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Essilor France has appointed Laurent Cohu to the position of...
Essilor France has appointed Laurent Cohu to the position of sales director for lenses. The 39-year-old executive had joined the company in 2016 as key account manager, after six years at Coca-Cola and previous jobs in finance and consulting. In his new position, he takes over from Sébastien Picot who ...
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Yage Moshe is the new chief executive and president of...
Yage Moshe is the new chief executive and president of Shamir Optical Industry, the high-tech lens company based in Israel, with effect from next July 1. Moshe will take the place of Amos Netzer, who is retiring after running the company since 2009, nearly doubling its revenues since 2001, after ...
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Brian Andrews has been promoted as the new chief financial...
Brian Andrews has been promoted as the new chief financial officer of Cooper Companies, the parent company of CooperVision, succeeding Albert White who is taking on the role of president and chief executive of the group. Andrews has been with Cooper since 2006, serving most recently as vice president of ...
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Silhouette International has announced the appointment of Onofrio “Mike” Giannattasio...
Silhouette International has announced the appointment of Onofrio “Mike” Giannattasio as president of its U.S. subsidiary. Described as a specialist in brand strategy, organizational development, sales growth and marketing transformation, Giannattasio has spent 30 years in the sector of luxury watches and related accessories, working for Mont Blanc North America, ...
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Eyewear Designs has announced the appointment of Steve Horowitz as...
Eyewear Designs has announced the appointment of Steve Horowitz as its new president, effective April 1. He will report directly to the company's co-chief executives, Andrea Gluck and Dean Warner. Eyewear Designs is a privately-held company wholly owned by Gluck and Warner. As president, Horowitz will oversee the activity of ...
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Robert Marc is leaving his role as chief creative officer...
Robert Marc is leaving his role as chief creative officer of Robert Marc Eyewear, with immediate effect. He said he will devote himself to travel and to pursue philanthropic and new creative projects. Marc opened his first shop 37 years ago in New York. In 1999, he launched his own ...
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Combining the marketing, product and sales department more closely, Alpina...
Combining the marketing, product and sales department more closely, Alpina Sports has placed Patrick Hebling, 42, in charge of business unit product management, sales and marketing. Reporting to Christophe Weissenberger, chief executive of the Uvex Sports Group, he will pursue the areas of multichannel development, internationalization, digitalization, process optimization and ...
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Marcolin has appointed Arne Langhof as sales manager for Germany,...
Marcolin has appointed Arne Langhof as sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The 34-year-old manager was working more recently for the company as area manager for Southern Germany.
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After twenty years of service with the Japanese eyewear manufacturer,...
After twenty years of service with the Japanese eyewear manufacturer, Louise Brunton has retired from her position of general manager of Charmant's U.K. subsidiary. The Japanese manufacturer also announced the appointment of Chris Beal in the position of vice president of sales and marketing for U.K. and Ireland, as of ...
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Prevent Blindness has named Jeff Todd as its new president...
Prevent Blindness has named Jeff Todd as its new president and chief executive. His appointment, effective April 1, will follow the retirement of Hugh R. Parry, who has served as president and chief executive of the organization since 2002. Todd has been with Prevent Blindness since 2003, when he joined ...
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Eyemart Express appointed Michael J. Bender as chief executive and...
Eyemart Express appointed Michael J. Bender as chief executive and president, effective Jan. 1. Doug Barnes, the former chief executive, now serves as the company's chairman. Bender has more than 30 years of experience and a comprehensive background in manufacturing, retail and healthcare. Most recently, he served as chief operating ...
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GrandVision officially announced the appointment of Stephan Borchert as the...
GrandVision officially announced the appointment of Stephan Borchert as the group's CEO, effective Feb. 28, earlier than previously announced. As we already reported (Eyewear Intelligence Vol. 18 n°12+13), the German manager (48) has in-depth international retail experience and moves from Sephora, the fragrance retail banner, where he was president of ...
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Alain Afflelou has announced the departure with immediate effect of...
Alain Afflelou has announced the departure with immediate effect of its chief executive, Frédéric Poux, for “personal reasons.” He will be replaced by his deputy, Didier Pascual, who, like him, has spent a long time at the French optical retailing group, which he joined 14 years ago. The company says ...
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Two members of Essilor International's board of directors have resigned...
Two members of Essilor International's board of directors have resigned ahead of the company's planned merger with Luxottica. One of them, Henriette Fore, was recently appointed executive director of Unicef, starting on Jan. 1. Another director, Yi He, was representing Valoptec, the association of Essilor employees who are shareholders of ...
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Westgroupe has announced the promotion of Michael DeBono to the...
Westgroupe has announced the promotion of Michael DeBono to the position of chief operating officer. For over 25 years, he has been in the optical industry. He joined the Canadian company in 2005 as national sales manager and took charge of North American sales five years later. He was made ...
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Hi-Vision, the maker and distributor of ophthalmic lenses headquartered in...
Hi-Vision, the maker and distributor of ophthalmic lenses headquartered in South Korea, has appointed Orlando Escalona as its new sales manager for the Europe and Africa region. Escalona has more than 27 years of experience in the sector of ophthalmic lenses in Latin America. After working for Sola Optical, he ...
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Andrea Busato has been appointed by Safilo as commercial director...
Andrea Busato has been appointed by Safilo as commercial director for Latin America, based in Miami. Previously, he was head of global sales operations at the group from July 2016 to December 2017, located in Padua. Busato started working for Safilo in April 2012 as chief financial officer for Europe, ...
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Monica Dal Cin, an Italian veteran of the eyewear industry,...
Monica Dal Cin, an Italian veteran of the eyewear industry, has been named managing director of Area98, the company that produces Coco Song and other lines, with responsibility for sales and marketing. The company has also appointed Luciana Olivotto as head of sales. Nothing else could be learnt about Area98 ...
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Etnia Barcelona has hired Cristina Trujillo as its new managing...
Etnia Barcelona has hired Cristina Trujillo as its new managing director. She succeeds David Pellicer, who founded the eyewear brand in 2001. Trujillo has 20 years of experience in the fashion industry. Prior to joining Etnia Barcelona, she worked at Desigual, where she has held a variety of roles in ...
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Charmant USA has announced the appointment of Masakiyo Honjo as...
Charmant USA has announced the appointment of Masakiyo Honjo as its new president and chief executive, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He replaces Ken Onishi, most recently president of the subsidiary, who has left the company to pursue other ventures in Japan, where the group is headquartered. Honjo has worked for ...
