Company Executives


Andrea Saia

Ms. Saia is CIBA VISION’s President & Chief Executive Officer. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Miami University in Oxford, OH and received her MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

John McKenna

John McKenna is CIBA VISION’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McKenna is a graduate of the DeGroote School of Business’s Commerce program at McMaster University. He also holds both CGA and CMA accounting designations.

Atul Khosla

Atul class="link_list" Khosla is CIBA VISION’s Vice President and Global Head, Human Resources. He holds a bachelor of Commerce with Honors degree and an MBA with specialization in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from the Business School of Punjab University, India.

Joe Doner

Joe Doner is Head of CIBA VISION’s Global Manufacturing & Supply. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rose Hul class="link_list"man Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana and has taken graduate courses at Southeastern Missouri University.

Francesco Balestrieri

Francesco Balestrieri is President of the CIBA VISION’s North America Region. Mr. Balestrieri holds a degree in Economics from the University of Venice.

Susanne Kohout

Susanne Kohout is Head of CIBA VISION’s Europe, Russia & Africa region. Ms. Kohout has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Cologne.

 

Hon Keong Choo

Mr. Choo is Head of CIBA VISION’s Emerging Growth Markets. He holds a Bachelor’s of Social Science degree in Mass Communication from the National University of Malaysia.

 

Hidekazu Hayakawa

Hidekazu Hayakawa is Head of CIBA VISION Japan. Mr. Hayakawa is a graduate of Waseda University where he earned his bachelor’s in Economics. He also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Ed Vlacich

Ed Vlacich is CIBA VISION's Chief Marketing Officer. He holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and an MBA from Rutgers Business School.

Franck Leveiller

Franck Leveiller is CIBA VISION's Global Head Research & Development. He has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, where he was awarded the John F. Kennedy Memorial prize for outstanding Ph.D. research work.