Singapore, March 26, 2009: Bausch & Lomb, the global eye health company, has appointed Mr Brian J. Harris as chief financial officer and corporate vice president. A business and finance executive having more than three decades of experience with multinational organizations, Mr. Harris begins his new role with Bausch & Lomb immediately.

 

Beginning in 1989, Mr. Harris held positions of increasing responsibility with Tomkins plc, the industrial, automotive, building products and engineering manufacturing conglomerate. These included roles as president of the $2 billion Worldwide Power Transmission business for Denver, Colorado-based Gates Corporation, as well as senior vice president for Strategic Business Development, and chief financial officer and company secretary. He also served as president of Gates Unitta Asia, the company's Japanese joint venture.

 

Prior, Mr. Harris held financial director and controller roles with Tomkins operating companies in the U.K. and U.S., as well as U.K.-based operating companies for Hanson Plc. He began his career as a staff accountant in the Glasgow office of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Harris earned his Bachelor of Accountancy from Glasgow University, and qualified as a Scottish Chartered Accountant. He will be based at Bausch & Lomb's world headquarters in Rochester, N.Y.

 

Jurij Kushner, Bausch & Lomb corporate vice president, who has served as interim CFO since January 2009, will retire as planned from the company after a brief transition.