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Hilco Vision promotes three top executives
Hilco Vision has announced three new appointments to its executive team. Kelly Piotti has been appointed Senior Vice President of Optical & Retail and Brent Jones Senior Vice President of Eyecare in North America. Both were promoted from within. This is also the case for John Lakey, current Chief Commercial ...
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Thélios appoints DACH country manager
Thélios, the eyewear division of LVMH, has appointed Klaus Dietrich as Country Manager for the DACH region. Dietrich joins the company from Climate Partner, a Munich-based carbon-footprint consultancy where he had been working since 2022. Prior to that, he spent over a decade in sales senior management roles in the ...
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CooperVision appoints new president for Americas
CooperVision has announced the appointment of Steven Robbins, a three-decade healthcare veteran, as its President for the Americas region. Robbins joins the contact lens company from The New England Consulting Group, where he served as Managing Partner and was also involved in a consulting position in several CooperVision projects, including ...
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iVision Tech taps former Thélios plant director as COO
iVision Tech, the Italian-based OEM eyewear group, has announced the appointment of Gianluca Davanzo as its new Chief of Operations. Davanzo joins the company from the EURMODA Group, a supplier of metal parts and accessories for the fashion industry where he spent only a few months. Prior to that, the ...
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Hoya Lens Iberia announces two management changes
Hoya Lens Iberia has announced the promotion of Fran Plaza as its Sales and Key Accounts Director, in addition to the manager’s current role of Country Manager for Seiko Optical Iberia. The company has also appointed Federico Ruiz Gómez, a former sales executive at contact lens makers Menicon and CooperVision, ...
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High-profile ophthalmologist to chair Ocumetra board
Ocumetra, a supplier of myopia management software and services to eye care professionals (ECPs), has announced the appointment of Arthur Cummings as its board chairman. A cataract and refractive surgeon with over three decades of expertise in clinical practice and research, Cummings has received multiple international awards for his work ...
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News briefsTopcon has a new VP in R&D
Topcon Healthcare, the division of Japanese optical manufacturer Topcon Corporation, has hired Dr. Tilman Otto to serve as Vice President of Technology Innovation and Incubation. He is charged with identifying, developing, and scaling new tech, overseeing the R&D pipeline for new imaging and diagnostic systems. Otto was most recently Head ...
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ArticleNational Vision reports improved performance in Q4, reshuffles top management
Sales were up by 3.8 percent in Q4 and in the full year. Adjusted profit ratios are expected to be in line with last revised outlook.
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Evex Group has a new CEO
Evex Group, a supplier of software for optician and hearing aids specialists, has appointed Dr. Tom Kirschbaum, an experienced manager in the B2B software industry, as his new CEO. Kirschbaum is replacing Dr. Toni Schmidt who will assume portfolio responsibilities at FLEX Capital, the Berlin-based private equity fund owning EVEX. ...
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Rodenstock Group manager for Iberia promoted from within
Rodenstock Group has promoted Luis Elzaurdia to the position of General Manager for Spain and Portugal, overseeing the business of all its brands – Rodenstock, Indo and Optovision – in the region. A former Essilor executive, Elzaurdia joined Indo in 2021 as international sales manager, one year before the Spanish ...
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News briefsMarcolin appoints industry outsider to steer North American business
Marcolin has anounced the appointment of Marco D’Acunzo as its new CEO for North America, effective Jan. 8, 2025. The group’s North American branch’s previous CEO, Emanuele Cappellano, left the company more than a year ago and an interim CEO served in the meantime, the company said. A senior executive ...
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ArticleSwitching to a direct distribution model, Revo announces several appointments in Europe
As part of its switch to a direct distribution strategy worldwide, Revo has announced several appointments of seasoned managers in key European markets. Filippo Valentini, Managing Director of Dido Agency, already representing Imago Eyewear in Italy will represent the sunglasses and goggles brand in this market. Eric Gonguet, who ...
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Fielmann appoints new CEO for its US business
The Fielmann Group has announced that it has promoted Russ Steinhorst to the position of CEO at Fielmann USA, its subsidiary in the US. Steinhorst has served as CEO of Shopko Optical, the Wisconsin-based retail chained recently acquired by the German group, between 2017 and 2024. Under his leadership, Shopko ...
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Change at the helm of HOYA Vision Care
HOYA Corporation has announced the appointment of John Goltermann Lassen as the new CEO of HOYA Vision Care, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Lassen joined HOYA in 2014 as CEO of HOYA Surgical Optics, the group’s intraocular lens divsion, after over two decades in the healthcare industry with senior management roles ...
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Topcon Healthcare picks former Microsoft strategist to run its Healthcare for the Eye program
Topcon Healthcare, the US subsidiary of Japanese-based Topcon Corporation, has announced the appointment of Jacques Gilbert as Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer. In this position, Gilbert will lead the development and execution of the company’s strategy, focusing on its Healthcare from the Eye initiative. Making use of retinal imaging, ...
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Inspecs founder to step down from chairman role
Inspecs Group has announced that Robin Totterman, founder of the company, will step down as Executive Chairman of the company’s board after its annual general meeting in 2025. The board will start to search for a new non-executive and independent director to assume the role of chairman after Totterman steps ...
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News briefsThélios announces leadership changes at US branch and Barton Perreira
Thélios, the eyewear unit of LVMH Group, has announced the appointment of Luca Guillot Boschetti as Head of Thélios Americas, in replacement of Enrico Sanavia who held that posistion since 2017 and is leaving the company. A seasoned manager with extensive experience in the luxury sector, including 20 years at ...
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Johnson & Johnson Vision Care appoints new president of Americas
Johnson & Johnson has announced the appointment of Shawn Millerick as president of its vision care unit, including the Acuvue contact lens range, for the Americas region. Millerick joins the group from Abbott, where he was managing the pediatric nutrition division. Earlier in his career, he worked at Alcon from ...
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Flö Optics recruits additive manufacturing “trailblazer” ahead of technology launch
Flö Optics, the Israeli-based company specializing in the 3D printing of ophthalmic lens coatings, has announced the appointment of Guy Menchik as Vice President Incubation Lab. Menchik boasts over three decades of professional experience in the additive manufacturing sector, most recently as Chief Technology Officer at Stratasys. Describing him as ...
