Governance
Building trust into how we work
Frame The Future brings together organisations from across the eyewear value chain to address challenges that no single organisation can solve alone.
To make that collaboration credible, our governance is designed around three principles: members hold the highest authority, every member organisation has one vote regardless of fee level, and founder influence reduces as member governance grows.
Frame The Future is being established as a member-led, non-profit association. The proposed structure separates member authority, Board oversight and operational delivery—creating clear accountability while allowing the alliance to evolve.
Member-led by design
The General Assembly
All member organisations form the General Assembly, the association’s highest decision-making body. It elects the Board, approves the budget and accounts, and decides on amendments to the statutes.
The Board
The Board governs strategy, membership policy and executive oversight. Seats represent different roles across the eyewear ecosystem—not levels of financial contribution.
The Executive Team
The Executive Director and programme leads manage partnerships, programmes, communications and day-to-day delivery within the strategy and budget approved by the Board.
1. Establishment
During the establishment phase, five voting Board seats represent different parts of the eyewear value chain. The Board is chaired by a non-voting Founding Convenor while the founders build the alliance and establish its programmes.
2. Member Governance
As the association matures, the Board expands to seven voting seats and is led by an Independent Chair. The Founding Convenor role ends, and governance moves fully into its member-led structure.
A governance model that Evolves
balanced representation
Board seats are designed to reflect the ecosystem Frame The Future serves:
SME brand or independent company
Large company or group
Supplier, materials company or manufacturer
Retailer, distributor or laboratory
Independent expertise from academia, policy or civil society
An Independent Chair in the member-governance phase
A temporary Reserved Founder Seat
Governance Documents
Our governance framework is currently being developed in consultation with Founding Members and legal counsel. The final statutes and formal governance policies will be published here once they have been adopted by the Founding General Assembly.