Danone // 2020 Universal Registration Document

6 corporate governance 6.2 Positions and responsibilities of the Directors DANONE UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020 233 GUIDO BARILLA Chairman of the Board of Directors of BARILLA Independent Director Age 62 – Italian nationality First appointed to the Board: 2018 Shareholders’ Meeting End of term: 2024 Shareholders’ Meeting (a) DANONE shares: 4,000 Expertise – Experience – Main activities Guido BARILLA spent two years studying in the United States, including one year at Boston College, before returning to Italy to study philosophy at the University of Milan. He began his career in 1982 with a two-year experience abroad in the Sales Department at Barilla France, a subsidiary of the Barilla group. He then wor- ked at several food companies in the United States. In 1986, upon returning to the Barilla group’s headquarters in Parma, he became a company executive responsible primarily for the group’s interna- tional expansion. That same year, he was appointed to the board of directors of Barilla G. e R. F.lli S.p.A., and subsequently named Vice Chairman in 1988. Following his father’s death in 1993, he became Chairman of the board of directors of Barilla G. e R. F.lli S.p.A. and group Chairman as of 2003. In 2009, he became Chairman of the advisory board of the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN), now known as the BCFN Foundation. Current terms of office Danone companies • Director andmember of the Strategy&TransformationCommittee of DANONE SA Other companies Foreign unlisted companies • Director and Chairman of the board of CO.FI.BA. S.R.L (b) (Italy), GELP - S.P.A. (Italy), BARILLA G. E R. FRATELLI S.P.A (b) (Italy), BARILLA INIZIATIVE S.P.A (b) (Italy) • Director of ARLANDA LIMITED (New Zealand), BARBROS S.R.L. (Italy), GAZZETTA DI PARMA FINANZIARIA S.P.A. (Italy), GAZZETTA DI PARMA S.R.L. (Italy), PUBLIEDI - S.R.L. (Italy), RADIO TV PARMA S.R.L. (Italy), GUIDO M. BARILLA E F.LLI S.R.L. (Italy) • Special representative of BARILLA SERVIZI FINANZIARI S.P.A (b) (Italy), F.I.R.S.T. COMMERCIALE S.R.L (b) (Italy), F.I.R.S.T. RETAILING S.P.A. (b) (Italy) Terms of office expired over the past five years •Member of the Social Responsibility Committee and the Engagement Committee of DANONE SA (a) Subject to the renewal of his term of office by the Shareholders’ Meeting of April 29, 2021. (b) Barilla group company. FRÉDÉRIC BOUTEBBA Political and Social Project Manager of DANONE SA Director representing employees Age 53 – French nationality First appointed to the Board: 2016 Shareholders’ Meeting End of term: 2023 Shareholders’ Meeting DANONE shares: 1 (a) Expertise – Experience – Main activities With an Advanced Commercial Technician’s Certificate, Frédéric BOUTEBBA joined Danone in 1992 where he held a number of res- ponsibilities in the Sales Department. In 2006, he changed course and began to represent and defend employees’ interests, joining various employee representative bodies both at the head office of Danone Eaux France S.A.E.M.E. and at the national level. In January 2018, he became an advisor and urgent applications judge for the Industrial Tribunal ( Conseil de Prud’hommes ) of Bergerac. In 2020, he was appointed Vice President of the Industrial Tribunal of Bergerac and Assessor-Judge at the Labour Division of the Court ( Tribunal Judiciaire ) of Périgueux. Current terms of office Danone companies • Director representing employees and member of the Audit Committee of DANONE SA Other companies – Terms of office expired over the past five years •Member of the DANONE Group-level Works Council • Shop Steward, Member and Union Representative of the Works Council of DANONE EAUX FRANCE S.A.E.M.E. •Member representing employees of BRANCHE EAUX, BIÈRES ET B.R.S.A. (a) Share granted under the “One Person, One Voice, One Share” program.