A trio of top executives have joined an exodus from Oakley Inc. as Italy-based parent Luxottica Group SPA looks to streamline operations at One Icon in Foothill Ranch.
Oakley President Andrea Dorigo, who took over in August for then-Chief Executive Colin Baden, is gone and will not be replaced. His former subordinates will now report directly to management at Luxottica.
“Several functions at Oakley have already been integrated and are being headed by Luxottica’s leaders, which is proving to be beneficial, and we expect that to continue,” a Luxottica spokesperson wrote in an email last week. “There will inevitably be changes as a result, but the continued success and influence of the Oakley brand is our ultimate goal. We’ll be able to better leverage Luxottica’s resources, while speeding up and simplifying everything from decision making to execution.”
Oakley is the biggest apparel company based in Orange County, with about $1.5 billion in annual revenue.
Dorigo left his post as president of the North American region for Brooks Brothers to join the company last year. He spent nine years with Luxottica before Brooks Brothers, serving as president of wholesale for North America and director of its Northern Europe region.
Other recent departures from Oakely’s operations in Foothill Ranch include Erik Johnson, former vice president of global finance, who has updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect a new position as chief financial officer for Huntington Beach-based Quiksilver Inc.’s Americas division, effective this month.
Johnson had been with Oakley since 2010.
Chief Marketing and Digital Officer Edward Kummer also is on his way out. He transferred to Oakley from Luxottica last year.
The latest moves come two months after an earlier round of high-level exits.
Susan Fuller, former vice president of stores, left in April, as did Steve Harden, vice president of the wholesale sport division.
Vice president of IT, Michael Hirt, left in March and has since landed a similar position at Columbia Sportswear in Portland.
Oakley’s vice president of supply chain, Brian Woods, joined Fox Head Inc. in Irvine as chief operating officer.
Roeya Vaughan, former vice president of Oakley’s sunwear division, left about the same time to become vice president of marketing at ASICS America Corp. in Irvine.
It’s not clear whether any replacements have been hired following the recent executive departures, which followed a cut last year of about 400 positions through layoffs or attrition, bringing Oakley’s total employee count in Foothill Ranch to about 2,000.
