Steve Wright takes over as CEO of Sight Care

Paul Surridge ended his 18 year tenure as the CEO of Sight Care Group at its annual conference this week – with dispensing optician Steve Wright announced as his replacement.

Wright, a regional manager for David Clulow for five years before moving into jewellery and footwear industries, said: 'I am really proud to be here as part of Sight Care and to serve you for the foreseeable future. Paul has done a phenomenal job over the past 18 years in building this group to what it is today.'

There were around 400 attendees at the February 29 conference, held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Although numbers had dropped from the previous year, attributed to the busy optical calendar, more independent practices were involved this year.