Obituary: Leonard Gibbison Hillier F.B.C.O.

Optometrist Leonard Gibbison Hillier F.B.C.O died on March 11 aged 79 following a short illness.

Hillier leaves behind his wife of 53 years, Jill, son Stephen, daughter Claire and two grandsons, Joshua and Nathan.

A dedicated optometrist, Hillier started his career in optics with Frederick Bateman in the early 50’s and was admitted to the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers in September 1959. He later joined the Ronald Brown group in the early 60’s where amongst other things he managed several successful practices for the group and had responsibility for the group’s contact lens business. During this time Hillier pioneered the development of many transformational strategies, clinical and commercial, through to successful implementation. Later, many of these ground breaking programmes were emulated by others.