All Executive changes articles – Page 18
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The Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) has announced that Brian...
The Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) has announced that Brian Layland, chairman and director of the board, has resigned, effective Oct. 31. The board has elected Frank Back as the new chair while Sandra Bailey has assumed all of Layland's functions and powers as alternate director, with immediate effect. Frank ...
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Cione, the Madrid-based optical group, has appointed Miguel Ángel García...
Cione, the Madrid-based optical group, has appointed Miguel Ángel García Fernández as its new chief executive. His predecessor, Fernando Flores, has retired. García Fernández has been marketing director at Cofares, a Spanish pharmaceuticals distributor, since February 2017. He had previously worked in marketing for the German consumer products company Henkel, ...
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Think About Your Eyes has hired Jane Balek as executive...
Think About Your Eyes has hired Jane Balek as executive director, effective Nov. 5. Most recently, she served as executive director of the School Nutrition Foundation. Prior to that, she was the deputy executive director of the National Association for Music Education, where she was responsible for marketing, communications, business ...
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100%, the San Diego-based goggle and eyewear maker for two-wheeled...
100%, the San Diego-based goggle and eyewear maker for two-wheeled racing, has hired Mark Wilson to be its marketing manager. Wilson has spent virtually his entire career in sports marketing. Most recently he was marketing lead for Elite Sports Marketing & Activations, where his clients included Look Cycles and Corima ...
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Andy Wolf Eyewear has appointed Stefano Barizza as its new...
Andy Wolf Eyewear has appointed Stefano Barizza as its new head of design. Barizza, an Italian native, worked most recently at Michael Pachleitner Group as head of design, and has worked for international eyewear companies for more than 22 years. He began his career at Safilo Group in Italy as senior ...
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The Afflelou group has appointed Olivier de Mendez as general...
The Afflelou group has appointed Olivier de Mendez as general manager for Optical Discount, its low-cost banner. The 49-year-old French executive had been working for the last seven years at Starbucks France, successively as marketing director and country manager. He had previously worked for major French advertising agencies such as ...
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Rodenstock France has appointed Alexandre Bouin, 42, as general manager....
Rodenstock France has appointed Alexandre Bouin, 42, as general manager. Bouin previously worked for 14 years at Indo in various positions, including VP of business development for the U.S. and international sales director at the lens laboratory's Spanish headquarters. More recently, he spent three years as sales director for Seiko ...
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In early July 2018, Mark'ennovy, a British contact lens producer...
In early July 2018, Mark'ennovy, a British contact lens producer with subsidiaries throughout Europe, appointed Jospia Kern as general manager for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Eastern Europe. She will be a member of the executive board, responsible for growth in Eastern Europe and German-speaking markets. Kern had spent the past ...
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Jonathan Lawson, chief executive of Vision Express, will leave his...
Jonathan Lawson, chief executive of Vision Express, will leave his position at the end of the year after more than seven years at the helm of the British optical retailer, which is part of the GrandVision group. Under his management, Vision Express acquired Tesco Opticians last year, bringing its overall ...
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Girts Cimermans, executive officer and president of Hoya Vision Care,...
Girts Cimermans, executive officer and president of Hoya Vision Care, has resigned, citing family reasons. The Dutch executive had joined the company in 2013 as chief operating officer for Hoya's Life Care segment before becoming Hoya Vision Care's CEO one year later. The group praised some of his major achievements, ...
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Pramaor, the Italian eyewear company behind the Blackfin brand, has...
Pramaor, the Italian eyewear company behind the Blackfin brand, has appointed Simone Favero, a former manager of an Italian outdoor shoe company, Calzaturificio Scarpa, as its new marketing manager
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Following the appointment of Steve Horowitz as its president in...
Following the appointment of Steve Horowitz as its president in the spring, Eyewear Designs announced that Ken Clay joined the company in the position of vice president of business development. Clay spent more than 25 years at Marchon Eyewear as regional vice president for the central U.S. region, before becoming ...
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Coburn Technologies, the American provider of processing systems and ophtalmic...
Coburn Technologies, the American provider of processing systems and ophtalmic instruments has appointed Marina Vaynberger as its international sales manager for Russia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. An industry veteran, Vaynberger had previously spent 16 years as international sales manager for DAC Technologies.
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Greg Barbour, an industry veteran previously in charge of Allergen...
Greg Barbour, an industry veteran previously in charge of Allergen UK's eye care, is replacing Niels Jensen as country manager for Rodenstock UK
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Frédéric Poux, former CEO of Alain Afflelou, has been appointed...
Frédéric Poux, former CEO of Alain Afflelou, has been appointed president of Sport 2000 France, a voluntary group of sporting goods retailers
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Christian Müller, the current chief financial officer of Carl Zeiss...
Christian Müller, the current chief financial officer of Carl Zeiss Meditec, will become the new CFO of the whole Carl Zeiss group from Oct. 1, succeeding Thomas Spitzenpfeil, who is leaving as previously announced. Justus Felix Whemer will replace Müller at Carl Zeiss Meditec, switching over from the Microscopy business ...
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Red Bull SPECT Eyewear, a brand of the Michael Pachleitner...
Red Bull SPECT Eyewear, a brand of the Michael Pachleitner Group, has appointed Christian Schraml and Marius Cadalbert as chief managing director and head of product, marketing and e-commerce, respectively
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Hilco Vision Outdoor has appointed George Schott, a co-founder of...
Hilco Vision Outdoor has appointed George Schott, a co-founder of Native Eyewear, as sales director, replacing Bob Kelly who has retired
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Mike Kirkley, managing director of Essilor U.K., announced his retirement...
Mike Kirkley, managing director of Essilor U.K., announced his retirement earlier this month, The Optician reports. He had joined the company in 1983. No replacement has been announced as yet, but a new general manager is due to be appointed after the summer. In the interim, his functions will be ...
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Pro Optik, a chain of 140 mostly franchised stores in...
Pro Optik, a chain of 140 mostly franchised stores in Germany, assigned Hannibal Zemariam to the position of chief executive on July 1. At the start of his career, Zemariam worked in various stores of the German chain, followed by several years as key account manager at a distribution company. ...
