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World Council of Optometry appoints new chief executive

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Natalie Briggs has been appointed as the new chief executive of the World Council of Optometry.

Briggs has worked at executive level in education and management and was the chief executive of Vision Aid Oversees, according to an announcement from the council. She was also the head of the Raven Department of Education at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Briggs is currently a trustee with the Steel Charitable Trust and also served as a trustee on the Vision 2020: Right to Sight board.

“I think that WCO has an extremely important global agenda that will have a huge impact on the eradication of avoidable visual impairment,” Briggs said in the announcement. “I am delighted to be joining WCO and I look forward to working with colleagues to develop our strategy.”