Hidekazu Hayakawa - Head, Japan

Hidekazu Hayakawa is Head of CIBA Vision Japan. Mr. Hayakawa is a seasoned executive with more than 30 years of international business experience and has a broad range of general management experience within several industries, most recently as Senior Director of Alix Partners, a U.S.-based consulting firm specializing in turnaround management.

Prior to that he was Representative Director and President of DePuy Japan, a group company of Johnson & Johnson specializing in orthopedic and neuron surgical medical devices. Mr. Hayakawa held senior executive positions at Johnson Japan, a Japanese subsidiary of consumer goods manufacturer S.C. Johnson & Son Inc . He was responsible for the Pet Care business and the functional groups.

Mr. Hayakawa is a graduate of Waseda University where he earned his bachelor’s in Economics. He also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.