Eric Poton’s biography

Director representing employees – Member of the Governance, Appointments and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, and of the Compensation Committee

Thanks to his career within the Group and his involvement in the employee representative bodies and trade unions, Eric Poton has in-depth knowledge of the Group’s business and employee relations, which are key attributes for a director representing employees.

Eric Poton has worked at Valeo since 1998. He has held various positions within the Issoire plant, mainly in the R&D and Aftermarket teams.

Since 2017, he has been project manager for P2, R&I and standard owner, with a particular focus on developing Aftermarket platform standards for the wiper business. He leads a research and innovation project team and contributes to the Group’s innovation activities on wiper system products.

He started his career at Valeo as a design engineer before becoming a member of the R&D project team. Between 2007 and 2011, he held the position of R&D standardization coordinator and in 2012 was appointed P2 project manager.

Eric Poton was a member of the Economic and Social Committee at the Issoire site and member of the Central Works Council at Valeo Wiper Systems. He was also the site and central union delegate of his legal entity, as well as a full member of the Group Works Council and the European Company Works Council for the CFE-CGC trade union.

Eric Poton holds a higher education diploma in industrial product designand has followed a further education course in management (operations-based training). In addition to his operations-based training, he has received a “Corporate Directorship” certification from Sciences-Po/IFA and an International Certificate in Corporate Finance from HEC Paris.

He is a French citizen and speaks French and English.