Members of the Youth Action Council from left to right: Anna Wisniewska, Lide Aguirrezabalaga Unamuno, Louis Chaignaud, Laura Hogan, Diego Cantu, Amandine Robin. Absentee members: Oksana Kostiv, Michael Joo, Yapa Thepkanjana.
For the second year in a row, Pernod Ricard is sending nine of its young talents to the One Young World Summit to be held in Dublin from 15 to 19 October. After attending the event last year, the group of young employees made one simple recommendation: to create an internal committee to make their generation’s voice heard by the Group’s decision-makers. That is how the Youth Action Council, a think tank exclusively composed of young employees under 30, was born. Their mission: deliver their generation’s vision on the Group’s strategic issues directly to the Top Management. The nine members are supervised by Pernod Ricard University and will represent Pernod Ricard at the One Young World Summit.
The Youth Action Council will proactively submit innovative ideas to the Directors to be converted into concrete actions, whilst also highlighting best practices already rolled out within the Group. It serves as an opportunity for committee members to boost their skills by sponsoring projects, each one of them being mentored by a senior executive within the Group.
The YAC consists of 9 members of different nationalities representing the company’s key functions: legal, human resources, IT, sales, finance, production, corporate social responsibility, marketing and communication.
The members of the first Youth Action Council are elected for one year and can stand for re-election once. They are selected by all employees of their own generation in the Group, and are:
· Yapa Thepkanjana, Assistant Legal Manager, Pernod Ricard Asia,
· Lide Aguirrezabalaga Unamuno, Human Resources Specialist, Pernod Ricard Spain,
· Michael Joo, Digital Architect, Pernod Ricard Winemakers,
· Louis Chaignaud, Brand Development Manager Olmeca, Pernod Ricard Mexico,
· Anna Wisniewska, Financial Control Manager, The Absolut Company,
· Diego Cantu, Project Coordinator, Pernod Ricard Mexico,
· Oksana Kostiv, Corporate Social Responsibility Specialist – Pernod Ricard Russia,
· Laura Hogan, Assistant Brand Manager, Pernod Ricard Australia,
· Amandine Robin, Communications Director, Corby.
At the launch of the Youth Action Council, Deputy Chief Executive Officer Alexandre Ricard said; “These young employees are the spokespersons of a new generation that is vital to Pernod Ricard: I want to give them the opportunity to express their opinion and to share their vision for the future of the Group. The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about the YAC is ‘action’”. He adds “Their recommendations will have to be rapidly transformed into concrete projects or initiatives to help the Group move forward, create value and innovate in many fields.”
