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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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Renewal of terms of office
EMMANUEL FABER
Born January 22, 1964
Age: 52 years
French nationality
Business address:
17, boulevard Haussmann – 75009
Paris – France
Number of DANONE shares held as of December 31, 2015:
81,920
Non-Independent Director
Attendance rate at Board of Directors' meetings as of
December 31, 2015:
100%
Principal responsibility:
Chief Executive Officer and
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Danone
Seniority in Danone Group:
October 1997 (18 years)
Personal background – experience and expertise:
After graduating from HEC, Emmanuel FABER began
his career as a consultant at Bain & Company and later
Baring Brothers.
In 1993, he joined Legris Industries as Chief
Administrative and Financial Officer before being
named Chief Executive Officer in 1996.
He joined Danone in 1997 as Head of Finance, Strategies
and Information Systems. He became a member of the
Executive Committee in 2000.
In 2005, while Danone was strengthening its manage-
ment structure in the Asia-Pacific region, Emmanuel
FABER was named Vice-President for the Asia-Pacific
region in charge of operational activities.
FromJanuary 1, 2008 to September 30, 2014, he served
as Deputy General Manager of Danone, responsible for
major corporate functions (Finance, Human Resources,
etc.), and was named Vice-Chairman of the Board of
Directors on April 28, 2011.
Since 2008, he has ser ved as Director of the
danone.communities mutual investment fund (SICAV).
Since 2009, he has been a member of the Steering
Committee of the Danone Ecosystem Fund. Since
December 2011, he has been a member of the Steering
Committee of the Livelihoods Fund.
Since October 1, 2014, he has been Danone's Chief
Executive Officer.
On January 1, 2015, he was appointed Chairman of
Danone's Executive Committee.
Positions and responsibilities as of December 31, 2015
(a)
Position
Company
Country
Chief Executive Officer
(since October 1, 2014)
DANONE SA
(b)
France
Vice-Chairman of the
Board of Directors
(since April 28, 2011)
Director (term of office
from April 25, 2002
to the end of the
Shareholders' Meeting
to approve the 2018
financial statements)
(c)
Chairman of the
Executive Committee
(since January 1, 2015)
Member of the Board
of Directors'
Strategy Committee
(since February 19,
2015)
Director
COFCO Dairy Investments LIMITED
(d)
Hong Kong
GRAMEEN DANONE FOODS LIMITED
(d) (e)
Bangladesh
danone.communities (SICAV)
(e)
France
PROMINENT ACHIEVER LIMITED
(d)
Hong Kong
Director and
Vice-President
NAANDI COMMUNITY WATER SERVICES
PRIVATE LTD
(e)
India
Member of the Steering
Committee
LIVELIHOODS FUND (SICAV)
(e)
Luxembourg
Position
Associations/Foundations/Other
Country
Member of the Steering
Committee
DANONE ECOSYSTEM FUND
(endowment fund)
(e)
France
Co-Chairman
ACTION TANK ENTREPRISE ET PAUVRETE
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.
(c) Subject to renewal of his term of office by the Shareholders' Meeting of April 28, 2016.
(d) Company consolidated as associate by Danone.
(e) Duties performed in the framework of social projects initiated by Danone.
Positions and responsibilities held during the past five years
Position
Company
Country
Deputy General
Manager
Executive Committee
member
Member of the Social
Responsibility
Committee
DANONE SA
(a)
France
Member
of the Supervisory
Board
LEGRIS INDUSTRIES SA
France
(a) Listed company.