– USA, CA – STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of the EVO family of Implantable Collamer Lenses for myopia, astigmatism and presbyopia, today announced the appointment of Lilian Zhou to its Board of Directors, effective December 4, 2023.
“We welcome Lilian Zhou as a new member to our Board of Directors. Lilian is an accomplished investment portfolio manager who worked at highly regarded Wall Street investment institutions before founding her own firm a decade ago. We look forward to Lilian’s contributions as a former institutional shareholder of STAAR with an in-depth and global perspective of healthcare, ophthalmology and STAAR’s opportunity,” said Aimee Weisner, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee.
The company also announced that Dr. Gil Kliman will leave the board, effective December 1.
About Lilian Zhou
Lilian Zhou brings more than two decades of capital markets and investment experience to STAAR. Most recently, Ms. Zhou was the Founder, CIO, and Managing Partner of Yulan Capital Management, a Tiger Seed, which operated out of New York and Shanghai from 2013 through June 2023. Before Yulan Capital, Ms. Zhou worked at Citadel, Kelusa Capital and Bear Stearns & Co. Lilian began her career as an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse in 2004.
Ms. Zhou is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics-Statistics, from Columbia University and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
About STAAR Surgical
STAAR, which has been dedicated solely to ophthalmic surgery for over 40 years, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets implantable lenses for the eye. These lenses are intended to provide visual freedom for patients, lessening or eliminating the reliance on glasses or contact lenses. All of these lenses are foldable, which permits the surgeon to insert them through a small incision. STAAR’s lens used in refractive surgery is called an Implantable Collamer Lens or “ICL,” which includes the EVO ICL product line. More than 2,500,000 ICLs have been sold to date and STAAR markets these lenses in over 75 countries. Headquartered in Lake Forest, CA, the company operates manufacturing and packaging facilities in Aliso Viejo, CA, Monrovia, CA, and Nidau, Switzerland.
SOURCE: https://staar.com/
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