Most recently, Mr Ostrov was company group chairman, Worldwide Vision Care, for Johnson & Johnson, where he led the company’s global Vision Care businesses from 1998 to 2006. Mr Ostrov first joined Johnson & Johnson in 1976, before leaving for Ciba-Geigy in 1982.
He was named president, Ciba Consumer Pharmaceuticals, in 1985. In 1991, he returned to Johnson & Johnson as president of its Personal Products business, and then became company group chairman for its North American Consumer and Personal Care businesses.