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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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LIONEL ZINSOU-DERLIN
Born October 23, 1954
Age: 61 years
French and Beninese nationality
Business address:
232 rue de Rivoli – 75001 Paris – France
Number of DANONE shares held as of December 31, 2015:
4,104
Independent Director
Attendance rate at Board of Directors' meetings as of
December 31, 2015:
60%
Principal responsibility:
Prime Minister of Benin
Personal background – experience and expertise:
Lionel ZINSOU-DERLIN, of French andBeninese nation-
ality, is a graduate from the École Normale Supérieure
(Ulm), the London School of Economics and the Institut
d'Études Politiques of Paris. He holds aMasters Degree
in economic history and is an Associate Professor of
economics and social sciences.
He started his career as a Senior Lecturer and Professor
of Economics at Université Paris XIII.
Between 1984 and 1986 he was Adviser to the Minister
of Industry and the Prime Minister.
In 1986, he joined Danone where he held various po-
sitions, in particular Group Corporate Development
Director, then General Manager at HP Foods Limited
and Lea & Perrins.
In 1997, he joined Rothschild & Cie bank as Managing
Partner where he was Head of the Consumer Products
group, Head of Middle East and Africa region and a
member of the Global Investment Bank Committee.
In 2008, he joined PAI Partners SAS, where he served
as Chairman between 2009 and 2015 and was Chairman
of the Executive Committee between 2010 and 2015.
He has been Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of PAI Partners SAS since 2015.
On June 18, 2015, Lionel ZINSOU-DERLIN was named
Prime Minister of Benin.
Positions and responsibilities as of December 31, 2015
(a)
Position
Company
Country
Director
(term of office
from April 29, 2014
to the end of the
Shareholders' Meeting
to approve the 2016
financial statements)
DANONE SA
(b)
France
Vice-Chairman of the
Supervisory Board
PAI PARTNERS SAS
France
Director
KAUFMAN & BROAD SA
(b)
France
INVESTISSEURS & PARTENAIRES
Mauritius
I&P AFRIQUE ENTREPRENEURS
Mauritius
Chairman
Member of the
Supervisory Board
LES DOMAINES BARONS
DE ROTHSCHILD (LAFITE) SCA
France
Manager
SOFIA – SOCIÉTÉ FINANCIÈRE
AFRICAINE SARL
France
Position
Associations/Foundations/Other
Country
Founder and Treasurer
FONDATION ZINSOU
Benin
Director
CARE FRANCE (Association)
France
INSTITUT PASTEUR (Foundation)
France
Member of the
Strategy Steering
Committee
FONDATION POUR LES ÉTUDES EN
RECHERCHES SUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT
INTERNATIONAL
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.