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    Modo has announced the appointment of Rebecca Giefer as chief...

    2019-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Modo has announced the appointment of Rebecca Giefer as chief executive of Modo Americas, effective Sept. 1. Giefer has worked at Modo since 2004, when she was hired as a customer service representative. In 2014, she was named chief operating officer. She is also a current board member of The ...

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    Visall, a German manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, has appointed Carsten...

    2019-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Visall, a German manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, has appointed Carsten Mertens to the new position of sales manager. He will be responsible for strategic planning, international clients and the management of the field service team. Mertens has worked in the ophthalmic optics industry for the past 28 years. For the ...

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    Centrale des Opticiens (CDO) has appointed Nelly Barbeau as its...

    2019-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Centrale des Opticiens (CDO) has appointed Nelly Barbeau as its new managing director. She takes over the role from Fabrice Masson. Barbeau has more than 25 years of experience in retail, where she has held functions in purchasing, sales and marketing. The French network of independent opticians has also announced ...

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    Neurolens has hired Pierre Bertrand as its new chief marketing...

    2019-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Neurolens has hired Pierre Bertrand as its new chief marketing officer. Before joining Neurolens, he served as president of vision associates for Essilor, where he supervised more than 200 retail locations across the U.S. Bertrand has more than 20 years of marketing and retail experience. During his eight-year tenure at ...

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    The Carl Zeiss group has selected its new president and...

    2019-09-26T00:00:00Z

    The Carl Zeiss group has selected its new president and chief executive from within the group. On April 1, 2020, Karl Lamprecht will assume the two titles, succeeding in both cases Michael Kaschke, who has served for one decade and sat on the executive board for two. Kaschke will not ...

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    Afflelou has made Anna Bordes chief executive of Optical Discount...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Afflelou has made Anna Bordes chief executive of Optical Discount in replacement of Olivier de Mendez. She will be tasked with reinforcing the low-cost French chain's territorial presence and spurring its digital development. Prior to joining Optical Discount, Bordes was a manager at Amazon Retail. She also worked for four ...

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    Enot Amsterdam, a Dutch lens manufacturer, has appointed Michael Keip...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Enot Amsterdam, a Dutch lens manufacturer, has appointed Michael Keip to the position of managing director. He succeeds his father, Lorens Keip, and is the family's fourth generation to join Enot's management. He began working for the company in 2012, after graduating from the Hult Business School. For its 100th ...

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    Julbo has appointed Stefano Finazzi as its new country manager...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Julbo has appointed Stefano Finazzi as its new country manager for Italy, where the French company took over the distribution in April. He worked previously for an Italian importer of sports products, Socrep. He then took care of the Italian market for two of Oberalp's brands, Dynafit and Pomoca, before ...

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    VSP has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Wendy Hauteman,...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    VSP has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Wendy Hauteman, to succeed Mark Ginsberg, who has become VSP's “chief giving officer”

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    Viu has recently appointed Mario Muttenthaler to the new position of...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Viu has recently appointed Mario Muttenthaler to the new position of chief marketing officer. The fast-growing Swiss retail chain is expanding its management team and aims to shift the focus to its international expansion and brand development. Muttenthaler joined Viu in mid-May. He was previously managing director at Swear, a sneaker ...

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    Hartje has taken over the distribution of Bollé cycling eyewear...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Hartje has taken over the distribution of Bollé cycling eyewear in Germany and Austria

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    Under a previously agreed plan, Giovanni Zoppas will concentrate on...

    2019-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Under a previously agreed plan, Giovanni Zoppas will concentrate on his role as chief executive and general manager of Thélios, the joint venture officially created between the Marcolin Group and LVMH in April 2018, in which the French luxury group has a 51 percent stake. Zoppas, who had been running ...

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    Alcon appointed Timothy C. Stonesifer as its new senior vice...

    2019-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Alcon appointed Timothy C. Stonesifer as its new senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective on April 9. Stonesifer succeeds David Murray, who decided to remain with Novartis and return to Europe. At their annual general meeting, the shareholders of Novartis approved the separation of the Alcon eye care ...

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    GrandVision has appointed Jorge Gervasi as managing director of For...

    2019-06-25T00:00:00Z

    GrandVision has appointed Jorge Gervasi as managing director of For Eyes, the company's U.S. business unit. Gervasi has held senior level positions at GrandVision for several years, including overseeing GrandVision's MasVision business in Spain for many years, then moving to Mexico in 2012, to become MasVision Mexico's managing director. In ...

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    Taking a position previously occupied by Joel Sandoz, Mark Phares...

    2019-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Taking a position previously occupied by Joel Sandoz, Mark Phares has gone back to Smith Optics to serve as its new vice president of global sales. He had already spent 17 years with the U.S.-based Safilo subsidiary in various sales and management roles before leaving for OluKai, where he oversaw ...

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    Julbo is searching for a new marketing director after the...

    2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Julbo is searching for a new marketing director after the departure of Benjamin Thaller, who held that role for the past 12 years

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    Kirk & Kirk has appointed Hugh Clark, a member of...

    2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Kirk & Kirk has appointed Hugh Clark, a member of the family behind the Clarks shoe brand, as its new chairman. While taking over the new position at the British eyewear brand, Clark will also remain a shareholder in the footwear group. Clark is joining Kirk & Kirk as part ...

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    GrandVision has announced Willem Eelman is to be its future...

    2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

    GrandVision has announced Willem Eelman is to be its future chief financial officer. He will replace Paulo de Castro, who has resigned from this role after seven years to pursue another career opportunity. Eelman is the former chief financial officer and chief operations transformation officer of C&A Europe. Prior to ...

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    Maui Jim has appointed Nathan McKinley as head of U.S....

    2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Maui Jim has appointed Nathan McKinley as head of U.S. ophthalmic sales, a newly created position. The move is part of the plan by the sunglass and eyeglass maker to strengthen its ophthalmic branch, which it launched in early 2018. Prior to joining Maui Jim, McKinley worked with Kaenon Polarized ...

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    Mark Macus is coming back to the Bühler Group as...

    2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Mark Macus is coming back to the Bühler Group as its chief financial officer. He will take the place of Andreas Herzog, who is set to retire on Sept. 1 after 17 years with the company. Macus had already served at Bühler as head of corporate controlling for five years ...