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Marcel Zischler has been appointed a managing director of Knecht...
Marcel Zischler has been appointed a managing director of Knecht & Müller, the exclusive distributor of Hoya lenses in Switzerland and one of Switzerland's leading lens producers. Zischler, 54, a trained optometrist who studied at the Swiss College of Ophthalmology in Olten, is a long-time industry professional with a degree ...
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Arnaud Dupont has been appointed managing director of Nikon Optical...
Arnaud Dupont has been appointed managing director of Nikon Optical UK. The Frenchman has been working in Asia for the last 10 years, first with Essilor in South Korea as business analyst and marketing director. He then joined Nikon Lenswear in Japan in 2012 as overseas marketing manager. He started ...
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Hanna Diewald, a skilled optician and a journalist specializing in...
Hanna Diewald, a skilled optician and a journalist specializing in technical subjects, has become the new chief editor of MAFO, publisher of the eponymous magazine, Focus, Global Contact and other related magazines and news services. She replaces Isabel Spangemacher-Fürst. The latter's father, Jörg Spangemacher, continues as publisher of the company, ...
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Thomas Spitzenpfeil is set to leave Carl Zeiss' executive board,...
Thomas Spitzenpfeil is set to leave Carl Zeiss' executive board, where he is serving as the group's chief financial officer and chief information officer with many responsibilities, including the supervision of the group's sales and service companies in Austria, Eastern Europe, the Nordics, Switzerland and the U.K. He joined the ...
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Marcolin has announced the appointment of Antonio Jové to the...
Marcolin has announced the appointment of Antonio Jové to the new position of general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), after working for the Italian group for many years. He will directly report to Massimo Renon, the newly appointed chief executive of the group. A few weeks ...
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Silhouette International is searching a new president and chief executive...
Silhouette International is searching a new president and chief executive for its U.S. subsidiary following the departure of Jan Cory, who held the two functions. Cory has led Silhouette's U.S. business for more than three years. Carol Montgomery, who has worked with the U.S. management and advised the board during ...
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Hilary Halper has been promoted to the position of Essilor...
Hilary Halper has been promoted to the position of Essilor International's chief financial officer after the departure of the previous CFO, Géraldine Picaud, who has joined a Swiss construction giant, LafargeHolcim. Halper had joined Essilor a few months before the announcement of the merger with Luxottica in the position of ...
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Giovanni Zoppas, who has been running Marcolin since 2012, will...
Giovanni Zoppas, who has been running Marcolin since 2012, will be the chief executive of Thelios, the new joint venture formed between LVMH and Marcolin after the French luxury giant took a stake in the Italian company through a capital increase of €21.9 million. Massimo Renon, who became commercial director ...
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Ocuco has appointed Jim McGrann to its global board to...
Ocuco has appointed Jim McGrann to its global board to advise the Irish eye care software company on its international growth strategy, particularly in the North American market. Starting his career at Arthur Andersen in 1984, he went to work for IBM. He became a partner of Ernst & Young ...
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Alexandre Montague was appointed managing director of Essilor France last...
Alexandre Montague was appointed managing director of Essilor France last month. He has been working for the French company since 2011 in various top management positions in the Middle East and Asia. Before joining Essilor, he spent 15 years at Carl Zeiss Vision in Asia, rising to the position of ...
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Alex Versteeg has been appointed as the new chief executive...
Alex Versteeg has been appointed as the new chief executive of Essilor Germany. The 41-year-old manager has been working for more than 20 years for the Essilor group, among other positions as vice president for the Benelux countries, based in the Netherlands. Versteeg started to work for Essilor Germany at ...
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DAO, the German ophthalmic optics company, not to be confused...
DAO, the German ophthalmic optics company, not to be confused with the big Chinese optical chain by the same name, has expanded its executive board. Verena Burghardt, responsible for finances, human resources and business organization, and Johannes Hoffman, responsible for DAO's product line, production and logistics, will be supported by ...
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Clearly has appointed Arnaud Bussières as its new managing director....
Clearly has appointed Arnaud Bussières as its new managing director. Bussières has extensive experience in strategy, marketing, sales and finance. Most recently, he led the eyeglass business strategy for Essilor International's online division. In his new role as managing director of this North American e-commerce business owned by Essilor, he ...
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Novartis has announced that its chief executive, Joseph Jimenez, plans...
Novartis has announced that its chief executive, Joseph Jimenez, plans to step down from the role in January 2018, and to retire from the company on Aug. 31, 2018. Vasant (Vas) Narasimhan, the company's global head of drug development and chief medical officer, has been chosen by Novartis' board of ...
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After a three-year absence, Davide Rettore will be returning to...
After a three-year absence, Davide Rettore will be returning to the Marcolin Group as chief executive for North America. Marcolin's U.S. business has been without a CEO since January, when Fabrizio Gamberini departed. Rettore returns from Kering Eyewear, where he served as global brand director. North America is a key ...
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Moritz Maier has been appointed as head of marketing at...
Moritz Maier has been appointed as head of marketing at Alpina Sports, the German specialist in winter sports helmets and eyewear. Maier was previously at Head Sportswear, where he spent three years as international marketing manager, after six years in multimedia management and key account marketing at Mammut Sports Group. ...
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T.J. McMeniman, who served most recently as global marketing director...
T.J. McMeniman, who served most recently as global marketing director at Bauer Hockey, has been appointed vice president of marketing at Costa, the American brand of sports sunglasses recently acquired by Essilor International. He will have global responsibilities, reporting to Holly Rush, chief executive of Costa. Before joining Bauer in ...
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The supervisory board of Carl Zeiss has decided to extend...
The supervisory board of Carl Zeiss has decided to extend the mandate of Michael Kaschke as president and chief executive of the group until June 30, 2020. Kaschke, who joined the group 25 years ago, has held this position since 2011
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Olivier Chupin has been appointed managing director at BBGR, one...
Olivier Chupin has been appointed managing director at BBGR, one of the brands owned by Essilor International. Chupin first joined the French group in 1999 and spent most of his career in Asia-Pacific, first as Essilor New Zealand's general manager and then as marketing and development director at Nikon Essilor ...
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Gunter Fink has stepped back from the daily business at...
Gunter Fink has stepped back from the daily business at Flair. The owner and chief executive of the German eyewear firm passed the helm at the beginning of July to a four-person management team under the leadership of Sven Reiss. Reiss, the new managing director, has a proven track record ...
