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Cary Rayment is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcon, Inc. He was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Office on October 1, 2004 and elected to the Board of Directors and named Chairman on May 3, 2005.
He 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. Cary 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 was made Senior Vice President, Alcon US, in 2001.
Cary 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.
Cary holds a BA in Education from the University of Washington in Seattle, as well as an MBA from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. He is a graduate of the Harvard Program for Management Development. | 