All Executive changes articles – Page 47
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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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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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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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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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Silhouette has appointed Jeremy Lanaway as U.K. marketing manager...
Silhouette has appointed Jeremy Lanaway as U.K. marketing manager
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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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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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Schneider Optical Machines has taken on Kevin Cross to be...
Schneider Optical Machines has taken on Kevin Cross to be its new director of sales for North America. Cross has a decade of experience in the optical industry, most recently coming from Leybold Optics, where he was manager of U.S. ophthalmic sales and marketing. He's also held positions with Carl ...
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Richard Clompus is taking the newly created position of vice...
Richard Clompus is taking the newly created position of vice president for global professional relations with PixelOptics. He will help develop and manage PixelOptics' partnerships with eye care professionals, reporting to Larry Rodriguez, senior vice president for global sales and marketing. Clompus most recently held the same title at CooperVision, ...
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Didier Chevalier, who has worked for Krys Group and its...
Didier Chevalier, who has worked for Krys Group and its predecessor, Guildinvest, for 21 years, has been promoted to be general manager of the French optical retail group, where he was most recently in charge of network operations. The 56-year-old manager takes the place of Arnaud Ploix, who ran the ...
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Brigitte Bazelais has been named chief financial officer of Pro...
Brigitte Bazelais has been named chief financial officer of Pro Fit Optix, which is expected to announce an equity increase soon
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Joe Ayling, a young and determined British journalist from Birmingham,...
Joe Ayling, a young and determined British journalist from Birmingham, has left as news editor of the Just-syle.com fashion business information service to fill a vacant position as new editor of Optician, the leading trade magazine in the U.K.
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PPG Industries has appointed Anne M. Foulkes as assistant general...
PPG Industries has appointed Anne M. Foulkes as assistant general counsel and corporate secretary
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Luca Biondolillo, head of international communications, has left Luxottica after...
Luca Biondolillo, head of international communications, has left Luxottica after seven years to join Benetton Group. He joined the eyewear company in 2004 supervising corporate and financial communications out of Milan. In 2007, he become head of the group's international communications, moving to New York in 2009. At Benetton, a ...
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After three years as business development manager of Essilor for...
After three years as business development manager of Essilor for Central Europe, Marcel Pohl is going back to Essilor Deutschland to lead its sales operation in the German market
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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 ...
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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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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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Marchon Eyewear has filled its new position of vice president,...
Marchon Eyewear has filled its new position of vice president, global house brands, with Micha Siebenhandl. In this role he will oversee the company's house brands, which include Marchon, Flexon, AutoFlex, Tres Jolie, Disney, X Games and Disney Princess. He will report directly to Mark Ginsberg, senior vice president, global ...
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Paul Clapton is the new director of the U.K. subsidiary...
Paul Clapton is the new director of the U.K. subsidiary of De Rigo. He has been a national accounts manager in contact lenses for seven years, and was formerly national sales manager for Signet Armorlite/Kodak Lens, where he helped expand the Kodak Lens Vision Center program in the U.K.
