All Executive changes articles – Page 35
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Sheetal Patel is the new manager of the Johnson &...
Sheetal Patel is the new manager of the Johnson & Johnson's Vision Care Institute in the U.K. She will be responsible for delivering education strategies that improve the way ECPs provide care to their patients, the institute said. Prior to her new role, Patel was an associate optometrist at a ...
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Jason Kirk, founder of Kirk & Kirk, has been appointed...
Jason Kirk, founder of Kirk & Kirk, has been appointed business development director at Inspecs. In his new role, he will concentrate on developing acetate production at the Inspecs-owned Algha Works factory in East London, which produces the Savile Row eyewear collection. Besides developing the Savile Row brand, the Algha ...
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Safilo USA has announced the retirement of Dick Russo, executive...
Safilo USA has announced the retirement of Dick Russo, executive vice president in charge of the commercial activities for North America, after 42 years of service. Glenn Rusk, who previously led Safilo's Canadian business, has been named the new commercial senior vice president of Safilo North America and has become ...
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Safilo Group has appointed Henri Blomqvist to the newly established...
Safilo Group has appointed Henri Blomqvist to the newly established role of global commercial director. He will report to the group chief executive, Luisa Delgado, and will oversee all commercial wholesale operations worldwide. Blomqvist spent the last 10 years at Procter & Gamble, where he held a variety of roles ...
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The German opticians' association, ZVA, has a new chief executive...
The German opticians' association, ZVA, has a new chief executive from this month. Jan Wetzel succeeds Joachim Goerdt, who retires after working for 31 years at ZVA. Goerdt become managing director of ZVA in March 1983 and became chief executive in April 1990. Wetzel, who has been legal adviser to ...
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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, ...
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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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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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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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Marco Cason, 43, has been appointed general manager of Oftalmica...
Marco Cason, 43, has been appointed general manager of Oftalmica Galileo, the Italian subsidiary of Essilor International, taking the place of Paolo Fonelli, who will be acting as chairman
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Holly Rush has been appointed by Luxottica as president of...
Holly Rush has been appointed by Luxottica as president of its wholesale operations in North America, replacing Andrea Dorigo who is planning to do something outside the group. Rush will report to Paolo Alberti, Luxottica's global executive vice president of wholesale operations. She joined the group's North American subsidiary in ...
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Peter Williams, member of the board of director of Asos,...
Peter Williams, member of the board of director of Asos, the online fashion retailer from Great Britain, assumed on Dec. 2 the newly created post of chairman of the supervisory board of Mister Spex, the biggest German online eyewear retailer. Williams, a former chief executive of the British Selfridges department ...
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Joaquin Murillo Perez assumes the post of country manager for...
Joaquin Murillo Perez assumes the post of country manager for the German market at Smarteyes, a Swedish-based optical retail chain with more than 40 stores in Sweden and Germany. Murillo Perez previously worked as area manager for a French fashion retail chain, Pimkie, and as German country manager for Grupo ...
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Daniele Voltini is leaving as chief executive of Avanzi, the...
Daniele Voltini is leaving as chief executive of Avanzi, the Italian optical retail chain owned by Hal through GrandVision, to be in charge of business development at the group's Chinese retail company, GrandVision Shanghai. He will move to Shanghai next February after more than a year of preparation. At Avanzi, ...
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Ludovic Mathieu is the new managing director of Essilor France,...
Ludovic Mathieu is the new managing director of Essilor France, replacing Nicolas de Lambert who is going to take on new responsibilities at the European level within the Essilor International group. Mathieu worked as a consultant before joining Essilor France in 2005, in charge of promoting vision care.
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Jay Higdon, who has worked at Kenmark Group for 21...
Jay Higdon, who has worked at Kenmark Group for 21 years, has taken full responsibility for its international sales team, handling all the accounts. He remains as director of international sales, reporting to John Justice. The latter, who has been in charge of international sales for a long time, has ...
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Gareth Evans, 45, has become the new country manager for...
Gareth Evans, 45, has become the new country manager for Maui Jim in the U.K. and Ireland, taking the place of Mark Polloway who left in April. Evans, who will also take care of Zeal Optics, worked previously for Reebok, Fila and Lacoste Footwear.
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Smith Optics has filled two marketing positions by hiring Aaron...
Smith Optics has filled two marketing positions by hiring Aaron Checkwood as surf promotions manager and John Hechkopf as multimedia manager. Checkwood will oversee the surf and lifestyle programs of the American eyewear brand, serving as the company's key figure for all marketing efforts related to the surf and lifestyle ...
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Following its recent agreement with Rivoli Group, Italian Independent's products...
Following its recent agreement with Rivoli Group, Italian Independent's products are now sold in the Rivoli Eyezone in the Dubai Shopping Mall and in Magrabi stores throughout the Middle East
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Laura Angelini has been appointed president of North America for...
Laura Angelini has been appointed president of North America for Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. Among other sales and marketing functions across the company's medical device and diagnostics segment, she was responsible for the introduction of 1-Day Acuvue contact lenses in the Italian market.
