Essilor announces appointment of Prof Kovin Naidoo

Essilor has appointed Professor Kovin Naidoo as its senior vice president of inclusive business, philanthropy and social impact.

Prof Naidoo will lead the company’s efforts to reach the 2.5 billion people living with uncorrected or poor vision. He was recently an associate professor of optometry at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and is the former CEO of the Brien Holden Vision Institute.

Essilor’s chief mission officer, Jayanth Bhuvaraghan, said: ‘A longstanding friend of Essilor, Kovin has dedicated his professional life to delivering eye care to people in need. As one of the leading minds working in solving the uncorrected refractive error problem around the world, his unique and diverse experience will add further strength to our inclusive business and philanthropic efforts around the world as we strive towards our ambition of eradicating poor vision by 2050.’