Interview: Arnaud Dupont, managing director of Nikon Optical UK

When it comes to spectacle lenses Nikon is perhaps the biggest brand you do not know that much about. Nikon Optical UK’s new managing director, Arnaud Dupont, intends to put that right.

He says because Nikon concentrates on the independents that gives less visibility than if supplying the chains. But accepts the premise that for a superbrand like Nikon there is room from expansion.

Dupont is a veteran of Nikon marketing having spent 20 years in subsidiaries around the world. His most recent role being head of global marketing and development for all markets outside of Japan. The fact that Nikon has chosen such a big hitter for the UK market indicates Japan’s ambition for the region and ophthalmic lenses.