Francesco Balestrieri - President, North America Region

Francesco is President of the CIBA VISION's North America Region. Prior to joining the North America region, Mr. Balestrieri's experience with CIBA VISION include four years serving at the company's Atlanta global headquarters in various Finance roles, including as Global Group Financial Controller and North America Business Planning and Analysis. Most recently he led the turnaround of CIBA VISION's Germany business, serving for two years as General Manager for CIBA VISION's Germanics Cluster including: Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Prior to this, he served as Head – Marketing and Operations - for CIBA VISION's Europe, Middle East and Africa region.