TOKYO, Japan – 23rd December 2024 HOYA Corporation (HOYA) today announces the appointment of Mr. John Goltermann Lassen as the new CEO of HOYA Vision Care, its eyeglass lens division, effective January 1st, 2025. Mr. Lassen will report to Mr. Daniel Nutu, President of HOYA Eye Health, HOYA’s umbrella company for the eye health related businesses.
Mr. Lassen has been with HOYA group since 2014, serving as the CEO of HOYA Surgical Optics, HOYA’s intraocular lenses division. Mr. Lassen brings over 35 years of experience in the healthcare industry, having previously held global leadership roles with companies such as GN ReSound and Maersk Medical.
Mr. Alexandre Montague, the current CEO of HOYA’s Vision Care division, will leave HOYA from April 1st, 2025, after a successful 5 years with the company. The executives will work together in the coming months to ensure a smooth transition.
Under Mr. Lassen’s leadership, HOYA Vision Care remains committed to continue building on its strong market position in Myopia Management as well as delivering innovative and competitive technologies such as high performing photochromic materials, lens designs and coatings while ensuring a high level of service reliability.
“We stand by our core mission to support Eye Care Practitioners around the world in providing outstanding quality of vision to their patients.” Mr. Lassen commented.
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For over 60 years, HOYA Vision Care has been a passionate and global leader in optical technology innovation. As a manufacturer of high quality, high performing eyeglass lenses, HOYA continues to drive optical technology innovation with the aim of finding the best vision care solutions for Eye Care Professionals. The company supplies lenses in 52 countries with a network of over 18,000 employees and 45 laboratories around the globe.
Founded in 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, HOYA Corporation is a global technology and med-tech company and a leading supplier of innovative high-tech and medical products. HOYA’s divisions and business units research and develop products utilized in the healthcare and information technology fields. In the healthcare field, we provide medical device products such as eyeglasses, medical endoscopes, contact and intraocular lenses, orthopedic implants, surgical/therapeutic devices and medical device reprocessing and disinfection solutions.
In the information technology field, we provide products such as optical lenses, photomasks and blanks used in the manufacturing process for semiconductor and LCD/OLED devices, text to speech, human resources and other software solutions and critical components for the mass memory and cloud storage industries. With over 150 offices and subsidiaries worldwide, HOYA currently employs a multinational workforce of 37,000 people.
With more than 80 years of optical product expertise from the HOYA Group and over 35 years of experience in designing and producing intraocular lenses, HOYA Surgical Optics’ mission is to improve vision and quality of life for millions of people suffering from cataract. HOYA Surgical Optics develops innovative and high-quality preloaded IOLs that offer ease of use, safety and reliability to eye surgeons and ophthalmologists worldwide. HOYA Surgical Optics is IOL market leader in Japan and the global market leader in developing preloaded IOLs.