All Executive changes articles – Page 14
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ArticleCirillo Marcolin takes over presidency of Confindustria Moda
As planned, Cirillo Marcolin has taken over the rotating presidency of Confindustria Moda, the umbrella organization of the Italian fashion industry, replacing Claudio Marenzi. Confindustria Moda comprises Sistema Moda Italia (SMI), which groups the textile and apparel firms operating in the country; Assocalzaturifici, the shoemakers’ association; Assopellettieri, formerly called Aimpes, ...
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News briefsPrada appoints Christopher Bugg group communications director
Prada has appointed Christopher Bugg as communications director for the group and will report to Lorenzo Bertelli, the Italian fashion group’s head of marketing. Bugg joined the group in January 2020 as Prada’s marketing and communication director for Asia. Previously, he was the global digital communications director at Louis Vuitton ...
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News briefsCooperVision names Doug Bairner country manager for U.K., Ireland
CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies that produces soft contact lenses, has appointed Doug Bairner as country manager for the U.K. and Ireland, replacing Debbie Olive who has been promoted to senior vice president for Europe. The U.K. is CooperVision’s third largest market globally. According to his LinkedIn account, Bairner ...
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News briefsCooperVision appoints Simon Seshadri to head global marketing
CooperVision, the contact lenses unit of the U.S. group, CooperCompanies, has appointed Simon Seshadri as senior vice president in charge of global marketing, effective immediately. He succeeds Guy Whittaker, who earlier this year was promoted to senior vice president in charge of global strategy and lifecycle management. Seshadri was previously ...
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News briefsI-deal Optics names Jan Cory executive VP, chief commercial officer
The Michigan-based eyewear firm I-deal Optics has appointed industry veteran Jan Cory as executive vice president and chief commercial officer. The position became effective on March 9. In her career, Cory was president and chief executive of Silhouette International from August 2014 to December 2017. She was senior vice president ...
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News briefsMarcolin names Fabrizio Curci CEO
Marcolin has appointed Fabrizio Curci as its new chief executive and general manager, effective June 22. He replaces Massimo Renon, who left the company on April 14 to join the Benetton Group, the Italian apparel company, as CEO. Curci was previously CEO and general manager of Milan’s exhibition hall operator ...
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ic! berlin names Sylvia Jensch as sales and marketing head
German eyewear brand ic! berlin has chosen Sylvia Jensch as its chief sales and marketing officer. Before joining ic! berlin, Jensch had spent the last 16 years of her career at the hotel cosmetics firm ADA Cosmetics International, most recently serving as its chief sales and marketing officer. She has ...
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Essilor revamps North American management
As Vision Monday reports, the Essilor Group’s new chief executive, Paul du Saillant, has revamped the company’s management for North America, with an eye towards the post-pandemic recovery. Rick Gadd is switching from president of Essilor of America (EOA) to group president for North America, with oversight of the lens ...
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Michael Jardine’s Story
As we reported in our last issue, Michael Jardine is retiring as chief executive of Mondottica, the multi-brand company that he founded two decades ago. He has an interesting story about his experiences and future plans, as well as some very pertinent observations to make about the industry: Born ...
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Bollé Brands hires digital director
Bollé Brands continues to boost its management. The holding company for Bollé, Bollé Safety, Serengeti, Cébé, H2Optix and Spy Optics eyewear has appointed Damien Hars as digital director, responsible for the development of their B2B and B2C online sales platforms worldwide. Hars previously worked for the Rossignol Group, responsible for ...
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Kits Eyecare appoints chief marketing officer
Kits Eyecare, a Canadian online retailer of eyeglasses and contact lenses, has appointed Rob Long to the role of chief marketing officer. Long joins Kits from the Canadian unit of Dyson, the British manufacturer of vacuum clears and other electric household appliances. Prior to Dyson, Long was part of the ...
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Hoya appoints new president
Eduardo Martins has succeeded Derek Dodge as Hoya Vision Care’s president for the U.S. market. Martins spent 2019 as senior vice president and general manager of PlayPower, a producer of playground equipment, and the previous 10 years in vice presidencies at Essilor in the U.S. He held similar executive sales ...
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Maui Jim makes management changes
Maui Jim, the big American sunglass specialist, began selling optical eyewear in 2018 and has reportedly enjoyed significant sales growth in the segment. It plans this year to expand its optical collection by 30 items and to enter three new markets – Italy, Greece and Belgium. To raise awareness of ...
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Charmant appoints president and CEO
The Charmant group has announced the appointment of Masakiyo Honjo as its new president and chief executive. On April 1, he will take over from Masao Miyachi, who will retire after 40 years at the company, the last 10 at its helm. A native of Fukui, the Japanese region famous ...
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ArticleBig management changes at Essilux
EssilorLuxottica announced on March 30 the retirement of Laurent Vacherot as chief executive of Essilor, saying that he has decided not to lead a new phase in the integration with Luxottica, which it wants to speed up. Paul de Saillant, 61, is taking over the role from the 64-year-old Vacherot ...
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Short stops
Management short stops
+++ Charlie Ninegar, a former vice president of Spy Optic, has been appointed to a similar role at Nixon, a maker of sports watches in the same region +++ In a reorganization of functions, the Michael Pachleitner Group has assigned the management of its La Roche brand to Kamilia Kusz, ...
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Marcolin's CEO steps down
Marcolin’s chief executive and general manager, Massimo Renon, is leaving the group to become the CEO of a big Italian apparel company in the same region, the Benetton Group. Renon, who became CEO of Marcolin in 2017, will continue holding the job until April 14. He had previously been the ...
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Transitions appoints general manager
Vadim Gorovoy has been appointed by Transitions as general manager of sales for the EMEA region, coinciding with the brand’s launch in Europe of its eighth generation of photochromic lenses. He has spent 20 years in branding, marketing and retail. He spent the last 12 years with Lego, holding commercial ...
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Edel Optics appoints general manager
Edel Optics, which claims to be one of the three largest online retailers for eye glasses in Europe and the second-largest in Germany, appointed Marijo Sarac as joint general manager on March 1. He will be supporting Dennis Martens, founder and chief executive officer. Sarac has served on the management ...
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New CEO at Pro Optik
Pro Optik, a chain of 145 mostly franchised stores in Germany, appointed Micha S. Siebenhandl as its new chief executive on March 16. He is reporting directly to Paragon Partners, an investment company in Munich that acquired the majority of the chain’s shares together with Hannibal Zemariam, Pro Optik’s former ...
