All Executive changes articles – Page 33
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Edward Buffington is going to retire on Aug. 1 as...
Edward Buffington is going to retire on Aug. 1 as vice president of strategic partnerships for VSP Global
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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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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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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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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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Micha S. Siebenhandl, currently vice president and general manager of...
Micha S. Siebenhandl, currently vice president and general manager of Rodenstock, will leave the company at the end of March in order to become the new chief executive officer and chairman of the executive board at Huber Holding, the Austrian company that owns of the underwear brands Skiny, Hanro and ...
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Maui Jim has appointed Jay Black as vice president of...
Maui Jim has appointed Jay Black as vice president of global marketing. In his 17-year career, Black has helped raise the visibility of global brands for companies such as Beam and Anheuser-Busch. He developed effective promotional programs for brands including 180 Energy Drink, O'Doul's, Tilt, and Bud Extra. Black is ...
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Ocuco says that Simon Hirst from Rayner & Keeler has...
Ocuco says that Simon Hirst from Rayner & Keeler has joined its Professional Services team. Hirst has been with Rayner for more than 18 years, occupying various functions including those of product manager and head of its low-vision department. His last main role at Rayner's head office was in systems ...
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CooperVision has appointed Bob Ferrigno as president for North America,...
CooperVision has appointed Bob Ferrigno as president for North America, effective February 2014. The role was formerly held by Andrew Sedgwick, who was named executive vice president of commercial strategy and business development last year. Prior to joining CooperVision, Ferrigno was with Becton Dickinson (BD), a Fortune 500 global medical technology ...
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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
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Instead of marketing its line of Von Zipper eyewear and...
Instead of marketing its line of Von Zipper eyewear and watches through its own sales network, Billabong has assigned its distribution in the optical and watch retail channels in France, Spain and Portugal to Despomar
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Coburn Technologies has expanded its lab works team of employees...
Coburn Technologies has expanded its lab works team of employees and placed it under the management of an industry veteran, Charlie Seidel
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Essilor Germany has assigned Stefan Rüdiger to the position as...
Essilor Germany has assigned Stefan Rüdiger to the position as chief executive, after Mathias Schmidt left the company at his own request at the beginning of October. Bernhard Nüsser, senior vice president for Central and Northern Europe, who will assume the post as chief executive of the German subsidiary on ...
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Spy Optic has appointed Nicolas Saumur as European brand manager,...
Spy Optic has appointed Nicolas Saumur as European brand manager, based in Lyon, France. Reporting to Tom Helleberg, vice president of international sales for the U.S. company, he will provide sales and marketing support to the company's European network of distributors, covering both the optical sports retail circuits. I may ...
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Jean-Paul Madaleno has been appointed international sales agent for OptoTech...
Jean-Paul Madaleno has been appointed international sales agent for OptoTech
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Marchon Eyewear has set up a new management team for...
Marchon Eyewear has set up a new management team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa that will report to Nicola Zotta, managing director of the EMEA region. The former country manager for Spain and Portugal, Marco De Davide, is now regional business director for Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and ...
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Hans Gottfried Schmidt, owner of Licefa, left the executive board...
Hans Gottfried Schmidt, owner of Licefa, left the executive board of the company in autumn last year. He is now a member of the supervisory board. Frank Alraun, former sales director at Licefa, and Thomas Lange, former technical director, form the new management of the company and started to act ...
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Jim Stepanek has been promoted to the position of executive...
Jim Stepanek has been promoted to the position of executive vice president of Spy. He was previously vice president in charge of its optical division, responsible for its RX business. Stepanek brings nearly 20 years of experience in the optical industry, including stations at Rem Eyewear, Revo and Signature Eyewear. ...
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Nicola Brandolese has become the new president of Retail Optical...
Nicola Brandolese has become the new president of Retail Optical of Americas, a new position at Luxottica where he will supervise all the group's retail operations in North and South America. A former project director for the Boston Consulting Group and a former manager of Sky Italy at News Corporation, ...
