Essilor International has created a Chief Corporate Mission Officer position within the Executive Committee of the company. Jayanth Bhuvaraghan, President of South-East Asia and India, is entrusted with the new position as of April 1, 2013.
The creation of this new position is with an aim to develop a global Corporate Social Responsibility approach directly related to the company’s long-term strategy. Many initiatives to improve awareness and access to vision correction have already been launched by Essilor teams to fight poor vision, one of the most widespread disabilities in the world.
He would be reporting to the Chairman and CEO, and is expected to coordinate and accelerate such initiatives, help create awareness by working closely with various global organisations that are already acting in this area and create new inclusive business models to address the needs of all hence bridging the gap of uncorrected visual impairment.
Bhuvaraghan is a seasoned executive in Essilor with diverse experience in various markets like India, Asean, Middle East and Africa. He is also credited with developing various innovative and successful social business models like providing access to vision correction for remote populations.
Jayanth Bhuvaraghan, taking up the challenge, added, “I am greatly excited to take on this new position. Providing better vision to everyone who needs it, is Essilor’s central driving force. I will endeavour to help bring about improved answers to unmet needs throughout the world.”