All Executive changes articles – Page 29
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Hilco Vision has announced the retirement of Bob Nahmias, its...
Hilco Vision has announced the retirement of Bob Nahmias, its chief executive for the past 17 years. Ross Brownlee, a veteran of the optical industry, has been hired to replace him, effective June 15. Brownlee will also join Hilco's board of directors. A British national, Brownlee has spent 18 years ...
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Electric, which belongs to the Kering group, has announced that...
Electric, which belongs to the Kering group, has announced that Kip Arnette, one of its co-founders, is retiring after 15 years with the American brand of eyewear. Arnette founded Electric in 2000 together with Bruce Beach. The brand specializes in snow goggles and sunglasses, but offers also prescription eyewear. Arnette ...
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Another manager has left Safilo to join Kering Eyewear, the...
Another manager has left Safilo to join Kering Eyewear, the new company created to manage the eyewear lines for Kering's luxury goods and sports brands. Pietro Scognamiglio, who was in charge of travel retail in Asia at Safilo, will have a similar role at Kering Eyewear, leading its expansion in the ...
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Mark'ennovy has appointed Chris Carter as group sales and marketing...
Mark'ennovy has appointed Chris Carter as group sales and marketing director, a new position. He spent the last five years at Bausch & Lomb as commercial director for vision care in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He previously worked for Unilever and Kimberly Clark.
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Ben Wolf has been appointed senior vice president of Marcolin...
Ben Wolf has been appointed senior vice president of Marcolin USA, in charge of sales of all its products to the optical retail channel, including those that were previously marketed by Viva International. He will report to Fabrizio Gamberini, chief executive of the U.S. subsidiary. Most recently, Wolf covered this ...
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WestGroupe of Montreal has appointed Michael Debono as executive vice...
WestGroupe of Montreal has appointed Michael Debono as executive vice president of global sales. Debono joined the Canadian producer and distributor as national sales manager in 2005. He became vice president of North American sales in 2010.
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CooperVision has appointed Guy Whittaker as vice president of global...
CooperVision has appointed Guy Whittaker as vice president of global marketing. His nomination has followed the recent promotion of his predecessor, Jerry Warner, to president of North America. Whittaker has held management roles with CooperVision since 1998. Most recently he was general manager for Australia/New Zealand & Southeast Asia, and ...
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Smith Sports Optics has appointed Cale Meyer as promotions manager...
Smith Sports Optics has appointed Cale Meyer as promotions manager and Ben Cruickshank as sport channel communications manager, based at the company's marketing headquarters in Portland, Oregon
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Luneau Technology, the parent company of Briot USA, Visionix, and...
Luneau Technology, the parent company of Briot USA, Visionix, and Latham & Phillips Ophthalmic (LPO), has announced that Matt Cevasco has moved to the role of consultant on special projects for the company. Cevasco had served as president and general manager of Luneau Technology USA and headed the North American ...
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Essilor International has named Xavier Galliot as group chief sustainability...
Essilor International has named Xavier Galliot as group chief sustainability officer. Since 2010, he had been group director of sustainable development at Rexel, a global leader in the distribution of electrical supplies, as well as general secretary of the Rexel foundation. Galliot, 42, started his career with Ernst & Young ...
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A 20-year industry veteran, Jeff Harvie, has been appointed national...
A 20-year industry veteran, Jeff Harvie, has been appointed national sales manager at Inspecs USA for sunglasses and safety eyewear. The British company says his primary focus will be the continued expansion of the O'Neill and Cat brands as well as driving upcoming launches across the sport, surf, hardware and ...
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Luxottica Wholesale North America has adjusted its commercial structure by...
Luxottica Wholesale North America has adjusted its commercial structure by creating two separate dedicated teams, one focused on the optical market and the other on the premium sun market. Ludo Ladreyt has been appointed to the newly-created position of senior vice president of sales for the North America optical channel. ...
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Alexis Maillet has been appointed as European marketing manager for...
Alexis Maillet has been appointed as European marketing manager for Electric, the brand of eyewear, helmets, goggles and other accessories, from the start of May. Maillet formally heads up marketing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), a position that has been vacant for a year. Based at Electric's ...
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CooperVision has appointed a new president for North America, Jerry...
CooperVision has appointed a new president for North America, Jerry Warner, who will succeed Bob Ferrigno. He acted most recently as senior vice president of global marketing for the company. He joined the company in 2012 as vice president for life cycle management, after spending 17 years with Bausch & ...
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Lafont – Ophl has appointed a new European sales director,...
Lafont – Ophl has appointed a new European sales director, Ronan Chabert, who comes from the luxury goods and cosmetics sectors, replacing Fabrice Aubinais. He will concentrate on Western Europe. Chabert worked previously for Hermès fragrances and Christian Dior watches and jewelry. He also acquired experience in multi-brand retailing at ...
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Stefan Muckenfuss has been appointed by Etnia Barcelona to work...
Stefan Muckenfuss has been appointed by Etnia Barcelona to work as area manager, responsible for the Spanish company's commercial strategy in Germany and for the management of key accounts in the country. Until next month, he will remain as area manager of Lafont Ophl, responsible for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ...
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Satisloh has appointed Frank Breme to the position of head...
Satisloh has appointed Frank Breme to the position of head of sales for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India. He has taken the place of Hanspeter Eigenmann, who has left the Swiss company after many years to join a local consultancy in the area of machinery and equipment, Gfeller ...
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Kering Eyewear has enlisted a new manager, Fernando Silva, as...
Kering Eyewear has enlisted a new manager, Fernando Silva, as vice president of sales for North America, responsible for sales to independent optical retailers and optical key accounts. He reports to Antonio Bortuzzo, president of Kering Eyewear for the Americas. As president of Marca Eyewear, a company based in Toronto, ...
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Seiko Optical Europe has set up a marketing team for...
Seiko Optical Europe has set up a marketing team for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. It has been led since this past March by Dirk Beckmann, who worked previously for Transitions Optical in various roles. Filling a new position, he reports to Rainer Burkard, who became executive ...
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Jeremy Jalie will leave as development director of Vision Aid...
Jeremy Jalie will leave as development director of Vision Aid Overseas at the end of June after more than ten years with the charity organization
