All Executive changes articles – Page 47
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Thierry Bouché, former manager of Oakley Europe's optics division, is...
Thierry Bouché, former manager of Oakley Europe's optics division, is now handling sales of Kaenon sunglasses in France
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Roy Williams is the new buyer and product developer for...
Roy Williams is the new buyer and product developer for Ryders Eyewear. He most recently worked in product development for Norco Bike Products and Serfas Eyewear. He also brings his own experience as an avid cyclist to the athletic performance eyewear company, which is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Christian Roth is hoping to establish a presence in the...
Christian Roth is hoping to establish a presence in the Asian market through a new licensing agreement with BDC Korea Company (Beyond Cliché Design), which will manufacture and distribute sunglasses and prescription frames under the Christian Roth brand throughout Asia. The five-year deal, which goes into 2016, has an option ...
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Sport Concept is the new Swiss distributor for Logo's...
Sport Concept is the new Swiss distributor for Logo's Salomon eyewear
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Ron Kroll is going to head up Innovations Digital Lens...
Ron Kroll is going to head up Innovations Digital Lens Company, a joint venture of CC Systems and Ocuco that provides private-label free-form lens designs to laboratories. His role is operations director, handling all functions related to sales and service. Innovations Digital is taking care of integrating the Innovations Lens ...
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Heidelberg, the German producer of optical instruments, has set up...
Heidelberg, the German producer of optical instruments, has set up its own subsidiary in the U.K., thus ending its longtime distribution partnership with Haag-Streit UK. The new unit, Heidelberg Engineering, was set up in Hemel Hempstead to distribute the company's imaging and perimetry products. Haag-Streit UK will have responsibility for ...
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The Italian Randazzo Group has named two new sales managers,...
The Italian Randazzo Group has named two new sales managers, both in their early 40s. Marco Ferrante has the role for the Corner channel and Enrico Segner got the slot for Optissimo, Randazzo's retail chain. Ferrante is taking over the Corner sales manager, which will be in charge of the ...
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Maui Jim has promoted Hans-Jürgen Penzek to the new position...
Maui Jim has promoted Hans-Jürgen Penzek to the new position of vice president for Europe. Penzek has been the sales manager for Maui Jim Germany since 2003, helping the brand grow there as well as expand into Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland and Hungary. The company is looking for his ...
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From this September, Sover has a new manager. The Italian...
From this September, Sover has a new manager. The Italian company owned by the Cannicci brothers has appointed Andrea Fiabane to head up business development. The appointment represents a change of policy, as all management positions were previously held by the owners. Fiabane has had years of experience with Luxottica, ...
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Douglas Perkins, 68, and his 67-year-old wife, Mary, founders of...
Douglas Perkins, 68, and his 67-year-old wife, Mary, founders of Specsavers, were recently listed among the new British billionaires in the 2011 Rich List of the Sunday Times of London. The combined wealth of the couple and their family rose in 2010 by 42 percent to £1,150 million (€1,298m-$1,882m). The ...
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Peter Zieman, the former executive of Essilor and Dollond &...
Peter Zieman, the former executive of Essilor and Dollond & Aitchison who joined PixelOptics in 2008 to run its expansion outside the U.S., has been promoted to vice president in charge of European territories
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Silhouette has appointed Jeremy Lanaway as U.K. marketing manager...
Silhouette has appointed Jeremy Lanaway as U.K. marketing manager
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Michael McInerney has been promoted to managing director of Younger...
Michael McInerney has been promoted to managing director of Younger Australia, replacing Perry Timmons, who has left the company
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Werner Grau, CEO of the Uvex sports group, will be...
Werner Grau, CEO of the Uvex sports group, will be retiring after 33 years in the family business and leaving the company at the end of July next year. From January 2012, Katharina Le Thierry will assume the post. Born in 1964, she has had a long management experience in ...
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Schneider Optical Machines has chosen Kevin Cross to be its...
Schneider Optical Machines has chosen Kevin Cross to be its new director of sales for North America. Cross has a decade of experience in the optical industry, more recently as manager of U.S. ophthalmic sales and marketing for Leybold Optics. He has also worked with Carl Zeiss Vision and Northeast ...
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Some new faces will be in top positions at CooperVision...
Some new faces will be in top positions at CooperVision as of Nov. 1. Dennis Murphy, president for the Americas, will be the executive vice president for global sales and marketing. Andrew Sedgwick, currently the president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, will be taking up Murphy's old job, ...
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Gregor Dietachmayr, a former managing director of Fischer Sports, doesn't...
Gregor Dietachmayr, a former managing director of Fischer Sports, doesn't have to worry anymore whether there is going to be enough snow on the ground as the new international sales manager of Silhouette International. The 45-year-old Austrian manager has replaced Markus Wall after three years in the position. Dietachmayr worked ...
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MasterImage 3D is going to provide premium 3D eyewear for...
MasterImage 3D is going to provide premium 3D eyewear for Marchon3D under a new distribution agreement. Marchon' EX3D line of glasses will be the centerpiece of a European and Asian rollout of in-theater displays and vending machines. EX3D are circular polarized glasses that sell of €20-60 in theaters and at ...
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Delphine Ansquer, 43, has been appointed French country manager of...
Delphine Ansquer, 43, has been appointed French country manager of Rodenstock after working for the French subsidiary for 13 years, most recently in charge of marketing for lenses. She replaces Gilles Sauvanaud, who is leaving for Singapore for family reasons. Separately, Johannes Burtscher has left the position of chief financial ...
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Eugene J. Midlock, 67, has announced that he plans to...
Eugene J. Midlock, 67, has announced that he plans to retire as chief financial officer of the Cooper Companies as of Dec. 16. The company is working on finding his replacement, who will be named when he steps down. In a few other changes, Carol R. Kaufman, currently senior vice ...
