All Executive changes articles – Page 7
-
News briefs
Change of CEO at Eschenbach Optik
Dr. Jörg Zobel, CEO of Eshenbach Optik, an entity of the Inspecs Group since 2020, will be stepping down from his position at the end of August this year to pursue his career in the tourism sector. Zobel was at the helm of the German eyewear company since 2016. He ...
-
News briefs
New CFO for Safilo Group
Safilo Group has announced the promotion of Michele Melotti as group’s chief financial officer, replacing Gerd Graechsler who decided to leave the company after nine years in this position to undertake a new professional experience. Melotti joined Safilo in 2012 from KPMG Advisory and has taken on increasing responsibilities in ...
-
News briefs
JINS recruits Apple former creative director
Japanese-based retail group JINS has announced the recuitment of Paul Nixon to the newly created position of global chief creative director. The American executive was on a career break since November last year after having worked for over 17 years at Apple, most notably as creative director for apple.com, leading ...
-
News briefs
Top management reshuffle at Safilo’s North America and sports division
The Safilo Group has announced two top management appointments at its North American and sports division, two strategic areas for the group as they represent the company’s largest regional market and its fastest growing segment. Francesco Rinaldi Ceroni was promoted to the position of president of Safilo’s global sports’ division, ...
-
News briefs
De Rigo appoints new DACH manager
De Rigo Vision has appointed Andrea Marzaro as its new general manager for the DACH region. Marzaro is a seasoned eyewear excutive with a deep knowledge of the region. The Italian executive spent the last twenty years working for the Safilo Group, the last eight as DACH country manager.
-
News briefsExecutive reshuffling at B+L
Bausch + Lomb has promoted the senior vice presidents of all its business units. Luc Bonnefoy (Surgical), John Ferris (Consumer) and Yang Yang (Vision Care) are now members of the executive management team, reporting to chairman and CEO Brent Saunders. In addition, Joseph Gordon, president of Global Consumer, Surgical and ...
-
News briefs
DEG appoints new sales director for North America
The Design Eyewear Group (DEG) has appointed Jason Dopheide as its new vice president of sales at its North American subsidiary. Dopheide is an experienced eyewear executive who previously held sales manager positions in the region for Mondottica USA and Marcolin. Since 2016, he was director of sales of Morel ...
-
News briefs
Eyewa appoints chief retail officer
Omnichannel eyewear brand eyewa has appointed François-Xavier Jombart to the position of chief retail officer, following nine months of collaboration with the French executive as an external advisor. A seasoned eyewear manager, Jombart boasts over twenty years of experience in top management position in the French and European retail sector, ...
-
News briefs
Ditto founder leaves Luna
Kate Doerksen, head of revenue at Luna, has announced that she was leaving the company as she realized she was happier in a CEO role. Doerksen was a co-founder and the CEO of Ditto, one of the leading suppliers of eyewear virtual try-on software, between 2011 and 2022. The company ...
-
News briefsSilmo meets Singapore, IOA gets new president
The International Opticians Association (IOA) held its Silmo Academy on April 12-14 in Singapore. There it transferred its presidency from Fiona Anderson to Donald Crichton, a dispensing optician who began his career in Scotland before moving to New Zealand. He is now a supervisor to final-year students at the University ...
-
News briefs
Mister Spex appoints new chief marketing officer
Omnichannel retailer Mister Spex has announced the appointment of Davide Croci as its new chief marketing officer, effective April 1. Croci comes from Flixbus, an international travel company where he last served as vice president of marketing, sales and commercial development. He will report directly to Mirko Caspar, co-CEO of ...
-
News briefs
Bernhard Nuesser joins Acuitis’ group as general manager
Héron Optique & Audition, the retail group operating Acuitis and other retail banners in the optical and hearing aids’ sectors, has announced the appointment of Bernhard Nuesser as its managing director. The Swiss executive has held a number of senior management positions at Essilor since 2013, including president Europe, global ...
-
ArticleChange of leadership at opti
Gesellschaft für Handwerkmessen (GmbH), the organizer of opti, has announced the appointment of Cathleen Kabashi as the new director for its Munich-based optical trade show. Kabashi joined GHM in 2007 and worked as trade fair advisor and later director of iba, which the group describes as the world’s leading trade ...
-
News briefs
Marcolin promotes new product director from within
Marcolin has announced the appointment of Lara Marogna to the position of group style and product development director. A native from the Belluno region, Marogna entered the company as eyewear designer in 2011 after an initial eyewear experience at Marchon and has held the position of creative director since 2016. ...
-
News briefs
Bausch + Lomb appoints former CEO as new CEO
Bausch + Lomb has announced the appointment of Brent Saunders to the position of CEO, succeeding Joseph Papa, effective March 3. Saunders, who will also serve as chair of the board of directors, is already familiar with Bausch + Lomb as he was its CEO between 2010 and 2013, prior ...
-
ArticleNew top management structure to steer MAGRABi's expansion plans
MAGRABi Retail Group, a leading eyewear retailer in the Middle East, has reshuffled its top management structure with several key appointments at the start of 2023, after the company strongly accelerated its investments in both network expansion and vertical integration in the course of last year. Effective Jan. 1, Amin ...
-
News briefs
New general manager for MYKITA North America
MYKITA has announced the appointment of Michael Cole as general manager of its North American subsidiary. Cole comes from Luxury Optical Holdings, a luxury eyewear retail group operating about 50 stores under several banners in the U.S. where he served as vice president of merchandise planning and allocation for the ...
-
News briefs
GrandVision’s Apollo CEO steps down
Dr.Jörg Ehmer, managing director of GrandVision Germany & Austria and CEO of Apollo, one of the group’s largest retail chain, has decided to resign from his functions, the company announced in a press release. Ehmer, who joined GrandVision in 2014, said that it was the right moment for him to ...
-
News briefs
Topcon appoints new CEO
Effective April 1, Takashi Eto will be appointed as the president and CEO of Topcon in replacement of Satoshi Hirano who has been at the helm of the Japanese group since 2013. Eto entered the company in 1990 and rose through the ranks to hold senior management roles at the ...
-
News briefs
VSP Vision recruits new president for VSP Ventures
VSP Vision has announced the appointment of Kathleen Steele as president of VSP Ventures, its business division focusing on growing the group’s network by acquiring independent optometry practices. Steele worked for close to ten years at Luxottica’s U.S. subsidiary, the last five as the group’s vice president of operations. In ...
