Bausch & Lomb Completes Regional Leadership Structure.Business Editors ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2001 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BOL BOL Bolivia (ISO Country code) BOL Books Online BOL Bole (SIL code, Nigeria) BOL Bill Of Lading BOL Beginning Of Line BOL Best Of Luck BOL Buzz Out Loud BOL Bruin Online BOL Beginning Of Life ): - Mark M. Sieczkarek Named Corporate Senior Vice President and President - Americas Region - Alan H. Farnsworth Named Corporate Senior Vice President and President - Europe Region Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (NYSE: BOL) announced today that it has completed the leadership structure for its regional organization with the appointments of Mark M. Sieczkarek to lead the Americas Region and Alan H. Farnsworth to head the Europe, Middle East & Africa Region, succeeding Sieczkarek. Both appointments are effective July 1, 2001. Bausch & Lomb Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. William M. Carpenter said, "These two executives have demonstrated through past performance the ability to lead the development of effective organizations and deliver improved operating results. They will be able to make immediate, positive contributions to our regional business performance. Mark Sieczkarek, most recently as president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa Region, has performed extremely well in leading our rapidly growing European business. Alan Farnsworth, most recently as president of our pharmaceuticals business in Europe, has ably led the integration of our acquisition of the France-based Groupe Chauvin with our emerging European pharmaceuticals business." Sieczkarek and Farnsworth will join John M. Loughlin, Bausch & Lomb corporate senior vice president and president - Asia Pacific Region, as regional leaders of the company's commercial businesses. Loughlin was named to his post in 1999. Sieczkarek joined Bausch & Lomb in 1995 as vice president and controller in the former Personal Products division. He was named corporate vice president and president - Europe, Middle East and Africa region with responsibility for the commercial operations of the company's contact lens contact lens, thin plastic lens worn between the eye and eyelid that may be used instead of eyeglasses. Actors, models, and others wear them for appearance, and athletes use them for safety and convenience. , lens care, cataract and refractive refractive capacity to refract light. refractive error a difference between the focal length of the cornea and lens, and the length of the eye, resulting in myopia or hyperopia. business lines in 1999. Prior to joining Bausch & Lomb, Mark was vice president and chief financial officer of KOS Kos also Cos An island of southeast Greece in the northern Dodecanese Islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Kos, an inlet of the Aegean Sea on the southwest coast of Turkey. Pharmaceuticals and held executive level positions in Finance and Commercial Operations with several Bristol Myers-Squibb subsidiaries and Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur. He has an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration in Finance from Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, and a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in Accounting from the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. at Buffalo. Farnsworth joined Bausch & Lomb in 1988 as vice president - Business Development, progressing through a series of expanded roles including vice president - Marketing and president - Lens Care in the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Vision Care business. Most recently, he served as corporate vice president and president - Pharmaceuticals/Europe. He has a Juris Doctor degree from Cornell University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Rochester The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. The university is one of 62 elected members of the Association of American Universities. . Bausch & Lomb Incorporated is the preeminent global technology-based healthcare company for the eye, dedicated to helping consumers see, look and feel better through innovative technology and design. Its core businesses include soft and rigid gas permeable contact lenses, lens care products, ophthalmic surgical and pharmaceutical products. The company is advantaged with some of the most respected brands in the world starting with its name, Bausch & Lomb(R), and including SofLens(TM), PureVision(TM), Boston(R), ReNu(R), Storz(R) and Technolas(TM). Founded in 1853 in Rochester, N.Y., where it continues to have its headquarters, the company has annual revenues of approximately $1.8 billion and employs approximately 12,000 people in more than 50 countries. Bausch & Lomb products are available in more than 100 countries around the world. Additional information about the company can be found on Bausch & Lomb's Worldwide Web site at http://www.bausch.com. |
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