Egana of Switzerland has appointed Franz Brunner as CEO, executive vice president, and director of all watch operations in the United States. Brunner, who has more than three decades of experience in the industry, will oversee and develop Egana’s watch brands (Pierre Cardin, Paolo Gucci, Field and Stream, Carrera, Junghans) and further the expansion of EganaGoldpheil factories, as well as coordinating the OEM clientele for the factories.
Anjanette Spreen has been promoted to vice president of marketing for VIVID Collection. Spreen had been serving as director of marketing for the company.
Leach & Garner Company/General Findings has promoted Deivis Duque to the position of Southeast/Southwest U.S. territory, Central and South America sales representative. Duque has three years of experience in the General Findings sales department as an inside sales correspondent.
Wolf Designs has announced two appointments. Marc Baritz has been appointed to the position of director of key accounts. He has been in the gift business since 1996, including stints with Willitts Design and BabySpa. Bob Link has been named business development representative for fine jewelry stores in the TOLA (Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas) region. Prior to joining Wolf Designs, Link spent 15 years in the military resale system, the last four with Dixon-Milbrands, a military brokerage firm, as vice president of sales.
American Ring Source, a diamond jewelry manufacturer in Cincinnati, has hired George Walton as national sales director. Walton has 25 years of experience in the jewelry industry and was previously eastern regional vice president of sales for the Colibri Group.