All Executive changes articles – Page 13
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News briefsSteve Tulba becomes managing director of Inspecs division
The British eyewear maker Inspecs Group has appointed Steve Tulba as managing director of the Inspecs division. Tulba has worked for 11 years with Inspecs in two stints. He started in 2003, initially as international business development manager, then as sales director and finally as president of Inspecs USA before ...
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Eyes + More names Ulli Eickmann CEO
Eyes + More, the German eyewear chain owned by Hans Anders Retail Group, has appointed Ulli Eickmann as chief executive. He was previously at Takko Fashion, where he worked for 15 years, starting as head of sales for Northern Germany and reaching chief sales officer. Eyes + More has over ...
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News briefsFielmann appoints a new executive director
Fielmann has appointed Katja Gross as executive director in charge of human resources, effective on March 1. She takes over the responsibility from the company’s chief executive, Marc Fielmann, who held the position on an interim basis since 2018. As CEO, Marc Fielmann continues to be in charge of corporate ...
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News briefsMaho Shades appoints Jordan Poston managing partner
Maho Shades has appointed Jordan Poston as managing partner. She has been working with the company since March 2019, serving as its e-commerce and marketing director. Her role will continue to drive e-commerce and marketing and expand to include financial oversight for the brand. “Jordan quickly became an integral part ...
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ArticleChange of ownership at Mondottica International
The Hong Kong-based Mondottica International has changed ownership and is now controlled by a consortium comprising Capital Eyes Holding, Ross Holdings and Ferdinand Menrad. No financial details were released, but the tran partnersaction includes a substantial capital injection. Capital Eyes Holding is an Asia-based investment company involved in eyewear manufacturing, ...
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ArticleNew CEO and brand positioning for Hoya Vision Care
Hoya has announced the appointment of Alexandre Montague as the new CEO of Hoya Vision Care, the lens division of the Japanese group. The French eyewear industry veteran started in this position in August, after spending six months at the helm of Hoya Eye Care, the company managing the contact ...
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News briefsKenmark names new VPs for product design, marketing
Kenmark Eyewear has appointed Jason Wehlage as vice president of product and design. He began his career with the U.S. company in 2001 as a design assistant and has held roles as product designer and director of product design. In his new role, Wehlage will oversee the design of the ...
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News briefsMPG hires Eric Hurkmans
Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has hired the industry veteran Eric Hurkmans as its new head of retail purchase. He has been in the position since September. Before joining MPG, Hurkmans worked for more than six years at Hans Anders in the Netherlands, where he became buying director. His previous job ...
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News briefsMarcolin appoints Alessandro Beccarini style & product development director
Marcolin has appointed Alessandro Beccarini as style & product development director. He will oversee the management and development of all the company’s brands, “anticipating and delivering on the market’s needs.” He will report to Marcolin’s chief executive and general manager Fabrizio Curci and work with the creative direction and style ...
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Inspecs names Nev Trotter general manager of Norville
Inspecs has appointed Nevil “Nev” Trotter as general manager of Norville, the British manufacturer of spectacle lenses it bought on July 14. Immediately after buying Norville, which was in administration, Inspecs started searching for a new general manager to run the business. Trotter joins Inspecs from Specsavers, where he was ...
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Pro Optik hires Gerd Kaufmann as CFO
Pro Optik, the German eyewear chain, has hired Gerd Kaufmann. He previously held a similar position with bielomatik, a German plastic welding firm. Micha Siebenhandl, Pro Optik’s chief executive, who was appointed in March 2020, has been reinforcing the company’s management team over the past weeks. The company previously announced ...
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Top Rossignol executive joins Bollé Brands
François Beneben has left the position of vice president of the Rossignol Group for Europe, Asia and the Southern Hemisphere, which he had held since March 2018, to join Bollé Brands as president of its Sport & Luxury business, covering the group’s brands of sunglasses and goggles: Bollé, Spy, Cébé, ...
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Raen hires Jeffrey Ishmael as CFO
Raen, a California-based brand of eyewear, has appointed Jeffrey Ishmael as chief financial officer (CFO). He will be based in the company’s global Oceanside headquarters and report to brand chief executive, Jeff Fitzhugh. He most recently served three years as CFO at the cybersecurity company Obsidian Security. Prior to that, ...
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New board at the French LEOO industry association
Sandra Timon, marketing director of the French eyewear brand Minima, last week was elected president of the French industry association Les Entreprises de l’Optique Ophtalmique (LEOO). Jenkiz Saillet, general manager of Novacel, Jérôme Colin, Oxibis’ associate director and Jean-Charles de Lemps, president of Modern’Optique complete the board of the association. ...
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Mister Spex hires Sebastian Dehnen as CFO
The German optician and eyewear retailer Mister Spex has appointed Sebastian Dehnen as chief financial officer, replacing Tobias Steffer, who has taken over the newly created position of chief data and corporate development officer. Prior to joining Mister Spex, Dehnen was CFO at AutoGravity, a Californian company that created a ...
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Amazon’s head of European retail is stepping down
Xavier Garambois, who has been running Amazon’s European retail operations for the past eight years, is leaving the company. According to The Telegraph, he will be replaced by Jorrit Van der Meulen, Amazon’s vice president for Europe, who has also been in charge of Amazon Devices (Alexa, Vesta, etc.) outside ...
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News briefsLena Henry becomes president of GIFO
Lena Henry, the managing director of Essilor France since December last year, has been elected as the new president of GIFO, the French eyewear industry association. As of Sept. 1, she is taking over the position from Oxibis’ associate director Jérôme Colin who had been at the helm of the ...
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News briefsPro Optik reinforces its management
Micha Siebenhandl, Pro Optik’s 47-year old chief executive, who was appointed in March 2020, has reinforced the German company’s management. The company has hired Holger Schumann, previously head of financial planning and analysis at Apollo-Optik, as head of controlling. Meanwhile, Thorsten Lücke was appointed to be in charge of purchasing ...
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Shopko Optical names Richard Chapman vice president of sales
Shopko Optical, the American optical retailer with 80 locations, has appointed Richard Chapman as vice president of sales. He has more than 20 years experience in retailing, including a more than two-year stint at the optical retailer Visionworks of America, where he worked from January 2016 to May 2018 as ...
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Smith announces major executive changes
Smith Optics, a Safilo brand, has appointed Francesco Rinaldi Ceroni as general manager. He joins the company after more than 13 years in both wholesale and retail eyewear, serving most recently as vice president of international strategy and business development at Costa Del Mar. In his new role, he will ...
