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Melchert F. Groot and Jeffrey A. Cole have resigned from...
Melchert F. Groot and Jeffrey A. Cole have resigned from their positions as members of the board of Safilo Group, effective Monday. Luisa Deplazes de Andrade Delgado has been named as their replacement for a three-year term. Groot is the executive director of Hal Holding, and Cole is the former ...
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William Winkenwerder Jr. has been named president and chief executive...
William Winkenwerder Jr. has been named president and chief executive of Highmark, the insurance giant that is the parent company of HVHC, operator of Davis Vision, Viva Internation Group and Visionworks. He was the assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in the U.S. Department of Defense from October 2001 ...
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Phil Keefer is retiring from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care,...
Phil Keefer is retiring from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, where he has worked for 23 years. He will step down as of Sept. 1. He joined the company in 1989 as executive vice president for sales, marketing, professional affairs and strategic planning. In 1993 he stepped into the position ...
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CooperVision is supporting its expansion in Asia-Pacific with a new...
CooperVision is supporting its expansion in Asia-Pacific with a new president and a new general manager for China. Ed Northup will take the reins as president for Asia-Pacific, and Weilin Jin is the new general manager of CooperVision China. In addition, Guy Whittaker, the president of marketing for Asia-Pacific, adds ...
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Marcello Reverzani, general manager of Marcolin Brasil, will directly report...
Marcello Reverzani, general manager of Marcolin Brasil, will directly report to Fabrizio Gamberini, chief executive of Marcolin USA. The Italian company pointed out that its U.S. subsidiary registered record growth of 17.6 percent in 2011 and that it was ready to integrate the complexity and potential of Brazil into ...
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De Rigo Vision is opening a subsidiary in Sunrise, Florida,...
De Rigo Vision is opening a subsidiary in Sunrise, Florida, to strengthen its presence in the U.S. De Rigo Vision USA should be up and running by September. It will take care of sales of De Rigo eyewear and sunglasses through opticians throughout the U.S. The new subsidiary will be ...
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Oakley has a new sales manager at its Swedish subsidiary...
Oakley has a new sales manager at its Swedish subsidiary in charge of the Scandinavian countries. He is Jonas Sund, formerly in charge of sales in Scandinavia and Finland for Rip Curl, an Australian brand with which he has been connected for 12 years, first as an agent and then ...
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Jan Willem van den Brink has been the new chief...
Jan Willem van den Brink has been the new chief executive at Nigura Metzler Optics International since June 1. He has replaced Dominik Müser, who held the post for more than two years. Nigura says that Müser developed the company further and completed its reorientation successfully, optimizing the brand portfolio ...
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Brander Sports has expanded its product portfolio by becoming the...
Brander Sports has expanded its product portfolio by becoming the distributor of Uvex products in Sweden. The Gothenburg-based company currently has a number of similar brands in its portfolio including Spyder, Dainese and Ziener.
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Louise Fréchette, who acted as the first deputy secretary general...
Louise Fréchette, who acted as the first deputy secretary general of the United Nations from 1998 to 2006, has been elected to the board of directors of Essilor International. The Canadian chairs Care Canada, a major international charity, and is a member of the Global Leadership Foundation for the promotion ...
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Dieter Kurz is the new chairman of the supervisory board...
Dieter Kurz is the new chairman of the supervisory board of Carl Zeiss AG, effective immediately. He has been for many years a member of its executive board and president and chief executive of the company, which is currently run by Michael Kaschke. Kurz was already appointed in March ...
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Christian Hafner has been named international brand director at Silhouette...
Christian Hafner has been named international brand director at Silhouette International, maker of its own eyewear as well as Adidas branded eyewear. Hafner, 37, will plan and manage the Silhouette brand and supervise product management, market research and communications. He previously worked for almost 10 years with Swarovski. He will ...
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Franz Saurer has become sales manager for the new Red...
Franz Saurer has become sales manager for the new Red Bull Racing Eyewear line of sports eyewear and sunglasses, responsible for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia. The 49-year-old has worked for 15 years with Safilo Group, most recently as its country manager for Austria. He was involved with its Carrera ...
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Julia Ritchie has been named Converse brand manager at REM...
Julia Ritchie has been named Converse brand manager at REM Eyewear of Los Angeles. She has previous marketing and event coordination experience with Aspen Peak and Philadelphia Style magazines, and also worked to get laws passed in numerous cities in California to reduce plastic pollution.
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Sue Cockayne has been promoted to global professional services manager...
Sue Cockayne has been promoted to global professional services manager for Sauflon. She has been with the British contact lens company since last year, coming from Leightons Opticians, where she was managing director. Also as part of Sauflon's expansion of its professional services team, Andrew Symons has joined as professional ...
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The American Vision Council has designated Mike Daley as a...
The American Vision Council has designated Mike Daley as a full-time employee who will serve as the liason with its recently established Optical Lab Division. He takes over many of the functions previously held by Bob Dziuban, vice president of the division and former executive director of the Optical Laboratories ...
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OBE Ohnmacht & Baumgärtner, the international German-based supplier of components...
OBE Ohnmacht & Baumgärtner, the international German-based supplier of components for eyewear frames, has strengthened its sales force in the U.S. and Canada by appointing Netclaz as its sales representative in the territory. Based in the Cadore region and run by Massimo Pinazza, Netclaz has been acting as an agent ...
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Francesco Pellegrini, president of the European Sunglass Association (ESA), has...
Francesco Pellegrini, president of the European Sunglass Association (ESA), has assigned the task of supervising its activities to Cecilia Zanasi, who runs a communication agency called Zed_Comm in Italy, pending the organization's possible merger into Eurom 1. Matilde Sometti in her office handles the secretariat and Valentina Fraccascia is in ...
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Frithjob de Beijer, 44, has been appointed export manager of...
Frithjob de Beijer, 44, has been appointed export manager of Yves Cogan, based in the Netherlands. He previously had a similar job at Eurovisie, the Dutch marketer of eyewear brands such as You's Eyewear, Youpi! Kids Eyewear and Tulipe Noire.
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Michel Dailly has left Alain Afflelou, where he acted for...
Michel Dailly has left Alain Afflelou, where he acted for a few months as marketing and commercial director. He has returned to the sporting goods sector, working for the French Go Sport chain of stores to develop its national franchising activities. Before joining Afflelou, he worked for Intersport France for ...
