Natalie Briggs appointed new CEO of WCO

Former Vision Aid Overseas boss Natalie Briggs has been appointed as the new chief executive of the World Council of Optometry (WCO).

Briggs has worked at executive level in education and management and was the chief executive of Vision Aid Overseas until the end of last year, having also served as a trustee on the Vision 2020: Right to Sight board.

She said: ‘I think that WCO has an extremely important global agenda that will have a huge impact on the eradication of avoidable visual impairment.’

I am delighted to be joining WCO and I look forward to working with colleagues to develop our strategy.’