Israel’s Lumenis announced that Yacha Sutton is retiring as Chief Executive Officer at the expiration of his contract at the end of the year. The board of Lumenis has appointed its Vice Chairman, Arie Genger, to assume the duties of Chief Executive Officer.
The board has also formed a search committee and will engage an executive search firm to search for a permanent Chief Executive Officer. Yacha Sutton, who had served as CEO since 1999, will be retained to assist the company as an advisor.
Lumenis develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary laser and intense pulsed light devices. Its systems are used in a variety of aesthetic, ophthalmic, surgical and dental applications, including, hair removal, non-invasive treatment of vascular lesions and pigmented lesions, acne, psoriasis, open angle glaucoma, secondary cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, ENT, gynecology, urinary lithotripsy, benign prostatic hyperplasia, neurosurgery and dentistry. — (menareport.com)
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