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Stephan Hinkerode has been appointed as the new general manager...
Stephan Hinkerode has been appointed as the new general manager for Marcolin Germany, effective from January and replacing Juergen Maderer in this position. Hinkerode was previously working for Safilo as key account manager. At Marcolin, he will be responsible as general manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Birmingham Optical has announced the retirement of Chris Tyler from...
Birmingham Optical has announced the retirement of Chris Tyler from his full-time role as chief executive of the company after 25 years of service. However, he will continue to advise the business as a consultant on a part-time basis. As part of the management succession strategy, Amanda Danson, who has ...
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Adlens has announced a series of changes within its management...
Adlens has announced a series of changes within its management team to adjust to the launch of AdlensFocuss, the first prescription eyewear to feature Adlens' proprietary Variable Power Optics (VPO) technology. David Eichelberger has been appointed senior vice president of VPO. He succeeds Megan Molony, who has left the company. ...
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Native Eyewear, the specialist in polarized eyewear for the adventurer,...
Native Eyewear, the specialist in polarized eyewear for the adventurer, has appointed John Sanchez as general manager and vice president of product development. Sanchez will also maintain his role of vice president of product development at Costa Sunglasses, Native Eyewear's parent company. Sanchez joined Costa Sunglasses in 2014. Prior to ...
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Dragon has hired Kelly Bickford as its new global senior...
Dragon has hired Kelly Bickford as its new global senior vice president of sales and business. Bickford brings more than 18 years of experience in the action sports industry. Most recently, he served as Oakley's optical channel director in the U.S. for the past six years. In his new role ...
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Melon Optics has hired Neil Slinger to handle brand management...
Melon Optics has hired Neil Slinger to handle brand management and sales worldwide. Slinger was most recently European brand manager at Colour Wear (CLWR). Prior to that, he worked at Blue Tomato as head buyer.
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VSP has announced a wave of executive changes, which follow...
VSP has announced a wave of executive changes, which follow the nomination of Jim McGrann as president and chief executive of VSP Global in October 2015. Among these, Steve Wright has been promoted to president of omni-channel solutions, a newly-created line of business. Wright was previously senior vice president of ...
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has appointed Howard B. Schiller as interim...
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has appointed Howard B. Schiller as interim chief executive officer of Valeant with immediate effect to temporarily replace J. Michael Pearson, Valeant's chairman and chief executive, who is still being treated in the hospital for severe pneumonia. The timing of Pearson's expected return is still uncertain, the ...
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Jean-Félix Biosse Duplan has announced his retirement from the Essilor...
Jean-Félix Biosse Duplan has announced his retirement from the Essilor group, where he held numerous leadership functions. He will continue to be involved in the sector by working for industry associations such as Eurom1, ECV, Gifo and Asnav.
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Hoya Vision Care is entering the Russian market directly with...
Hoya Vision Care is entering the Russian market directly with a new subsidiary, Hoya Lens RUS, taking over the business from a longtime distributor. The new entity is led by Evgeny Shumilov, who apparently comes from the dental and health care sectors. The company's products have been sold in the ...
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De Rigo has formed a new subsidiary in Dubai, taking...
De Rigo has formed a new subsidiary in Dubai, taking over the wholesale distribution in the Gulf states from two wholesaler-retailers, Hassan Group and Yateem Optical Group, who also have about 150 stores in the area. They will have minority stakes in the De Rigo Middle East, which will ...
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Eschenbach Optik has promoted Matthias Anke as a member of...
Eschenbach Optik has promoted Matthias Anke as a member of its executive board. The 49-year-old manager started at the German company as export manager in 1996, after spending five years with an engineering company in Bangkok. He took responsibility for its optical segment in 2008. As previously reported, Jörg Zobel ...
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Vista Outdoor has recruited Kelly T. Grindle, a senior executive...
Vista Outdoor has recruited Kelly T. Grindle, a senior executive of Johnson Outdoors, to act as president of its outdoor products segment, comprising Camelbak and Jimmy Sykes as well as Bushnell and its various eyewear brands, including Bollé. He will take up his new functions on Jan. 4, reporting directly ...
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Holly Rush will leave Luxottica at the end of 2015,...
Holly Rush will leave Luxottica at the end of 2015, after five years leading the company's North American wholesale organization. Fabrizio Uguzzoni, who is currently senior vice president of operations and finance, will take over the role on Jan. 1, 2016. Uguzzoni has been a senior leader at Luxottica for ...
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Rochester Optical is teaming up with Hong Kong Optical Lens...
Rochester Optical is teaming up with Hong Kong Optical Lens Company for the distribution in Asia of its Smart Solutions line, which consists of proprietary optical frames and lenses designed by the American firm for smart glasses. The partnership was announced at the Hong Kong Optical Fair last month. The ...
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Creating a new position, Prodesign has hired a new head...
Creating a new position, Prodesign has hired a new head of sales for Asia-Pacific, Sebastien Bodennec. His job will be to support existing distributors and retail partners in the region, which currently represents less than 10 percent of the Danish-based group's sales, and to look for new opportunities there. He ...
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Anton Scherer is the new general manager of Menicon's German...
Anton Scherer is the new general manager of Menicon's German subsidiary, which covers also Austria and the Scandinavian countries. He has worked since 1987 in the contact lens business, serving in various positions at Ciba Vision, Sauflon and Coopervision. He was most recently in charge of key accounts and professional ...
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Jan Thore Förenbach has taken on the management of the...
Jan Thore Förenbach has taken on the management of the Vision Care business unit of Alcon Pharma in Germany. He was formerly national sales manager for the segment, a position that has been assigned to Johannes Zupfer, who has worked in the sales department since 2005.
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Randolph Engineering has promoted Nathan Kerzner to the role of...
Randolph Engineering has promoted Nathan Kerzner to the role of vice president of global sales. He previously acted as general manager of North American lifestyle sales.
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Lafont is taking over the distribution of its products in...
Lafont is taking over the distribution of its products in the Benelux countries as of next Jan. 1, in connection with the retirement of Alder Weireldt after 30 years as the distributor of the French designer eyewear brand in the region. The business will be run by David van Rode, ...
