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News briefsBlenders founder cedes CEO post
Safilo-controlled Blenders Eyewear has appointed Jack Gray to the post of CEO. Gray is replacing Chase Fisher, the brand’s founder, who has written a self-effacing post on LinkedIn about his departure. As his company grew, Fisher writes: “I found myself buried in operations, managing processes, and putting out fires instead ...
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Mister Spex announces CEO change
Mister Spex has announced the appointment of Tobias Krauss, currently chairman of the company’s supervisory board, to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1. Krauss has been a member of Mister Spex’ supervisory board since 2020 and its chairman since July 2024. He has also been serving as ...
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EssilorLuxottica appoints new wholesale manager for the DACH region
EssilorLuxottica has appointed Wolfgang Messerschmidt as its new Head of Professional Solutions, its wholesale division, for the DACH region effective April 1. An eyewear industry veteran, Messerschmidt has been working for EssilorLuxottica since 2022, most recently as Vice President for Central Europe.
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Apollo-Optik has a new managing director
Apollo-Optik, the second largest optical retailer in Germany, has appointed Alex Versteeg as its Managing Director, effective April 1, in replacement of Nihat Aydin who is leaving the company. Versteeg has worked since 1998 for the Essilor and later the EssilorLuxottica group, starting as Junior Manager in France and climbing ...
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Ace & Tate appoints former GrandVision executive as CEO to lift eye care profile
Ace & Tate has announced that Mark de Lange, its founder and CEO, would change his executive role to Chief Brand Officer, focusing on the design of the eyewear collections and the brand identity. In his CEO role, Lange is being replaced by Lex van de Vliet, a seasoned executive ...
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Marcolin appoints new VP of optical sales for the US
Marcolin has announced the appointment of Mark Parisi as its new Vice President of optical sales and key accounts for the US. A seasoned manager with over 20 years of experience, Parisi joins the Italian eyewear company from the ABB Optical Group where he has served as Chief Revenue Officer ...
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EuromContact elects new president
EuromContact, the European federation of national associations and international contact lens manufacturers, has announced the election of Richard Smith as its President for the next two years, in replacement of Nicoletta Losi who held that position for the past eight years. A seasoned executive with over 25 years of optical ...
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Fielmann appoints COO Peter Lothes to management board
Fielmann Group has announced the appointment of Peter Lothes, its Chief Operating Officer, to its management board from March 1, 2025. Lothes joined the Germany-based retail group in 2023 with over 30 years of experience in the eyewear sector. He started as Vice President of Manufacturing at his family’s optical ...
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CooperVision reinforces myopia management commercial structure and investments
CooperVision has announced the reinforcement of its investments in myopia management, including in global commercial structure, research and development, clinical studies and advocacy support. As part of the new initiatives, the company has promoted Jennifer Lambert to the newly created position of Vice President Myopia Management & Cornea Care. ...
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Hilco Vision promotes three top executives
Hilco Vision has announced three new appointments to its executive team. Kelly Piotti has been appointed Senior Vice President of Optical & Retail and Brent Jones Senior Vice President of Eyecare in North America. Both were promoted from within. This is also the case for John Lakey, current Chief Commercial ...
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Thélios appoints DACH country manager
Thélios, the eyewear division of LVMH, has appointed Klaus Dietrich as Country Manager for the DACH region. Dietrich joins the company from Climate Partner, a Munich-based carbon-footprint consultancy where he had been working since 2022. Prior to that, he spent over a decade in sales senior management roles in the ...
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CooperVision appoints new president for Americas
CooperVision has announced the appointment of Steven Robbins, a three-decade healthcare veteran, as its President for the Americas region. Robbins joins the contact lens company from The New England Consulting Group, where he served as Managing Partner and was also involved in a consulting position in several CooperVision projects, including ...
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Hoya Lens Iberia announces two management changes
Hoya Lens Iberia has announced the promotion of Fran Plaza as its Sales and Key Accounts Director, in addition to the manager’s current role of Country Manager for Seiko Optical Iberia. The company has also appointed Federico Ruiz Gómez, a former sales executive at contact lens makers Menicon and CooperVision, ...
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iVision Tech taps former Thélios plant director as COO
iVision Tech, the Italian-based OEM eyewear group, has announced the appointment of Gianluca Davanzo as its new Chief of Operations. Davanzo joins the company from the EURMODA Group, a supplier of metal parts and accessories for the fashion industry where he spent only a few months. Prior to that, the ...
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High-profile ophthalmologist to chair Ocumetra board
Ocumetra, a supplier of myopia management software and services to eye care professionals (ECPs), has announced the appointment of Arthur Cummings as its board chairman. A cataract and refractive surgeon with over three decades of expertise in clinical practice and research, Cummings has received multiple international awards for his work ...
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ArticleNational Vision reports improved performance in Q4, reshuffles top management
Sales were up by 3.8 percent in Q4 and in the full year. Adjusted profit ratios are expected to be in line with last revised outlook.
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News briefsTopcon has a new VP in R&D
Topcon Healthcare, the division of Japanese optical manufacturer Topcon Corporation, has hired Dr. Tilman Otto to serve as Vice President of Technology Innovation and Incubation. He is charged with identifying, developing, and scaling new tech, overseeing the R&D pipeline for new imaging and diagnostic systems. Otto was most recently Head ...
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Evex Group has a new CEO
Evex Group, a supplier of software for optician and hearing aids specialists, has appointed Dr. Tom Kirschbaum, an experienced manager in the B2B software industry, as his new CEO. Kirschbaum is replacing Dr. Toni Schmidt who will assume portfolio responsibilities at FLEX Capital, the Berlin-based private equity fund owning EVEX. ...
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Rodenstock Group manager for Iberia promoted from within
Rodenstock Group has promoted Luis Elzaurdia to the position of General Manager for Spain and Portugal, overseeing the business of all its brands – Rodenstock, Indo and Optovision – in the region. A former Essilor executive, Elzaurdia joined Indo in 2021 as international sales manager, one year before the Spanish ...
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News briefsMarcolin appoints industry outsider to steer North American business
Marcolin has anounced the appointment of Marco D’Acunzo as its new CEO for North America, effective Jan. 8, 2025. The group’s North American branch’s previous CEO, Emanuele Cappellano, left the company more than a year ago and an interim CEO served in the meantime, the company said. A senior executive ...
