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Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was...
Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was appointed in July to take the place of Joe Sanchez, who became vice president of product development at Costa Sunglasses last December. Like Sanchez, Peters has worked for many years at Zeal's parent company, Maui Jim Sunglasses. He started as ...
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Ned Post, a former manager of Benetton Sportsystem who led...
Ned Post, a former manager of Benetton Sportsystem who led and grew Smith Optics for more than 20 years until his retirement earlier this year, will act as an adviser to Combat Flip Flops, an American organization that has funded over 21 years of schooling for Afghan girls and cleared ...
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Franck Waterlot is taking a new position as vice president...
Franck Waterlot is taking a new position as vice president of sales, product merchandising and marketing at Burton Snowboards' European subsidiary, based in Austria. Since 2007 Waterlot had been acting as sales director of Oakley for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the brand's office in Switzerland, which has ...
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Peter Laaber has joined the Michael Pachleitner Group as German...
Peter Laaber has joined the Michael Pachleitner Group as German sales manager for the brands Daniel Hechter, Kiotonakamura and Ruud van Dyke
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Tanya Storey has joined Shamir UK as head of sales...
Tanya Storey has joined Shamir UK as head of sales and professional services
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After working for 15 years with Hoya France, Gwenael Le...
After working for 15 years with Hoya France, Gwenael Le Blanc has joined FittingBox as commercial director for France
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David Keeler has retired as president of Keeler Instruments, after...
David Keeler has retired as president of Keeler Instruments, after 50 years of involvement with the company founded by his grandfather in 1917, but Andrew Williams will continue as chief executive
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Walgreens Boots Alliance, the parent company of Boots Opticians, has...
Walgreens Boots Alliance, the parent company of Boots Opticians, has named Stefano Pessina as its chief executive. Pessina, 73, led Alliance Boots prior to its merger with Walgreens, and had been serving as acting chief executive since January. He will continue to report to James Skinner, the group's executive chairman.
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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. ...
