Hervé Votron

Sustainability strategy setting-up & deployement

Lasne, Walloon Region, Belgium

About

Because it matters to all of us.... In today’s world, sustainability is a core business ingredient for a company to stay relevant. Social, governance and environmental aspects make your company’s purpose stand out and improve the bottom line … for your people, your financials and for society as a whole. I’m a sustainability Director helping companies to operate the shift to their ESG journey and achieve a purposeful change. I provide a strategic framework and tools to embed sustainability throughout the whole company value chain and move one step forward in their journey towards a more sustainability world. I can provide support in ESG maturity scanning, ESG strategy including roadmap and action plan, ESG training, ESG regulatory compliance (CSRD, CSDDD,...) and assistance in getting ESG certifications and ratings (Bcorp, Ecovadis, UN Global compact,...). With my past experience and responsibilities in most lawyers of sizeable cross-borders organizations (Strategy, Finance, M&A, Investor relations, Communication and Sustainability) and the diversity of my existing clients, I’ve had the opportunity to work in diverse roles across several sectors. People oriented and true achiever, I like to manage people and bring them into my story. Determined and pragmatic minded, I’m recognized as a very competent leader, comfortable at defining strategies, vision and goals, aligning the different stakeholders of a company. From concept to completion, I bring complex, multidisciplinary and transversal projects to reality.

Experience

  • Senior strategic expert in sustainable procurement at Euroclear
    Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

    Design & implementation of an ESG strategy within supply chain department Coordination of ESG strategy in Finance departments (supply chain, facilities, corporate finance, Accounting & reporting/controlling functions)

  • ESG Director at ELVI Partners
    Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

  • Owner & Managing Director at HVV SRL
    Jun 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Specialized in sustainability strategy and its implementation

  • AG Insurance (15 yrs 3 mos)
    • Head of reputation, external communication & sustainability developments
      Sep 2017 - Dec 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos

      With my teams of 7 people, I manage AG's reputation and the external corporate communication strategy through press and social media channels. I'm also responsible for setting up the sustainability strategy and ambitions including the external communication aspects.

    • Head of Corporate Finance, capital management & Investor Relations
      Feb 2010 - Sep 2017 · 7 yrs 8 mos

      With my 3 colleagues, I was responsible for the following areas: management and optimization of AG Insurance’s capital position (successful inaugural issuing of subordinated instruments on Asian and European markets for nearly 1 Bio), development of targets and performance metrics, management of relations with rating agencies and investors. Management of M&A transactions.

    • Financial advisor in corporate finance & responsible of management reporting
      Oct 2006 - Feb 2010 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      In charge of the monitoring and optimization of AG Insurance’s subsidiaries. Responsible of Management reporting

  • Technical manager in finance department at Winterthur Insurance (A member of AXA Group)
    Jan 2006 - Oct 2006 · 10 mos