Cary Rayment
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Cary Rayment is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Alcon, the world’s largest eye care company. He was appointed to the position of chief executive officer on October 1, 2004, elected to the Board of Directors and named chairman on May 3, 2005.
Mr. Rayment joined Alcon in 1989 (following the acquisition of CooperVision IOL) as vice president, marketing, Surgical Products. Since that time, his responsibilities have continued to increase in diversity as well as scope. Mr. Rayment served as vice president and general manager, Surgical Products 1991-1995; was named vice president and general manager, Managed Care in 1996; became vice president, International Marketing in 1997 (adding responsibility for Alcon Japan in 1998); and returned to the Surgical Division as vice president and general manager in 2000. He became senior vice president of US Operations in 2001.
Mr. Rayment began his career with the Kendall Company in 1974, where he served in a variety of sales and marketing positions. In 1983, he joined CooperVision IOL as director of sales and marketing, and was promoted to vice president of marketing.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Washington in Seattle, as well as a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. He is a graduate of the Harvard Program for Management Development.
Mr. Rayment is on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research, the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Advanced Medical Technology Association, and the United Way of Metropolitan Tarrant County.