was serving as Chief Marketing Officer. Her previous experiences include marketing and commercial leadership roles at Bausch+Lomb and CooperVision.
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SightGlass Vision reinforces medical and professional affairs team
SightGlass Vision, the EssilorLuxottica and CooperVision joint venture developing myopia management lenses, is reinforcing its medical and professional affairs team with two appointments. David Webley has been appointed Senior Director, Clinical, Medical and Professional Affairs. He has previously held similar roles at Vision Express in the UK and ...
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Specsavers appoints new Canada manager from within
Specsavers Canada has announced the appointment of Jane Hoban as its new managing director, replacing Bill Moir, who will join the retail group’s global team as Chief Customer Officer, a newly created position. Hoban joined Specsavers in 2018, from Unilever, and has held senior management positions at the group’s Australian ...
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VSP Vision appoints Chief Medical Officer
VSP Vision has appointed Dr. Michele Andrews as Chief Medical Officer. Reporting to President and CEO Michael Guyette, Dr. Andrews will oversee the company’s strategy across all clinical modalities, align clinical aspects of optometric care and develop programs to deliver and monitor high-quality and accessible eye care for VSP patients, ...
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Hoya Vision Care streamlines North American management team
HOYA Vision Care has announced that Stefen Haifawi, President of HOYA Vision Care Canada, will serve as Senior VP of US Commercial, leading the company’s ECP Sales, Marketing and Customer Service teams in the country while keeping continuing to lead the Canadian operations. Haifawi joined the company from ZEISS Vision ...
