All Executive changes articles – Page 33
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Adlens has appointed a new non-executive director with a long...
Adlens has appointed a new non-executive director with a long and distinguished civil service career to its board, Dame Sue Street. She also acts currently as non-executive director in the U.K. Ministry of Justice, and she holds other roles included those of trustee of the Royal Opera House and governor ...
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Alcon has a new general manager for the U.K. and...
Alcon has a new general manager for the U.K. and Ireland, Shervin Korangy. He took the place last month of Roger Lopez, who has been appointed area vice president for Alcon Asia. Korangy has worked since 2010 for Alcon's parent company, Novartis, most recently in charge of Alcon's surgical business ...
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Allison has signed a distribution contract in Greece for all...
Allison has signed a distribution contract in Greece for all its product lines with Bairamoglou, an 80-year-old company in the country, which has set up a dedicated division for the Italian company
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Safilo has announced the departure of Ross Brownlee, corporate head...
Safilo has announced the departure of Ross Brownlee, corporate head of Safilo North America and president of its Solstice retail stores, effective June 30. He will not be replaced. Glenn Rusk, commercial head for North America, will continue in his role, as a member of Safilo's global leadership team. Brownlee ...
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Rodenstock has appointed a new general manager to run its...
Rodenstock has appointed a new general manager to run its U.K. subsidiary, Niels Jensen, replacing Dietmar Rathbauer who has decided to leave the company to pursue other interests. Jensen was most recently responsible for the Scandinavian market at the German company, and he will be succeeded in the post by ...
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Transitions Optical has appointed Sherianne James as director of global...
Transitions Optical has appointed Sherianne James as director of global marketing and Patience Cook as associate director for North America marketing, effective immediately. James has been in charge of marketing for the brand in North America lately, but she started at the company in 2011 as global director of consumer ...
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Rem Eyewear has expanded its executive team by appointing Drew...
Rem Eyewear has expanded its executive team by appointing Drew Donley to the new role of senior director of sales for the U.S. market. He comes with more than 20 years of experience, having served as North American sales director for Viva International, vice president of sales at Marcolin USA ...
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Claudine Williams is succeeding Kristina Roberts as executive assistant marketing...
Claudine Williams is succeeding Kristina Roberts as executive assistant marketing coordinator at PFO Global
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Paolo Valaguzza is named business development manager for Transitions in...
Paolo Valaguzza is named business development manager for Transitions in Italy, reporting to Marco Caccini, vice president of sales at Essilor Italia
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The Swiss Eyewear Group confirms the signing of a European...
The Swiss Eyewear Group confirms the signing of a European distribution agreement with ADCL in France
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CooperVision has promoted Greg Sampson from sales manager to general...
CooperVision has promoted Greg Sampson from sales manager to general manager of its operations in Australia and New Zealand. He takes the place of Wayne Reuben, who has a new role as vice president of sales operations and “sales excellence” for the Asia-Pacific region. He will continue to be based ...
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Safilo is taking over the distribution of Polaroid Eyewear in...
Safilo is taking over the distribution of Polaroid Eyewear in France from APlus, starting in September
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Low Vision International has given exclusive rights for the distribution...
Low Vision International has given exclusive rights for the distribution of its video magnification products in the U.S. and Mexico to Eschenbach Optik of America, with non-exclusive rights for Canada and South America
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Ogi Eyewear has promoted John Nides to vice president of...
Ogi Eyewear has promoted John Nides to vice president of Scojo New York North American sales. In his new role, Nides will be responsible for the launch of new collections of reading glasses as well as recruiting and developing new channels of distribution. Ogi Eyewear, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, acquired ...
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Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has appointed David Hall as...
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has appointed David Hall as general manager responsible for the U.K. and Ireland. He was commercial director for Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Ireland after joining Johnson & Johnson 10 years ago. He holds an MBA from the University of California at Berkley.
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Lindsay Brown has been appointed by Hoya Vision Caro to...
Lindsay Brown has been appointed by Hoya Vision Caro to the new position of general manager for European key accounts, reporting to Hans Werquin, chief executive of the European operation. Graduated in South Africa, he brings more than 20 years of experience in the optical industry to Hoya, which has ...
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The Highmark group in the U.S. has appointed David L....
The Highmark group in the U.S. has appointed David L. Holmberg as president and chief executive of its Highmark Health arm, which provides vision care and other types of health insurance to end customers. He previously ran the Diversified Business unit of the group including HVHC, which oversees 620 Visionworks ...
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OptoVision named Axel Kellersmann as chief executive officer for Germany...
OptoVision named Axel Kellersmann as chief executive officer for Germany on April 1. Kellersmann has previously worked for Rodenstock, where he started to work in 2007 and took over the role as managing director of Rodenstock's business in Chile and Uruguay in 2010. Before joining Rodenstock, Kellersmann worked for Audi ...
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Essilor is redesigning its management structure in Italy. Massimo Barberis,...
Essilor is redesigning its management structure in Italy. Massimo Barberis, currently sales and marketing director for Essilor Italia, will be in charge of the new Nikon Lenswear business unit as from 2015. Additionally, the current “sales and marketing” division has been split into two separate entities, with two new directors. ...
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Allison has appointed Jorge Perez as its new sales manager...
Allison has appointed Jorge Perez as its new sales manager for Spain, working out of the company's new showroom in Barcelona, opened at the end of 2012
