Specsavers a new range from Kylie Minogue launched in 2017. The co-founder of Specsavers, Mary Perkins, was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2007, in recognition of her services to business and the community in Guernsey. In April 2004, Specsavers acquired Swedish Blic Optik franchise from its owner Optimum Optik AB. In 2007, finance director John Perkins became joint managing director, with his father Doug Perkins. In The Sunday Times Rich List 2011, published in the United Kingdom on 8 May 2011, Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins and family
Rodney Perkins sound transduction for hearing improvement. Perkins is co-founder and Chairman of Procept, a company developing a biorobotic minimally invasive solution for benign prostatic hypertrophy. Perkins received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Medical Futures, a British organization that fosters innovation in medicine. He also received the Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award from Indiana University and was inducted into the Evansville Hall of Fame. Rodney Perkins Rodney Perkins (born 1936), a physician and entrepreneur, is Professor of Surgery at the Stanford School of Medicine. Born in 1936, Perkins grew up in Evansville, Indiana. He attended Indiana University, initially enrolling as a dental student,