CooperVision Promotes Debbie Olive to Chief Commercial Officer and Rodolphe Rota to President, EMEA

Thursday, September 19 2024 | 09 h 08 min | News

CooperVision announced that Debbie Olive has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer. In her new role, Olive will oversee the company’s worldwide commercial functions, driving strategy and growth initiatives across the product portfolio. Succeeding Olive as President, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), is Rodolphe Rota, who has been promoted from his previous role.

Chief Commercial Officer

CooperVision Debbie Olive — Debbie Olive

For over a decade, Olive has served in a variety of positions at CooperVision, from Vice President of Marketing for Europe to most recently President, EMEA.

Under her leadership, the company has achieved record revenues, operating income, and market share in the region.

Prior to joining CooperVision in 2013, Olive held senior sales and marketing roles at Novartis, Marks & Spencer, Kraft Jacob Suchard, and William Grant & Sons.

President, Europe, Middle East, and Africa

CooperVision Rodolphe Rota — Rodolphe Rota

Since joining CooperVision as Vice President of Sales, EMEA, in 2022, Rota has leveraged his extensive commercial expertise to deliver outstanding performance across the region.

More recently, he has overseen management of the company’s France, Iberia, and Italy markets.

Rota previously spent nearly 30 years working in sales at Procter and Gamble, where he was named Vice President of European Sales, Oral Care.

Olive reports to Warner and succeeds Mark Harty, who will retire in early 2025. Rota reports to Olive.

“Both Debbie and Rodolphe have proven to be invaluable to CooperVision. Their strong leadership, depth of experience, and unwavering commitment to our mission of improving the way people see each day are critical to our success. I am confident that their contributions will help us continue to deliver exceptional value to our customers and partners around the world.”

Jerry Warner, President, CooperVision

Click HERE for the press release.

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