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Paul du Saillant is Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Deputy CEO) of EssilorLuxottica.
He joined Essilor in 2008, after 20 years spent at Air Liquide, where he held operational and strategic leadership roles in the United States and Europe, across a wide range of fields including R&D and engineering. Prior to that, Paul du Saillant served for 5 years as Managing Director of Belgian Group Lhoist.
Over 12 years at Essilor, he has been responsible for managing key corporate functions of the Group. In July 2010, when Hubert Sagnières became CEO, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer alongside Laurent Vacherot. He was responsible for both large geographic zones (Europe, Asia and Latin America) and cross-functional global functions (Human Resources, R&D, industrial activities, transformation program, IT, etc.), then of Essilor’s Lens business since 2017.
While maintaining his responsibilities at Essilor, Paul du Saillant has been involved in the business combination between Essilor and Luxottica since January 2017. In close collaboration with Francesco Milleri and his teams, he has been actively working on advancing the integration and synergy plans of the two companies, most recently as co-executive delegate and currently as Deputy CEO of the Company. He was appointed as Deputy CEO of EssilorLuxottica in December 2020.
EssilorLuxottica
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EssilorLuxottica SA, formerly known as Essilor International Compagnie Generale D Optique SA, is a France-based ophthalmic company. The Company designs, manufactures and markets a range of lenses, frames and sunglasses to improve and protect eyesight. It also develops and markets equipment for prescription laboratories and instruments, and services for eye care professionals. It operates through three segments: Lenses and Optical Instruments, which includes corrective lenses, optical instruments intended for opticians and optometrists; Equipment, which includes machines and consumables used by plants and prescription laboratories, and Sunglasses & Readers, which encompasses non-prescription reading glasses and non-prescription sunglasses. The Company operates under a number of brands, including Ray-Ban, Oakley and Varilux, among others. The Company operates in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.