The ICO Board of Trustees announced Ivo Kocur MD MSc MA MBA— a high profile, results-oriented leader — is ICO’s new Chief Executive Officer. An accomplished senior Medical Officer with the World Health Organization responsible for the global eye health agenda, Ivo carries with him more than 20 years of experience in public, private, and…
Björn Stenvers, currently an executive director at the ‘Fonds de Dotation de L’ICOM’, has been appointed as the CEO of the Eye Care Foundation (ECF). Björn Stenvers succeeds Ruud Wiedijk, who retired from his position at the Eye Care Foundation earlier this year. “Looking at delivery and environmental impact, new strategies and cross-roads are needed to answer…
Vision 2020 Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Judith Abbott as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Ms Abbott joins the organisation after an extensive career in government, prior to which she worked as an optometrist in Victoria and held clinical and management roles in the eye care sector. Announcing Ms Abbott as…
On behalf of IAPB’s board of trustees and the membership, I am delighted to introduce IAPB’s new Chief Executive: Peter Holland. Currently CEO of OPM Group, a UK-based research consultancy, Peter has also worked in the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the National Health Service (NHS) and the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)…
Press Release CHICAGO (March 7, 2018) : Jeff Todd has been appointed as the new President and CEO, effective April 1 for Prevent Blindness, the nation’s (USA) oldest volunteer eye health and safety organisation. Todd will succeed current President and CEO Hugh R. Parry after his retirement from the organisation. Parry has served in the role since 2002. Todd…
Dear Members, At the Council of Members meeting in Kathmandu in September I advised that it had been agreed between the Board and Peter Ackland that Peter would step down as CEO at the end of 2017. Many of the members present paid tribute to Peter’s contribution during his tenure. The Board also considered and…
Peter Ackland, CEO of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), will be retiring from his role at the end of this year. Bob McMullan, President, announced Peter’s decision to step down at the IAPB Council of Members meeting held recently in Kathmandu, Nepal. Speaking at the Council, Bob spoke for the members,…
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