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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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FRANCK RIBOUD
Born November 7, 1955
Age: 60 years
French nationality
Business address:
17, boulevard Haussmann – 75009
Paris – France
Number of DANONE shares held as of December 31, 2015:
318,845
Non-Independent Director
Attendance rate at Board of Directors' meetings as of
December 31, 2015:
100%
Principal responsibility:
Chairman of Danone's Board
of Directors
Seniority in Danone Group:
October 1981 (34 years)
Personal background – experience and expertise:
Franck RIBOUD is a graduate of the École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne.
He joined the Group in 1981, where he held successive
positions through 1989 in management control, sales
and marketing. After serving as Head of Sales at
Heudebert, in September 1989 he was appointed to head
up the department responsible for the integration and
development of new companies in the Biscuits branch.
He was involved in the most significant acquisition, at
that time, completed by a French group in the United
States, namely the acquisition of Nabisco's European
activities by BSN. In July 1990, hewas appointed General
Manager of Société des Eaux Minérales d'Évian.
In 1992, Franck RIBOUD became Head of Danone's
Development Department. Danone then launched
its international diversification marked by increased
development in Asia and Latin America and through
the creation of an Export Department.
In 1994, BSN changed its name to Danone in order to
become a global brand.
From May 2, 1996 to September 30, 2014, he was
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Danone.
Following the separation of offices, he becameChairman
of Danone's Board of Directors on October 1, 2014.
Positions and responsibilities as of December 31, 2015
(a)
Position
Company
Country
Chairman of the Board
of Directors (since
October 1, 2014)
DANONE SA
(b)
France
Director (term of office
from September 30,
1992 to the end of the
Shareholders' Meeting
to approve the 2018
financial statements)
(c)
Chairman of the
Board of Directors'
Strategy Committee
(since February 19,
2015)
Director
RENAULT SA
(b)
Franc
e
BAGLEY LATINOAMERICA, SA
(d)
Spain
RENAULT SAS
France
ROLEX SA
Switzerland
ROLEX HOLDING SA
Switzerland
Chairman of the Board
of Directors
danone.communities (SICAV)
(f)
France
Member of the Steering
Committee
LIVELIHOODS FUND (SICAV)
(f)
Luxembourg
Chairman
Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming SAS
(e)
France
Position
Associations/Foundations/Other
Country
Chairman of the
Steering Committee
DANONE ECOSYSTEM FUND
(endowment fund)
(f)
France
Chairman
FONDATION INITIATIVE AUTISME
France
Director
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD HEC
BUSINESS SCHOOL
France
RAISE (endowment fund)
France
Member of the
Supervisory Board
FONDATION ELA (EUROPEAN
LEUKODYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION)
France
Honorary member
ASSOCIATION ELA
France
Member of the Board
FONDATION EPFL PLUS (ÉCOLE
POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE)
Switzerland
(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) Company fully consolidated by Danone.
(f) Duties performed in the framework of social projects initiated by Danone.