All Executive changes articles – Page 35
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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.
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Karavan & Co. of France hired Jessy Tissot for the...
Karavan & Co. of France hired Jessy Tissot for the newly created position of export manager last month. Previously, he worked as export manager for Marius Morel. The most important export market for the French company is Germany, followed by Belgium and the Netherlands. As previously reported by Eyewear Intelligence, ...
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The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has appointed Mauro Maloberti as...
The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has appointed Mauro Maloberti as area sales manager for the Swiss Optic brand . He is responsible for the introduction of Swiss Optic to the Middle East and North Africa, including Turkey since last September. Maloberti worked for 15 years for LTL Lenses in Italy ...
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Daniel G. McBride has been promoted to the position of...
Daniel G. McBride has been promoted to the position of executive vice president, chief operating officer and general counsel at The Cooper Companies, parent of CooperVision. McBride acted most recently as the company's vice president, general counsel and “chief risk officer.” Since he joined Cooper in February 2005, he has ...
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Logo Eyewear has hired Bernard Rony as vice president in...
Logo Eyewear has hired Bernard Rony as vice president in charge of industrial matters in order to improve the supply chain. He has spent 12 years with ST Dupont, managing the French company's manufacturing operations for lighters and eyewear, after working in the area of automotive components. Richard Vives, who ...
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Justus Felix Wehmer is the new chief executive of Carl...
Justus Felix Wehmer is the new chief executive of Carl Zeiss Jena since Oct. 1. He takes over the responsibilities and tasks of Peter Popp, former CEO and commercial director of this subsidiary of the Carl Zeiss group, who left the company at his own request. Together with Thomas Polzer, ...
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Mathias Schmidt, chief executive of Essilor Germany, left the company...
Mathias Schmidt, chief executive of Essilor Germany, left the company at his own request at the beginning of October. Bernhard Nüsser, senior vice president for Central and Northern Europe, has assumed the post of chief executive of the German subsidiary on an interim basis.
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Poc Sweden, a specialist in creative sports helmets, is investing...
Poc Sweden, a specialist in creative sports helmets, is investing more in its eyewear line, which was first presented at the Mido show in Milan last year. It has hired a new global marketing director for its eyewear business unit, Jonas Söderqvist, replacing Sarah Laurell in this function. The 40-year-old ...
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Marc Ullrich is the new sales manager for Germany and...
Marc Ullrich is the new sales manager for Germany and Austria at Transitions Optical, reporting directly to Dirk Beckmann, business director for Germany and Austria
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Over the next year, Wim Somers, owner and manager of...
Over the next year, Wim Somers, owner and manager of the Belgian eyewear brand Theo, will pass the management of the company on to his three sons, Toon, Mik and Jan. Toon, who previously worked as an agent for the Danish market, will from now on cover sales in Australia, ...
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Adlens has promoted Rob Stevens to chief technology officer, a...
Adlens has promoted Rob Stevens to chief technology officer, a newly created position in the company. Based in Oxford, U.K., Adlens specializes in the development and commercialization of variable-focus eyewear. Stevens joined the company in 2008 as technical director. Before, he served as technical director at PS Research, a company ...
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BBGR has announced the appointment of Christophe Chebac as its...
BBGR has announced the appointment of Christophe Chebac as its new president effective Sept. 1, 2013. He succeeds Frédéric Mathieu, who has gone to fill the position of director of human resources at Essilor International. Chebac, 47, has worked for the French group since 1992, where he has served as ...
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Kenmark has announced the retirement of Don Howard as president...
Kenmark has announced the retirement of Don Howard as president and chief executive of the company and the promotion of Mike Cundiff, currently chief operating officer, as his replacement. Howard, who is also a former board member at the Vision Council of America, leaves the Kentucky-based optical firm after almost ...
