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DANONE
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2015
Corporate Governance
6.2 Positions and responsibilities of the Directors and Nominees to the Board of Directors
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Appointment
CLARA GAYMARD
Born January 27, 1960
Age: 56 years
French nationality
Business address:
141, boulevard Saint-Michel – 75005
Paris – France
Number of DANONE shares held as of December 31, 2015:
0 (in accordance with the by-laws, the 4,000 DANONE
shares to be held by each Director must be purchased
within 3 months following his/her appointment by the
Shareholders' Meeting at the latest)
Independent Director
Principal responsibility:
Cofounder of Raise
Personal background – experience and expertise:
Mrs. Clara GAYMARD, a graduate of the École Nationale
d'Administration (ENA, class of 1986, Denis Diderot),
holds a degree in law and history from the Institut
d'Études Politiques de Paris.
She held numerous positions within the senior civil
service from 1982 to 2006. Before entering the ENA,
she was an administrative officer at the Paris Mayor's
Office between 1982 and 1984. After leaving the ENA,
she joined the French Public Audit Office (Cour des
Comptes) as an auditor, where she was promoted to
the position of public auditor in 1990. She then served
as assistant to the head of the French Trade Office in
Cairo (1991-1993) and then as head of the European
Union office (sub- directorate for Northern-Southern
Europe) in the foreign economic relations department
(DREE) of theMinistry of Economy and Finance. In June
1995, she was named director of the office of Colette
Codaccioni,Minister for Solidarity betweenGenerations.
She was then appointed Assistant Director of SME
Support and Regional Action at the DREE (1996-1999)
before being named head of the SME Mission (1999-
2003). From2003, she served as Goodwill Ambassador
in charge of foreign investments and as President of
the French Agency for International Investments (AFII).
She joined General Electric (GE) in 2006, where she
became President of GE France and then President of
the Northwest Europe region from 2008 to 2010. Still
serving as Chairman and CEO of GE France, in 2009
she was named Vice-President of GE International
for Government Sales and Strategy, and then in 2010
Vice-President for Governments and Cities, under the
chairmanship of Jeffrey R. Immelt. In 2014, she was
member of the negotiating team on the acquisition of
Alstom's power business. At the end of 2015, she left
her post at the head of GE France in order to devote
herself to directors' terms of office and the Raise
Endowment Fund.
Positions and responsibilities as of December 31, 2015
(a)
Position
Company
Country
President of General
Electric France
GENERAL ELECTRIC FRANCE
France
Director
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT
(b)
France
Position
Associations/Foundations/Other
Country
Chairman
RAISE ENDOWMENT FUND
France
Chairman
WOMEN'S FORUM
France
Vice-Chairman
FONDATION DU COLLÈGE DE FRANCE
France
(a) Offices shown in italics are not governed by Article L. 225-21 of the French commercial code
concerning multiple directorships.
(b) Listed company.
Positions and responsibilities held during the past five years
Position
Company
Country
None