CooperCompanies announced that its Board of Directors elected Robert S. Weiss as Chairman of the Board and William A. Kozy as Vice Chairman and Lead Director. Both appointments are effective March 23, 2021. Mr. Weiss has served on the CooperCompanies Board since 1996. He succeeds A. Thomas Bender as Chairman of the Board. After a long and distinguished career with Cooper, which included serving as President and CEO from 1995 to 2007 and Chairman from 2002 to March 2021, Mr. Bender announced his retirement from the Board in December 2020. Mr. Weiss held several leadership positions with Cooper during his career. He served as President of CooperCompanies from March 2008 and as CEO from November 2007 until his retirement in May 2018. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer of CooperCompanies from 2005 to 2007 and as Executive Vice President from 1995 to 2007. Earlier, he served as Chief Financial Officer from 1989 to 2005 and Treasurer from 1989 to 2002. Mr. Kozy was first elected to the CooperCompanies Board in 2016. He succeeds Allan E. Rubenstein, M.D., as Vice Chairman and Lead Director. Dr. Rubenstein announced his retirement from the Board in December 2020 after many positive years supporting the Company’s growth initiatives.
The Cooper Companies, Inc. is a global medical device company. The Company operates through two business units: CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision is engaged in the contact lens industry. CooperVisionâs products include MyDay daily disposable, MyDay daily disposable toric, MyDay Energys, MyDay multifocal, Biofinity & Biofinity XR, Biofinity Energys, Biofinity toric & Biofinity XR toric, Biofinity multifocal, Biofinity toric multifocal, clariti 1 day, clariti 1 day toric, clariti 1 day multifocal, MiSight 1 day, Avaira Vitality and Avaira Vitality toric. CooperSurgical is a fertility and womenâs health company dedicated to assisting women, babies and families around the world. CooperSurgical provides a range of products and services with an emphasis on improving fertility solutions, empowering office-based care, and advancing hospital care within womenâs health. CooperSurgicalâs brands include Paragard, ER-Complete, Fetal Pillow, INSORB, PGT-Complete, RUMI II and others.
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