All Executive changes articles – Page 19
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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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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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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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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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Essilor International's management committee will be enlarged to 12 members...
Essilor International's management committee will be enlarged to 12 members with seven different nationalities with the entry on Aug. 28 of two German nationals, Norbert Gorny and Grita Loebsack. Gorny, 54, has been the group's chief research & development officer since 2015. He joined the group in 2011 as senior ...
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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. ...
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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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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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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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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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Safilo North America has appointed Stephen Wright as chief commercial...
Safilo North America has appointed Stephen Wright as chief commercial officer, replacing Henri Blomqvist who is leaving to pursue new opportunities after two years in the post. Wright has held various positions of increasing responsibility at VSP Global, including those of president of Altair Eyewear and senior vice president for ...
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Andrea Milletti has taken the place of Paola Rizzetto as...
Andrea Milletti has taken the place of Paola Rizzetto as Italian country manager for CooperVision. The manager has held senior leadership roles in food and pharmaceutical groups like Nestlé, Angelini and Arkopharma.
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The Cooper Companies have announced two major management changes. Holly...
The Cooper Companies have announced two major management changes. Holly Sheffield has been named executive vice-president and chief strategy officer, effective June 4. She will be responsible for corporate strategy, business development and global human resources, reporting directly to Cooper's president and chief executive, Albert White. Sheffield joins Cooper from ...
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Essilor France has appointed Laurent Cohu to the position of...
Essilor France has appointed Laurent Cohu to the position of sales director for lenses. The 39-year-old executive had joined the company in 2016 as key account manager, after six years at Coca-Cola and previous jobs in finance and consulting. In his new position, he takes over from Sébastien Picot who ...
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Safilo has split brand management between Vladimiro Baldin and a...
Safilo has split brand management between Vladimiro Baldin and a newly appointed chief executive, Angelo Trocchia, following the departure of Stefano Biondo. Baldin is in charge of of the group's licenses as chief licensed brands and global product officer, while Trocchia supervises Safilo's proprietary brands - on an interim basis. ...
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Jan Rosenberg has informed the supervisory board of Silhouette International...
Jan Rosenberg has informed the supervisory board of Silhouette International Schmied that he is leaving as the Austrian company's chief executive for personal reasons. As a result, Arnold Schmied is stepping out of the supervisory board to serve again as CEO of the company owned by his family, joining two ...
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Marc'ennovy, the Spanish developer of individually tailored contact lenses, is...
Marc'ennovy, the Spanish developer of individually tailored contact lenses, is beginning to do business in Australia through a dedicated ordering platform. The operation is led by Chris Harous, managing director for the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 1997, Marc'ennovy sells about one million contact lenses per year. It is reportedly expecting ...
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Maui Jim is looking for a new marketing coordinator for...
Maui Jim is looking for a new marketing coordinator for the U.K. and the Nordic countries, stationed at its office in Guildford, as the person filling the position, Alex (Andra) Grant, has decided to leave the company
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De Rigo Vision has promoted Enrico Furlan, making him creative...
De Rigo Vision has promoted Enrico Furlan, making him creative director for all the brands in its portfolio ahead of a sales meeting scheduled for the end of June in Barcelona. After working for Safilo, Prada and Dolce & Gabbana, Furlan entered De Rigo in 2016 to take care of ...
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Combining the marketing, product and sales department more closely, Alpina...
Combining the marketing, product and sales department more closely, Alpina Sports has placed Patrick Hebling, 42, in charge of business unit product management, sales and marketing. Reporting to Christophe Weissenberger, chief executive of the Uvex Sports Group, he will pursue the areas of multichannel development, internationalization, digitalization, process optimization and ...
