All Executive changes articles – Page 16
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Hi-Vision, the maker and distributor of ophthalmic lenses headquartered in...
Hi-Vision, the maker and distributor of ophthalmic lenses headquartered in South Korea, has appointed Orlando Escalona as its new sales manager for the Europe and Africa region. Escalona has more than 27 years of experience in the sector of ophthalmic lenses in Latin America. After working for Sola Optical, he ...
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Two members of Essilor International's board of directors have resigned...
Two members of Essilor International's board of directors have resigned ahead of the company's planned merger with Luxottica. One of them, Henriette Fore, was recently appointed executive director of Unicef, starting on Jan. 1. Another director, Yi He, was representing Valoptec, the association of Essilor employees who are shareholders of ...
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Antonio Besana, a former executive of GfK who was most...
Antonio Besana, a former executive of GfK who was most recently deputy general manager for the Italian market and regional retail director for Eastern Europe, has left the company after 20 years of service
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GrandVision officially announced the appointment of Stephan Borchert as the...
GrandVision officially announced the appointment of Stephan Borchert as the group's CEO, effective Feb. 28, earlier than previously announced. As we already reported (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 18 n°12+13), the German manager (48) has in-depth international retail experience and moves from Sephora, the fragrance retail banner, where he was president of ...
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Westgroupe has announced the promotion of Michael DeBono to the...
Westgroupe has announced the promotion of Michael DeBono to the position of chief operating officer. For over 25 years, he has been in the optical industry. He joined the Canadian company in 2005 as national sales manager and took charge of North American sales five years later. He was made ...
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Alain Afflelou has announced the departure with immediate effect of...
Alain Afflelou has announced the departure with immediate effect of its chief executive, Frédéric Poux, for “personal reasons.” He will be replaced by his deputy, Didier Pascual, who, like him, has spent a long time at the French optical retailing group, which he joined 14 years ago. The company says ...
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Adil Mehboob-Khan, a former joint chief executive of Luxottica, has...
Adil Mehboob-Khan, a former joint chief executive of Luxottica, has become the CEO of the famous Liberty London store
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Hanna Diewald, a skilled optician and a journalist specializing in...
Hanna Diewald, a skilled optician and a journalist specializing in technical subjects, has become the new chief editor of MAFO, publisher of the eponymous magazine, Focus, Global Contact and other related magazines and news services. She replaces Isabel Spangemacher-Fürst. The latter's father, Jörg Spangemacher, continues as publisher of the company, ...
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WestGroupe has promoted Wallatta Delvaille to the new position of...
WestGroupe has promoted Wallatta Delvaille to the new position of export sales manager, after ten years with the Canadian-based company
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Monica Dal Cin, an Italian veteran of the eyewear industry,...
Monica Dal Cin, an Italian veteran of the eyewear industry, has been named managing director of Area98, the company that produces Coco Song and other lines, with responsibility for sales and marketing. The company has also appointed Luciana Olivotto as head of sales. Nothing else could be learnt about Area98 ...
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Etnia Barcelona has hired Cristina Trujillo as its new managing...
Etnia Barcelona has hired Cristina Trujillo as its new managing director. She succeeds David Pellicer, who founded the eyewear brand in 2001. Trujillo has 20 years of experience in the fashion industry. Prior to joining Etnia Barcelona, she worked at Desigual, where she has held a variety of roles in ...
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Marcel Zischler has been appointed a managing director of Knecht...
Marcel Zischler has been appointed a managing director of Knecht & Müller, the exclusive distributor of Hoya lenses in Switzerland and one of Switzerland's leading lens producers. Zischler, 54, a trained optometrist who studied at the Swiss College of Ophthalmology in Olten, is a long-time industry professional with a degree ...
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Arnaud Dupont has been appointed managing director of Nikon Optical...
Arnaud Dupont has been appointed managing director of Nikon Optical UK. The Frenchman has been working in Asia for the last 10 years, first with Essilor in South Korea as business analyst and marketing director. He then joined Nikon Lenswear in Japan in 2012 as overseas marketing manager. He started ...
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Charmant USA has announced the appointment of Masakiyo Honjo as...
Charmant USA has announced the appointment of Masakiyo Honjo as its new president and chief executive, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He replaces Ken Onishi, most recently president of the subsidiary, who has left the company to pursue other ventures in Japan, where the group is headquartered. Honjo has worked for ...
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Andrea Busato has been appointed by Safilo as commercial director...
Andrea Busato has been appointed by Safilo as commercial director for Latin America, based in Miami. Previously, he was head of global sales operations at the group from July 2016 to December 2017, located in Padua. Busato started working for Safilo in April 2012 as chief financial officer for Europe, ...
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Silhouette International is searching a new president and chief executive...
Silhouette International is searching a new president and chief executive for its U.S. subsidiary following the departure of Jan Cory, who held the two functions. Cory has led Silhouette's U.S. business for more than three years. Carol Montgomery, who has worked with the U.S. management and advised the board during ...
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Thomas Spitzenpfeil is set to leave Carl Zeiss' executive board,...
Thomas Spitzenpfeil is set to leave Carl Zeiss' executive board, where he is serving as the group's chief financial officer and chief information officer with many responsibilities, including the supervision of the group's sales and service companies in Austria, Eastern Europe, the Nordics, Switzerland and the U.K. He joined the ...
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Christopher Mullen, who has been central regional sales director of...
Christopher Mullen, who has been central regional sales director of Canada's WestGroupe since 2016, has been promoted to the position of national U.S. sales manager
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Marcolin has announced the appointment of Antonio Jové to the...
Marcolin has announced the appointment of Antonio Jové to the new position of general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), after working for the Italian group for many years. He will directly report to Massimo Renon, the newly appointed chief executive of the group. A few weeks ...
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Hilary Halper has been promoted to the position of Essilor...
Hilary Halper has been promoted to the position of Essilor International's chief financial officer after the departure of the previous CFO, Géraldine Picaud, who has joined a Swiss construction giant, LafargeHolcim. Halper had joined Essilor a few months before the announcement of the merger with Luxottica in the position of ...
