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    Bernhard Nuesser has been quietly appointed senior vice president of...

    2013-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Bernhard Nuesser has been quietly appointed senior vice president of Essilor International for Central and Northern Europe, based in Switzerland. He is taking over some of the responsibilities previously handled by Norbert Gorny and others. A former president and chief executive of Carl Zeiss Vision, Gorny was appointed present and ...

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    Toshihiko Fukunaga became chief executive officer at Menicon Germany on...

    2013-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Toshihiko Fukunaga became chief executive officer at Menicon Germany on July 16 this year. Fukunaga comes from the Japanese headquarters in Nagoya. As senior general manager for overseas sales and general counsel and chief legal officer, he is also assuming the post of chief executive officer at Menicon's national sales ...

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    Creating a new position, Marchon has appointed a new executive,...

    2013-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Creating a new position, Marchon has appointed a new executive, Manlio Ciralli, to the position of vice president of international brands, responsible for all the European licenses of the company. Pierre Bessez, former executive vice president of European designer brands, will take on the new role of senior vice president ...

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    CooperVision has appointed Juan Carlos Aragon to the newly created...

    2013-08-09T00:00:00Z

    CooperVision has appointed Juan Carlos Aragon to the newly created position of senior vice president in charge of global professional and clinical affairs, covering both developed and emerging markets. He has been in the sector for nearly three decades. Aragon joined CVI in 2000 after working for Bausch & Lomb ...

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    Coburn Technologies has promoted Jason Smith to director of marketing...

    2013-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Coburn Technologies has promoted Jason Smith to director of marketing communications. He replaces Curt Brey, who has left the Connecticut-based company to pursue opportunities outside of the industry. In his new role, Smith will be in charge of the development of all the marketing strategies for the company and will ...

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    Allergan has appointed a president, Douglas S. Ingram, filling a...

    2013-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Allergan has appointed a president, Douglas S. Ingram, filling a new role where he will report directly to the company's chairman and chief executive, David E.I. Pyott. He will be particularly in charge of Allergan's commercial operations on a global basis. Ingram has more than 25 years experience and he ...

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    CooperVision, a division of The Cooper Companies, has named Andrew...

    2013-07-09T00:00:00Z

    CooperVision, a division of The Cooper Companies, has named Andrew Sedgwick as executive vice president of commercial strategy and business development, a new role in the company. Sedgwick will be responsible for CVI's long-term strategic planning, business development, product life-cycle management and professional services. Prior to that, he held a ...

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    Essilor International has announced that Lena Henry has joined the...

    2013-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Essilor International has announced that Lena Henry has joined the company as chief strategy officer, effective last May. A member of the executive committee, she reports to Hubert Sagnières, the company's chairman and chief executive. Henry will focus in particular on the the identification of new opportunities for development, as ...

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    Carl Zeiss Vision has promoted Steve Mitrakos to senior vice...

    2013-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Carl Zeiss Vision has promoted Steve Mitrakos to senior vice president of U.S. sales, a newly created position. In his role, he will continue to have overall responsibility for the retail channel and will now have responsibility for the independent channel as well. A graduate of Fordham University and The ...

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    Kenmark Group has hired William Hambleton as director of global...

    2013-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Kenmark Group has hired William Hambleton as director of global marketing and communications. He will report to David Duralde, Kenmark's chief creative officer. Hambleton will lead efforts to strengthen the Kenmark brand and its growing portfolio of eyewear collections, while developing new strategies and campaigns to expand Kenmark's presence across ...

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    Hoya Vision Care Europe has appointed Olga Prenat as the...

    2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Hoya Vision Care Europe has appointed Olga Prenat as the new dean of its Faculty Education & Experience Center in Budapest, taking the place of Hans Warntjes who is retiring after working for the Japanese company for 24 years, the last five for the Budapest center. Prenat is the director ...

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    Essilor International has appointed Maureen Cavanagh as representative of employee...

    2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Essilor International has appointed Maureen Cavanagh as representative of employee shareholders to the company's board of directors. Cavanagh, of American nationality, has been president of two Essilor subsidiaries, Nassau Lens Company and the OOGP buying group, since 2009. She joined Essilor in 2005, following the acquisition of Definity from Johnson ...

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    Patrice Pineau has been promoted to managing director of Hoya...

    2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Patrice Pineau has been promoted to managing director of Hoya France. He joined the French subsidiary in 2004 as commercial director. For the past three years, he acted as deputy general manager, working under Hans Werquin, president of Hoya Vision Care Europe. Pineau's stated goal is to attain a 15 ...

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    Birmingham Optical has extended its distribution contract with Nidek for...

    2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Birmingham Optical has extended its distribution contract with Nidek for the U.K.  Motoki Ozawa, president of Nidek, visited Optrafair show in Birmingham for the first time in April to sign the new contract with Christopher Tyler, chief executive of the British firm, which has been representing the Japanese company for ...

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    Kenji Ema is set to retire as chief financial officer...

    2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Kenji Ema is set to retire as chief financial officer of Hoya Corporation at this year's general shareholders' meeting, but he will continue to sit on the board of directors. Ema has been on the company\'s board for 20 years.

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    Safilo, the large Italian manufacturer of eyewear and marketer of its...

    2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Safilo, the large Italian manufacturer of eyewear and marketer of its own Carrera and Smith sports brands, appointed Stefan Schmaus as key account manager at its German subsidiary in Cologne. He will be responsible for the management of all key accounts in Germany and Austria. The 38-year old business economist worked previously ...

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    Described as an accomplished snowboarder with prior experience in marketing...

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Described as an accomplished snowboarder with prior experience in marketing and retail, Kyle Martin has been appointed snow marketing manager at Dragon, the action sports eyewear brand acquired by Marchon last year

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    Colors in Optics of New York has announced a new...

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Colors in Optics of New York has announced a new licensing deal for ophthalmic and sun eyewear named after Elie Tahari, an American fashion house whose products are sold in more than 40 countries. Separately, Colors in Optics has become the U.S. distributor of Cesare Paciotti Eyewear. Brands O.I., the ...

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    Bausch+Lomb has appointed Donald Gagliano as vice president of global...

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Bausch+Lomb has appointed Donald Gagliano as vice president of global development operations. Gagliano is a U.S. military colonel, retinal ophthalmologist and fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives. He had a military career for over 30 years and served since 2008 as executive director of the Vision Center ...

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    Gatorz appointed Robert Reynolds as its new chief executive officer...

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Gatorz appointed Robert Reynolds as its new chief executive officer effective April 2, 2013. Reynolds is a veteran of the action sports and retail markets. Previously, he served as co-founder and chief executive of Super Heat Games, where he handled three capital increases and signed licensing deals with over 30 ...