Danone // 2020 Universal Registration Document

corporate governance 6.2 Positions and responsibilities of the Directors DANONE UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020 236 CLARA GAYMARD Co-founder of RAISE CONSEIL Independent Director Age 60 – French nationality First appointed to the Board: 2016 Shareholders’ Meeting End of term: 2022 Shareholders’ Meeting DANONE shares: 4,256 Expertise – Experience – Main activities Clara GAYMARD, a graduate of the École Nationale d’Administration (ENA), held various positions within the senior civil service from 1982 to 2006, including that of President of the French Agency for International Investments. From 2006 to 2016 she was Chair and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric France. In 2013, she cofounded the Raise group with Gonzague DE BLIGNIERES, and, in April 2018, they launched together the Mouvement pour une Économie Bienveillante (Movement for a Benevolent Economy) aimed at bringing companies and citizens together to reconcile performance and social impact. Clara GAYMARD was also Chair of the Women’s Forum For the Economy and Society from 2014 to 2018. Current terms of office Danone companies • Director andmember of theGovernanceCommittee of DANONESA Other companies French listed companies • Director and member of the audit committee of BOUYGUES • Director andmember of the performance audit committee of LVMH • Director andmember of the research, innovation and sustainable development committee of VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT French unlisted companies • Director of SAGES • Chair of PABAFAJAMET, RAISE CARAS SAS, RAISELAB SAS, RAISESHERPAS • Chief Executive Officer of RAISE CONSEIL, LE PONTON SAS Terms of office expired over the past five years • Chair and Chief Executive Officer of GENERAL ELECTRIC FRANCE • Representative in France of GENERAL ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL INC. (United States) • Chair of WOMEN’S FORUM FOR THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY •Member of the compensat i on commi t tee of VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT MICHEL LANDEL Lead Independent Director of DANONE SA (a) Independent Director Age 69 – French nationality First appointed to the Board: 2018 Shareholders’ Meeting End of term: 2024 Shareholders’ Meeting (b) DANONE shares: 4,000 Expertise – Experience – Main activities A graduate of the European Business School of Paris, Michel LANDEL began his career in 1977 at Chase Manhattan Bank. In 1980, he be- came Director of a civil engineering products factory with the Poliet group. He was recruited by Sodexo in 1984 as Operations Manager for East and North Africa, then promoted to Director Africa for the Remote Sites activities and took over responsibility for the North American businesses in 1989. He contributed in particular to the 1998 merger with Marriott Management Services and the creation of Sodexho Marriott Services. In 1999, he became Chief Executive Officer of Sodexho Marriott Services, later Sodexo, Inc. In 2000, he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Sodexo executive committee. From June 2003 to August 2005, he served as Group Deputy General Manager in charge of North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as Remote Sites. From 2005 to 2018, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo and Chairman of the executive committee. He also received numerous awards for his efforts on behalf of diversity and inclusion, notably the CEO Leadership Award for Diversity Best Practices and CEO Advocate of the Year by Asian Enterprise Magazine. In 2016, at the United Nations annual meeting on women’s empowerment principles, Michel LANDEL received the CEO Leadership Award. For three years in a row (2015-2017), he was ranked among the Best-Performing CEOs in the World by the Harvard Business Review. Current terms of office Danone companies • Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the Governance Committee of DANONE SA Other companies French listed companies • Lead Director and Chairman of the nomination and governance committee of LEGRAND French unlisted companies • Chairman of ASTROLABE SERVICES Terms of office expired over the past five years • Chief Executive Officer and Director of SODEXO •Member of the supervisory board of ONE SCA •Memberof themanagementboardof SODEXOPASSINTERNATIONAL SAS, ONE SAS • Director of SODEXO INC. (United States) • Chairmanof theboardof directorsof LOUISDELHAIZE–COMPAGNIE FRANCO-BELGE D’ALIMENTATION (Belgium) (a) Until March 1, 2021. (b) Subject to the renewal of his term of office by the Shareholders’ Meeting of April 29, 2021.