Ian Bell

Ian Bell has been the President, Global Business & Innovation since September 2021 where he is responsible for driving the innovation pipeline for Alcon. From January 2019 until he was appointed to his current role, he was President-International, overseeing the Europe, Russia, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, Japan and Latin America and Caribbean markets. He joined Alcon in March 2016 as President of EMEA. From 2014 until joining Alcon, Mr. Bell served as Corporate Vice President and President of the EMEA region for Hospira. Mr. Bell was Corporate Vice President and President of Allergan, Inc.’s Asia Pacific region, based in Singapore, from 2008 to 2014. Mr. Bell joined Allergan in 2005 as Vice President and Managing Director of its neurosciences division for the EMEA region. He began his career at GlaxoSmithKline, where he held roles of increasing responsibility and scope in sales, marketing and strategy for more than 10 years.

Mr. Bell was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Arts with honors in Economics from the University of York in the United Kingdom.