Governance

The Valoptec Board is composed 17 Board members, 7 of them representing the Categories of employees: Managers, Supervisors, Retirees and 10 are representing the Regions: Europe – Americas – Asia.

Board Members

2 Categories of Board Members are elected for a 3 years mandate that can be renewed 3 times (so 4 mandates maximum)

  1. Elected during the Valoptec General Meeting:
  • 4 Board Members representing the Managers
  • 1 Board Member representing the Supervisors
  • 2 Board Members representing the former employees and the retirees
     
  1. Elected in their respective Region:
  • Europe: 1 EMEA – 1 France – 2 Italy
  • Americas: 2 North America – 1 LATAM
  • Asia: 2 APAC – 1 Greater China

Mission of the Regional Board members

  • Animate Valoptec members in the regions. Relay, share, provide and get feedback to the members (Valoptec Café/Aperitivo)
  • Recruit new members
  • Identify and animate the ambassador's network in the regions
  • Link with regional management (Top Management, HR, Corporate Communication, CSR) to amplify Valoptec message
  • Implement a recruitment Strategy to increase Valoptec representation within EssilorLuxottica.
  • Motivate Valoptec members to participate to all the elections.

Mission of the Bureau

The Valoptec's Bureau currently consists of four positions:

  • Lead the Valoptec Board work
  • Define the Association Strategy and Goals in collaboration with the Board
  • Meet regularly with the Top Management to address Valoptec topics
  • Lead the Valoptec General Meeting
  • Represent Valoptec as a Director at EL Board & EL CSR Commission

  • Be ready to replace the President when needed (including during the Valoptec GM)
  • Can share responsibility with President agreement
  • Support the President to prepare the General Meeting and Lead portion of it
  • Emulate the Board to support Valoptec Strategy and Execution

  • Drive the agenda of the Board, and the voting process
  • Publish Formal Minutes for legal filing, the week following the Board
  • Work closely with Legal to stay in Compliance (RGPD)
  • Develop Valoptec Resolutions and prepare explanation of the EL Resolutions for the General Meeting (in coordination with the Valoptec Manager and the lawyer of the Association)
  • From Board input, prepare with legal the changes of By-laws

  • Build the budget
  • Provide monthly a financial report (incomes & expenses)
  • Integrate the fees collection (collected by the Valoptec team in central)
  • Pay the invoices
  • Manage the secured access to the bank platform
  • Collaborate with the Valoptec manager (who is the link with the bank)

Mission of the Ambassadors

  • The local Ambassador is the closest link with the Valoptec member
  • He is actively engaged in the local Valoptec Café by sharing the latest activity of the Association
  • He is collecting questions from the member and transfer them to the Regional Board representative to be addressed
  • He is promoting the Association and driving the recruitment on his site

Committees

3 committees are driving the Work of the Board in key areas of the Association involvement in the Life of the Company.

  • With Valoptec Board support, update and promote the Valoptec Value Proposition
  • Keep Valoptec communication platforms up to date (Website and LinkedIn)
  • Propose new communication ideas to reach members in all regions

Prepare the monthly newsletter after each Board & Valoptec Café deck

Develop, execute and track the recruiting and engagement program to meet Board’s goals

  • Funnel feedback/questions from members and bring them to the Valoptec Board for discussion/follow-up
  • Meet regularly with the Corporate HR Team, to organize the Human Capital Committee Meetings (twice a year)
  • Communicate key HR messages accordingly

Lead the HR discussion at Valoptec General Meeting

Work closely with the Corporate CSR team and organize twice a year a CST committee meeting

Relay at the member level, key initiatives to get engagement and facilitate execution

Propose local activation when appropriate to increase CSR cultural change

Lead CSR discussion at Valoptec General Meeting

Contact Us

Contact us by sending us an email at: contact@valoptec.com