All Executive changes articles – Page 38
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Céline Badinier has assumed the post of product manager at...
Céline Badinier has assumed the post of product manager at Julbo since the beginning of this year. Badinier worked for the l'Amy group for six years as brand marketing manager. Julbo recorded total sales of €25 million in 2012, representing an increase of about 3 percent as compared to the ...
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Oftalmica Galileo Italia, which has been part of the Essilor...
Oftalmica Galileo Italia, which has been part of the Essilor group since 2008, has appointed Stefania Morrone to the new position of national sales manager, responsible for defining and overseeing the commercial development policy of the brand throughout the country. In this role, she will also oversees customer service and the sales ...
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Matt Dorling has been named Transitions Optical's director of U.S....
Matt Dorling has been named Transitions Optical's director of U.S. national retail and Canada. He moves up from his former position as U.K. business director. In his new position he will handles Transitions' retail sales, marketing and business development, manage major accounts and find new business opportunities, as well as ...
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Valerio Giacobbi is the new general manager of sales, marketing...
Valerio Giacobbi is the new general manager of sales, marketing and business strategies for Marcolin, reporting to Giovanni Zoppas, Marcolin's chief executive. Giacobbi has 20 years of experience in the eyewear industry, including having been the executive director of business development, the executive vice president for retail in North America, ...
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The Italian eyewear manufacturer Immagine 98 started selling its products...
The Italian eyewear manufacturer Immagine 98 started selling its products directly in Germany and Switzerland this month. The objective is to support the collections X-Ide and Rye & Lye in these markets. Through the end of 2012, Immagine 98's products were distribued by BBM Brillenfaszination. With the decision to distribute ...
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Massimo Stefanello has been appointed chief financial officer and chief...
Massimo Stefanello has been appointed chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Marcolin. He held various positions at Geox and its parent company from 2005, including corporate manager and financial manager of LIR, the holding company that controls Geox. Valerio Giacobbi has been appointed general manager for sales, marketing ...
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Jim Greenwood has been named the president and chief operating...
Jim Greenwood has been named the president and chief operating officer of Vision Source, an optometric alliance based in Texas. He will report to Glenn Ellisor, the company's chief executive and founder. He comes from Concentra, where he was CEO for the last five years. He joined that company in ...
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Borsalino Eyewear will be distributed in Korea and “Big China”...
Borsalino Eyewear will be distributed in Korea and “Big China” – the Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan - by a Korean company, Miottica. The exclusive distribution agreement for these markets was signed by Brands O.I., which produces Borsalino and Miottica Korea eyewear. Under the terms of the five-year ...
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Zeiss' board of directors has extended the contracts of Dr....
Zeiss' board of directors has extended the contracts of Dr. Michael Kaschke, chief executive, and Thomas Spitzenpfeil, chief financial officer, for an additional five years, from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2018. Kaschke has been on the company's executive board since October 2000. He was named Zeiss' chief executive ...
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Marchon Eyewear has set up a new sales division that...
Marchon Eyewear has set up a new sales division that will be focusing only on servicing the sporting goods sector in the Europe,Middle Eastand Africa (EMEA) region. It will notably handle sales of performance sunglasses and snow goggles for its long-standing Nike Vision license, as well as action sports sunglasses ...
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Starting with autumn/winter 2013-14, ZeroRH+ and RH+, the Italian brands...
Starting with autumn/winter 2013-14, ZeroRH+ and RH+, the Italian brands of helmets, goggles and apparel for snow sports and cycling, are taking their snow sports range to new markets such the Benelux countries, Canada, France, Japan, Austria, Russia, Switzerland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, the Czech Republic and the U.S. For ...
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CooperVision has taken leave of a key accounts manager, Hans...
CooperVision has taken leave of a key accounts manager, Hans Fern, who worked for the company inGermanyfor about 30 years. Fern held various positions at CVI. He is being sent into early retirement by the company at his own request. Since 2011, Fern was supported by Andrea Wenner for the ...
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Robert Graham, the American fashion label, has signed a new...
Robert Graham, the American fashion label, has signed a new multi-year license agreement with Revolution Eyewear covering sunwear and ophthalmic frames. As reported by Vision Monday, prototypes of the first men's collection will be exclusively previewed at Vision Expo East in New York in March, while the collection should be ...
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Brian Andrews has been appointed treasurer of The Cooper Companies,...
Brian Andrews has been appointed treasurer of The Cooper Companies, parent of CooperVision, effective Jan. 1. He served as assistant treasurer since 2006, after working for Keybanc Capital Markets in coporate and investment banking and for ING Barings in investment banking.
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Randolph Engineering as appointed Ekene Ofodile to the newly created...
Randolph Engineering as appointed Ekene Ofodile to the newly created position of senior vice president of global sales and marketing. He will report directly to Peter Waszkiewicz, president and chief executive of the company. Ofodile joined Randolph on Nov. 12 from the Cross Water Group, where, as the founder and ...
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Jochen Kaber, founder of Bon Optic, handed over the management...
Jochen Kaber, founder of Bon Optic, handed over the management of this German supplier of ophthalmic instruments and refraction units to Louise Meiners at the beginning of November because of his advanced age. Meiners has worked in the international ophthalmologic industry for over 15 years. She was a member of ...
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Brulimar Optical Group has signed two new distribution deals for...
Brulimar Optical Group has signed two new distribution deals for Canada for its Bench eyewear with Optiman Group and Vezina Optical Group, which distribute frames to thousands of independent opticians throughout the country. The deals were agreed following discussions at this year's Silmo trade show in Paris. Canada is the world's ...
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Gerhard Novak, ‘head of strategic business unit eyewear' at Rodenstock...
Gerhard Novak, ‘head of strategic business unit eyewear' at Rodenstock since February 2012, left the company at the end of October by mutual agreement. Novak was replaced by Micha Siebenhandl, who provides a long-term management experience in the eyewear industry. Most recently, he was vice president for global collections at ...
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Carl Zeiss has entrusted an American partner, Total 3D Solutions,...
Carl Zeiss has entrusted an American partner, Total 3D Solutions, with the distribution of its Cinemizer OLED multimedia glasses in the U.S. and Canada. Like OneButton, its European distributor for these glasses, Total 3D Solutions supplies retailers with special services related to 3D viewing. The multimedia glasses are available in ...
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Andrea Wenner has taken responsibility for key accounts at...
Andrea Wenner has taken responsibility for key accounts at CooperVision for all the German-speaking countries, replacing Hans Fern who is retiring after 30 years with the group
