VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Tushar Shah has been appointed to the Coastal Contacts board of directors, according to the company.

Shah is a managing partner of Kinderhook Partners and was previously a principal at Geocapital Partners, a venture capital firm. He also spent time as a strategy consultant with the Monitor Group, where he led projects in New York, London and Tel Aviv. Founded in 2003, Kinderhook Partners is a U.S. based investment partnership, focusing on making long-term investments primarily in small cap public companies.

"We are pleased to have Tushar join Coastal's board at this important time in our development. His experience helping guide high growth companies to market leadership positions will be of great value to all shareholders,” said Roger Hardy, Coastal's president and CEO.

Coastal Contacts Inc. is a direct-to-consumer vision products company which designs, produces and distributes a diversified offering of contact lenses and eyeglasses in more than 150 countries.