What Happened?
Nashville, TN-based Essilor-International Appointed Matthew Jones as Vice President of Talent Management.
About the Company
The world`s leading ophthalmic optics company, Essilor designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of lenses to improve and protect eyesight. Its mission is to improve lives by improving sight. To support this mission, Essilor allocates more than €200 million to research and innovation every year, in a commitment to continuously bring new, more effective products to market. Its flagship brands are Varilux®, Crizal®, Transitions®, Eyezen™, Xperio®, Foster Grant®, Bolon™ and Costa®. It also develops and markets equipment, instruments and services for eyecare professionals. Essilor reported consolidated revenue of more than €7.1 billion in 2016 and employs 64,000 people worldwide. It markets its products in more than 100 countries and has 33 plants, 490 prescription laboratories and edging facilities, as well as five research and development centers around the world.
About the Person
Matt Jones is the Vice President of Talent Management at Essilor, which engages in the design and manufacture of lenses for all types of visual disorders, including myopia, hypermetropia, presbyopia, and stigmatism. The company also engages in theMatthew Jones, Vice President Talent Management, Essilor of America, leads all talent acquisition & management activities for more than 11,000 domestic employees. Matthew was honored with the CLO Magazine 2009 Learning In Practice Leadership Award and his approach to talent strategy has been cited as a best practice by the Corporate Leadership Council, Bersin by Deloitte and the Center for Creative Leadership. Prior to Essilor, Matthew was a Group Manager for Frito-Lay North America where he led their sales capability initiatives and a Senior Consultant for Accenture in their Change Management Group. Matthew is active in Essilor`s Vision Foundation that serves the vision care needs of children in lower income areas. Matthew is also a certified CASA volunteer. CASA advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children while they are under the protective care of the courts. He holds a Bachelor`s degree in Psychology from the University of Arkansas and a Master`s degree in Business Administration from The University of Texas McCombs School of business. manufacture and sale of optical instruments, which are mainly machines used to edge finished lenses and diagnose visual disorders.
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