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Gareth Evans, 45, has become the new country manager for...
Gareth Evans, 45, has become the new country manager for Maui Jim in the U.K. and Ireland, taking the place of Mark Polloway who left in April. Evans, who will also take care of Zeal Optics, worked previously for Reebok, Fila and Lacoste Footwear.
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Jay Higdon, who has worked at Kenmark Group for 21...
Jay Higdon, who has worked at Kenmark Group for 21 years, has taken full responsibility for its international sales team, handling all the accounts. He remains as director of international sales, reporting to John Justice. The latter, who has been in charge of international sales for a long time, has ...
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Daniel G. McBride has been promoted to the position of...
Daniel G. McBride has been promoted to the position of executive vice president, chief operating officer and general counsel at The Cooper Companies, parent of CooperVision. McBride acted most recently as the company's vice president, general counsel and “chief risk officer.” Since he joined Cooper in February 2005, he has ...
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Laura Angelini has been appointed president of North America for...
Laura Angelini has been appointed president of North America for Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. Among other sales and marketing functions across the company's medical device and diagnostics segment, she was responsible for the introduction of 1-Day Acuvue contact lenses in the Italian market.
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Smith Optics has filled two marketing positions by hiring Aaron...
Smith Optics has filled two marketing positions by hiring Aaron Checkwood as surf promotions manager and John Hechkopf as multimedia manager. Checkwood will oversee the surf and lifestyle programs of the American eyewear brand, serving as the company's key figure for all marketing efforts related to the surf and lifestyle ...
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Bernhard Nuesser has been quietly appointed senior vice president of...
Bernhard Nuesser has been quietly appointed senior vice president of Essilor International for Central and Northern Europe, based in Switzerland. He is taking over some of the responsibilities previously handled by Norbert Gorny and others. A former president and chief executive of Carl Zeiss Vision, Gorny was appointed present and ...
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BBGR has announced the appointment of Christophe Chebac as its...
BBGR has announced the appointment of Christophe Chebac as its new president effective Sept. 1, 2013. He succeeds Frédéric Mathieu, who has gone to fill the position of director of human resources at Essilor International. Chebac, 47, has worked for the French group since 1992, where he has served as ...
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Toshihiko Fukunaga became chief executive officer at Menicon Germany on...
Toshihiko Fukunaga became chief executive officer at Menicon Germany on July 16 this year. Fukunaga comes from the Japanese headquarters in Nagoya. As senior general manager for overseas sales and general counsel and chief legal officer, he is also assuming the post of chief executive officer at Menicon's national sales ...
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Kenmark has announced the retirement of Don Howard as president...
Kenmark has announced the retirement of Don Howard as president and chief executive of the company and the promotion of Mike Cundiff, currently chief operating officer, as his replacement. Howard, who is also a former board member at the Vision Council of America, leaves the Kentucky-based optical firm after almost ...
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Adlens has promoted Rob Stevens to chief technology officer, a...
Adlens has promoted Rob Stevens to chief technology officer, a newly created position in the company. Based in Oxford, U.K., Adlens specializes in the development and commercialization of variable-focus eyewear. Stevens joined the company in 2008 as technical director. Before, he served as technical director at PS Research, a company ...
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Creating a new position, Marchon has appointed a new executive,...
Creating a new position, Marchon has appointed a new executive, Manlio Ciralli, to the position of vice president of international brands, responsible for all the European licenses of the company. Pierre Bessez, former executive vice president of European designer brands, will take on the new role of senior vice president ...
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CooperVision has appointed Juan Carlos Aragon to the newly created...
CooperVision has appointed Juan Carlos Aragon to the newly created position of senior vice president in charge of global professional and clinical affairs, covering both developed and emerging markets. He has been in the sector for nearly three decades. Aragon joined CVI in 2000 after working for Bausch & Lomb ...
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Coburn Technologies has promoted Jason Smith to director of marketing...
Coburn Technologies has promoted Jason Smith to director of marketing communications. He replaces Curt Brey, who has left the Connecticut-based company to pursue opportunities outside of the industry. In his new role, Smith will be in charge of the development of all the marketing strategies for the company and will ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision has promoted Steve Mitrakos to senior vice...
Carl Zeiss Vision has promoted Steve Mitrakos to senior vice president of U.S. sales, a newly created position. In his role, he will continue to have overall responsibility for the retail channel and will now have responsibility for the independent channel as well. A graduate of Fordham University and The ...
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Allergan has appointed a president, Douglas S. Ingram, filling a...
Allergan has appointed a president, Douglas S. Ingram, filling a new role where he will report directly to the company's chairman and chief executive, David E.I. Pyott. He will be particularly in charge of Allergan's commercial operations on a global basis. Ingram has more than 25 years experience and he ...
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Kenmark Group has hired William Hambleton as director of global...
Kenmark Group has hired William Hambleton as director of global marketing and communications. He will report to David Duralde, Kenmark's chief creative officer. Hambleton will lead efforts to strengthen the Kenmark brand and its growing portfolio of eyewear collections, while developing new strategies and campaigns to expand Kenmark's presence across ...
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CooperVision, a division of The Cooper Companies, has named Andrew...
CooperVision, a division of The Cooper Companies, has named Andrew Sedgwick as executive vice president of commercial strategy and business development, a new role in the company. Sedgwick will be responsible for CVI's long-term strategic planning, business development, product life-cycle management and professional services. Prior to that, he held a ...
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Essilor International has announced that Lena Henry has joined the...
Essilor International has announced that Lena Henry has joined the company as chief strategy officer, effective last May. A member of the executive committee, she reports to Hubert Sagnières, the company's chairman and chief executive. Henry will focus in particular on the the identification of new opportunities for development, as ...
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Hoya Vision Care Europe has appointed Olga Prenat as the...
Hoya Vision Care Europe has appointed Olga Prenat as the new dean of its Faculty Education & Experience Center in Budapest, taking the place of Hans Warntjes who is retiring after working for the Japanese company for 24 years, the last five for the Budapest center. Prenat is the director ...
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Patrice Pineau has been promoted to managing director of Hoya...
Patrice Pineau has been promoted to managing director of Hoya France. He joined the French subsidiary in 2004 as commercial director. For the past three years, he acted as deputy general manager, working under Hans Werquin, president of Hoya Vision Care Europe. Pineau's stated goal is to attain a 15 ...
