---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-23-008261"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLCO"
cik: "0001860742"
company_name: "Bausch & Lomb Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T09:45:27.023287+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bausch + Lomb reshapes exec team; Gordon becomes advisor, business unit heads elevated

## Summary
- Joseph F. Gordon transitions from President, Global Consumer, Surgical and Vision Care to strategic advisor to CEO Brent Saunders, effective June 1, 2023.
- Three business unit heads — Luc Bonnefoy (Surgical), John Ferris (Consumer), Yang Yang (Vision Care) — join executive management team, reporting directly to CEO.
- EVP and Chief Quality Officer Louis Yu plans to retire later this summer; Company will conduct internal and external search for replacement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-23-008261
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLCO
- cik: 0001860742
- company_name: Bausch & Lomb Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000095010323008261/0000950103-23-008261-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000095010323008261/dp194779_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-23-008261
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-23-008261.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-23-008261.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph F. Gordon changed role as strategic advisor at Bausch & Lomb Corp.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: strategic advisor
  source text: Joseph F. Gordon will transition from his current role as President, Global Consumer, Surgical and Vision Care to the new role of strategic advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective June 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860742/000095010323008261/0000950103-23-008261-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.