Danone further progresses on Board renewal with two additions
Press Release – Paris, October 3, 2022
Danone further
progresses onBoard renewal
with two additions
Danone is pleased to announce that two senior
leaders have been co-opted to join the Board of Directors as
independent members:
- Gilbert
Ghostine, currently Chief Executive Officer of
Firmenich;
- Lise
Kingo, former Chief Executive Officer and
Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact.
Gilbert Ghostine and Lise Kingo will join
Danone’s Board of Directors from October 15th and
December 1st respectively. They will replace Guido
Barilla, who decided to step down from the Board by anticipation,
and Cécile Cabanis, who left the Board on June
30th.
Gilles Schnepp, Chairman of the Board
said:
“First, I would like, on behalf of the entire
Board, to warmly thank Guido Barilla for his active and constant
involvement in the Board’s work since 2018. His undisputed business
acumen and experience in the Consumer Goods sector, as well as his
remarkable integrity and wisdom, have been an undeniable added
value to Danone.
The addition of Gilbert Ghostine and Lise Kingo
marks another milestone in the renewal of Danone’s Board of
Directors. With their experience in senior leadership roles and
expertise in Consumer Goods, Health, Nutrition and Sustainability,
they will support us in the implementation of the Renew Danone
strategy. I would like to thank them for accepting to join the
Board and look forward to working with them.”
APPENDIX
Biographies
Gilbert
Ghostine is the Chief Executive Officer of
Firmenich, the Swiss largest private fragrance and taste company in
the world. Since joining Firmenich in 2014, Gilbert has championed
digital innovation, led the strategic repositioning of Firmenich
into Natural, Biotech and Life Science leadership, and driven its
growth into a recognized global leader in Environmental, Social and
Governance.
Under Gilbert’s leadership, Firmenich has
delivered strong and consistent organic growth whilst securing 14
strategic acquisitions, culminating in the planned merger with DSM
in the first half of 2023. Gilbert’s tenure as Firmenich Chief
Executive Officer will end in 2023, once the merger with DSM is
achieved. Prior to joining Firmenich, Gilbert worked for 21 years
with Diageo, holding several senior leadership roles across four
continents.
In July 2022, he was appointed to the Board of
Directors of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Gilbert is a
Lebanese-national and holds a Master’s degree in Business
Administration from Saint Joseph University, Lebanon. He also
completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management
Program.
Lise Kingo is
an Independent Board member of Sanofi and Covestro, as well as a
non-executive Board member of the investment company Aker Horizons.
Between 2015 and 2020, she was the Chief Executive Officer and
Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, the
world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative uniting
business to create a better world through universal principles and
the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
From 2002 to 2014 Lise was Executive Vice
President, member of the Executive Management team, in Novo Nordisk
with global responsibility for Compliance, HR, Communications and
Sustainability. She spent more than 25 years in the company in
various international business roles and was instrumental in
defining the company’s sustainable business strategy and strong
brand.
A native of Denmark, Lise holds a bachelor’s
degree from the University of Aarhus in Denmark, a bachelor's
degree in Marketing and Economics from the Copenhagen Business
School and a master's degree in Responsibility & Business from
the University of Bath in the UK. Furthermore, she is certified as
an international Board member by INSEAD.
Danone Board renewal –
Reminder
On July 29, 2021, Danone announced the complete
renewal of its Board of Directors: all current Directors – with the
exception of Gilles Schnepp and the two Directors representing
Employees – will be leaving the Board of Directors by the 2023
Shareholders’ Meeting.
In the meantime, Danone will propose the
election of new, externally-recruited Directors, with the objective
of constituting a more independent and compact Board of Directors
featuring the right blend of FMCG-experience, capabilities and
perspectives.
Composition of Danone’s Board of
Directors as of December
1st
Gilles Schnepp, ChairmanValérie
Chapoulaud-Floquet, Lead Independent DirectorAntoine de
Saint-Affrique, Chief Executive OfficerFrédéric Boutebba, Director
representing employeesGilbert GhostineLise KingoMichel
LandelPatrice LouvetGéraldine PicaudSusan RobertsBettina Theissig,
Director representing employeesSerpil Timuray
About Danone
(www.danone.com)
Danone is a leading global food and beverage
company operating in three health-focused, fast-growing and
on-trend categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products,
Waters and Specialized Nutrition. With a long-standing mission of
bringing health through food to as many people as possible, Danone
aims to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking
practices while committing to achieve measurable nutritional,
social, societal and environment impact. Danone has defined its
Renew strategy to restore growth, competitiveness, and value
creation for the long-term. With 100,000 employees, and products
sold in over 120 markets, Danone generated €24.2 billion in sales
in 2021. Danone’s portfolio includes leading international brands
(Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette, Danio, Danonino, evian,
Nutricia, Nutrilon, Volvic, among others) as well as strong local
and regional brands (including Aqua, Blédina, Bonafont, Cow &
Gate, Mizone, Oikos and Silk). Listed on Euronext Paris and present
on the OTCQX market via an ADR (American Depositary Receipt)
program, Danone is a component stock of leading sustainability
indexes including the ones managed by Vigeo Eiris and
Sustainalytics, as well as the Ethibel Sustainability Index, the
MSCI ESG Indexes, the FTSE4Good Index Series, Bloomberg Gender
Equality Index, and the Access to Nutrition Index. By 2025, Danone
aims to become one of the first multinational companies to obtain
global B Corp™ certification.
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