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Top management reshuffle at CooperCompanies
CooperCompanies announced earlier this week that Jerry Warner, executive vice president of Americas and global sales, would be promoted to the position of president of CooperVision, effective Feb. 1, 2022. Warner, who spent 11 years at Bausch + Lomb in product marketing and management before joining CooperVision in 2012, will ...
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The DESIGN EYEWEAR GROUP and Pascal Jaulent part ways
Pascal Jaulent, chief creative officer for the DESIGN EYEWEAR GROUP since 2015, has left the Danish company last summer. The French eyewear designer was one of the key players in the creation of the DESIGN EYEWEAR GROUP in 2014 following the alliance of his French company EXPRESSIONS, that owned the ...
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Optiswiss appoints new global marketing manager
Optiswiss appointed last month Johannes Schubart as its new head of global marketing, product, management and tools. A seasoned eyewear industry professional with other twenty years of experience in the sector, Schubart worked for the last nine years at Rodenstock’s lens division, most recently as director of produt management and ...
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Change at the helm of Carl Zeiss Meditec
ZEISS announced last week that Dr. Ludwin Monz, president and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec, has decided to step down from the executive board of the group’s ophthalmic devices and microsurgery subsidiary. Monz, whose term will end at the end of this year, has been at the helm of Carl ...
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VSP Optics has a new president
VSP Global has appointed a successor to Don Oakley, president of VSP Optics since 2006. Oakley has become a “strategic advisor” for the company’s supply chain, reporting to VSP Global’s chief operating officer, Earnie Franklin. The new president of VSP Optics is Indar Chaudhuri, who will also be reporting to ...
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Revo establishes three vice presidencies in sales
Revo has filled three new vice presidencies. Jerry Bedingfield is now vice president of sales for the sport and specialty segments in North America, while Christoph Nitz and Kurt Plunger both now hold that same title for Europe. Bedingfield has been working in optical, action sports, and winter/specialty for the ...
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Mondottica USA hires chief commercial officer
Mondottica USA has hired Dan Blessing to be its chief commercial officer for the Americas, with oversight of sales, business development, marketing and product. He will in particular be building up the national sales team and devising sales programs. Blessing has spent the past ten years or so as sales ...
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New international sales manager at MPG
The Austrian-based eyewear group MPG appointed Amel Haring as its new head of international sales at the beginning of September. Haring, who has been working with the group for twelve years as export area manager and head of sales and operations at MPG France, will be in charge of the ...
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DAC Technologies has a new president and CEO
Will Daniels has become president and CEO of DAC Technologies, the American producer of lens-processing equipment. His predecessor, Joe Ciochetto, has moved on to Essilor of America. DAC hired Daniels in August away from Satisloh, where he had spent 20 years, most recently as head of global aftermarket operations. The ...
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Revo builds up its golf business in Europe
Revo Sunglasses has announced the expansion of its Revo Golf division to the U.K. and the European mainland under the leadership of Grahame Jenkins, a 35-year veteran of the golf industry who owns Tee to Green, a monthly golf magazine distributed in all the 400 golf clubs in Ireland. He ...
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Randolph USA appoints new VP of Product
Randolph Engineering , the U.S. sunglasses manufacturer renowned for its Aviator frames, has appointed Sunni Fleming to the position of vice president of product. Fleming comes from the footwear and sporting goods sector and has worked for more than 20 years at New Balance , most recently focusing ...
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EssilorLuxottica names new president of wholesale for North America
EssilorLuxottica has appointed Fabrizio Uguzzoni as president of wholesale for the group in North America. Uguzzoni has been working at Luxottica since 2019 after previous experiences at major companies like Whirlpool or Bayer . He started in the eyewear sector as Luxottica’s purchasing director in Italy before ...
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Optic 2000 appoints new secretary general
The French retail chain Optic 2000 has appointed Benoit Jaubert as its new secretary general starting next September following the departure of Yves Guénin , Acuité reports. Jaubert is new to the optical sector but has been the secretary general of Darty , a French leading retailer ...
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J & J Vision creates myopia education leadership role
Johnson Johnson Vision is appointing Dr. Chandra Mickles to the newly created position of North America Professional Education Lead, Myopia. Coming from the academic sector, Mickles will be in charge of the company’s education programs around myopia for eye care professionals. The appointment follows recent announcements ...
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New DACH sales manager for Maui Jim
Maui Jim has appointed Anne Stahlecker as its sales director for the DACH region, a position that also includes the management of sales in Hungary, Poland and the Netherlands as well as the opening of new neighboring countries. A certified optician, Stahlecker has previously worked as DACH key ...
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Alcon announces executive committee changes
Alcon announced a series of changes in its executive committee as Michael Onuscheck will be stepping down from his position of president of global business and innovation after six years at the company. Ian Bell , currently president of international will take over from Onuscheck. Raj Narayanan , ...
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Management changes at Julbo
Julbo Eyewear has appointed Rick Randall as vice president of sales in the U.S. A former sales manager for Rocky Mountain Bicycles , Randall had joined Julbo early last year as national sales manager. He will be in charge of sales strategies and retail growth, both in the ...
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New director of Aftermarkets at Satisloh
Luca Cavadini has been appointed director of Satisloh ’s aftermarket business, the company’s division handling consumables, spare parts, accessories and after-sales services for machines. Cavadini takes over from Werner Kalb , who is retiring after more than 20 years in the company. The Italian manager joined Satisloh in 2004 ...
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CVI reinforces myopia management team
CooperVision (CVI) announced three appointments in senior manager positions last week, two of them in its fast growing myopia management division. Jennifer Lambert is taking the position of senior global brand director of myopia management. A seasoned marketing manager with experience at international companies, including Bausch + Lomb ...
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CECOP USA names a chief development officer
CECOP USA has appointed Brent Alvord as its chief development officer, a position in which he will oversee marketing, sales, strategic alliances and new service offerings. He will also be in charge of the growth strategy of the Spanish-based buying group in the U.S. through the acquisition of ...
