NOTTINGHAM, U.K. – Mondottica International Ltd. has announced the appointment of Steve Tulba as the group’s new managing director for Mondottica Limited, effective immediately.

Reporting to Michael Jardine, Mondottica International’s chairman, Tulba will assume overall management responsibility for the EMEA region and the Americas, the company said. Tulba’s new role takes over many of the responsibilities held by Mondottica’s former CEO, Bernhard Nuesser, who left the group in May for a position with Essilor SA.

Tulba is an industry veteran, having served in several key positions with Inspecs over the last decade. He was most recently based in Florida as president of Inspecs USA.

He will be based at Mondottica’s European headquarters in Nottingham.

Mondottica International’s worldwide brand portfolio includes licenses for Anna Sui, Hackett, Pepe Jeans, Christian Lacroix and Yohji Yamamoto, as well as licenses for Ted Baker and Lulu Guinness for the world outside of North America.