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Alcon has a new general manager for the U.K. and...
Alcon has a new general manager for the U.K. and Ireland, Shervin Korangy. He took the place last month of Roger Lopez, who has been appointed area vice president for Alcon Asia. Korangy has worked since 2010 for Alcon's parent company, Novartis, most recently in charge of Alcon's surgical business ...
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Transitions Optical has appointed Sherianne James as director of global...
Transitions Optical has appointed Sherianne James as director of global marketing and Patience Cook as associate director for North America marketing, effective immediately. James has been in charge of marketing for the brand in North America lately, but she started at the company in 2011 as global director of consumer ...
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Rem Eyewear has expanded its executive team by appointing Drew...
Rem Eyewear has expanded its executive team by appointing Drew Donley to the new role of senior director of sales for the U.S. market. He comes with more than 20 years of experience, having served as North American sales director for Viva International, vice president of sales at Marcolin USA ...
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Ogi Eyewear has promoted John Nides to vice president of...
Ogi Eyewear has promoted John Nides to vice president of Scojo New York North American sales. In his new role, Nides will be responsible for the launch of new collections of reading glasses as well as recruiting and developing new channels of distribution. Ogi Eyewear, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, acquired ...
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Safilo has announced the departure of Ross Brownlee, corporate head...
Safilo has announced the departure of Ross Brownlee, corporate head of Safilo North America and president of its Solstice retail stores, effective June 30. He will not be replaced. Glenn Rusk, commercial head for North America, will continue in his role, as a member of Safilo's global leadership team. Brownlee ...
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Adlens has appointed a new non-executive director with a long...
Adlens has appointed a new non-executive director with a long and distinguished civil service career to its board, Dame Sue Street. She also acts currently as non-executive director in the U.K. Ministry of Justice, and she holds other roles included those of trustee of the Royal Opera House and governor ...
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CooperVision has promoted Greg Sampson from sales manager to general...
CooperVision has promoted Greg Sampson from sales manager to general manager of its operations in Australia and New Zealand. He takes the place of Wayne Reuben, who has a new role as vice president of sales operations and “sales excellence” for the Asia-Pacific region. He will continue to be based ...
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Lindsay Brown has been appointed by Hoya Vision Caro to...
Lindsay Brown has been appointed by Hoya Vision Caro to the new position of general manager for European key accounts, reporting to Hans Werquin, chief executive of the European operation. Graduated in South Africa, he brings more than 20 years of experience in the optical industry to Hoya, which has ...
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The Highmark group in the U.S. has appointed David L....
The Highmark group in the U.S. has appointed David L. Holmberg as president and chief executive of its Highmark Health arm, which provides vision care and other types of health insurance to end customers. He previously ran the Diversified Business unit of the group including HVHC, which oversees 620 Visionworks ...
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Essilor is redesigning its management structure in Italy. Massimo Barberis,...
Essilor is redesigning its management structure in Italy. Massimo Barberis, currently sales and marketing director for Essilor Italia, will be in charge of the new Nikon Lenswear business unit as from 2015. Additionally, the current “sales and marketing” division has been split into two separate entities, with two new directors. ...
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Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has appointed David Hall as...
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has appointed David Hall as general manager responsible for the U.K. and Ireland. He was commercial director for Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Ireland after joining Johnson & Johnson 10 years ago. He holds an MBA from the University of California at Berkley.
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OptoVision named Axel Kellersmann as chief executive officer for Germany...
OptoVision named Axel Kellersmann as chief executive officer for Germany on April 1. Kellersmann has previously worked for Rodenstock, where he started to work in 2007 and took over the role as managing director of Rodenstock's business in Chile and Uruguay in 2010. Before joining Rodenstock, Kellersmann worked for Audi ...
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CooperVision has appointed Bob Ferrigno as president for North America,...
CooperVision has appointed Bob Ferrigno as president for North America, effective February 2014. The role was formerly held by Andrew Sedgwick, who was named executive vice president of commercial strategy and business development last year. Prior to joining CooperVision, Ferrigno was with Becton Dickinson (BD), a Fortune 500 global medical technology ...
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Maui Jim has appointed Jay Black as vice president of...
Maui Jim has appointed Jay Black as vice president of global marketing. In his 17-year career, Black has helped raise the visibility of global brands for companies such as Beam and Anheuser-Busch. He developed effective promotional programs for brands including 180 Energy Drink, O'Doul's, Tilt, and Bud Extra. Black is ...
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Micha S. Siebenhandl, currently vice president and general manager of...
Micha S. Siebenhandl, currently vice president and general manager of Rodenstock, will leave the company at the end of March in order to become the new chief executive officer and chairman of the executive board at Huber Holding, the Austrian company that owns of the underwear brands Skiny, Hanro and ...
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Ocuco says that Simon Hirst from Rayner & Keeler has...
Ocuco says that Simon Hirst from Rayner & Keeler has joined its Professional Services team. Hirst has been with Rayner for more than 18 years, occupying various functions including those of product manager and head of its low-vision department. His last main role at Rayner's head office was in systems ...
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Spy Optic has appointed Nicolas Saumur as European brand manager,...
Spy Optic has appointed Nicolas Saumur as European brand manager, based in Lyon, France. Reporting to Tom Helleberg, vice president of international sales for the U.S. company, he will provide sales and marketing support to the company's European network of distributors, covering both the optical sports retail circuits. I may ...
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Essilor Germany has assigned Stefan Rüdiger to the position as...
Essilor Germany has assigned Stefan Rüdiger to the position as chief executive, after Mathias Schmidt left the company at his own request at the beginning of October. Bernhard Nüsser, senior vice president for Central and Northern Europe, who will assume the post as chief executive of the German subsidiary on ...
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Safilo Group has appointed Henri Blomqvist to the newly established...
Safilo Group has appointed Henri Blomqvist to the newly established role of global commercial director. He will report to the group chief executive, Luisa Delgado, and will oversee all commercial wholesale operations worldwide. Blomqvist spent the last 10 years at Procter & Gamble, where he held a variety of roles ...
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Safilo USA has announced the retirement of Dick Russo, executive...
Safilo USA has announced the retirement of Dick Russo, executive vice president in charge of the commercial activities for North America, after 42 years of service. Glenn Rusk, who previously led Safilo's Canadian business, has been named the new commercial senior vice president of Safilo North America and has become ...
