Danone // 2020 Universal Registration Document

6 corporate governance 6.2 Positions and responsibilities of the Directors DANONE UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020 237 GAËLLE OLIVIER Chief Executive Officer for SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE Asia Pacific Independent Director Age 49 – French nationality First appointed to the Board: 2014 Shareholders’ Meeting End of term: 2023 Shareholders’ Meeting DANONE shares: 4,340 Expertise – Experience – Main activities A graduate of the École Polytechnique, ENSAE, and a Chartered Actuary from the Institut des Actuaires, Gaëlle OLIVIER began her career at Crédit Lyonnais in the equity derivatives trading room. In 1998, she joined the AXA Group where she held various senior executive roles in France and Asia, in the areas of assets manage- ment, insurance and corporate social responsibility. In particular, she became Chief Executive Officer of AXA Global P&C and joined the AXA Group’s management committee in 2016. At the end of 2017, Gaëlle OLIVIER left the AXA Group to develop other business pro- jects, notably in the new technologies sector. She joined the Société Générale group in January 2020 as Head of the Asia Pacific region. Current terms of office Danone companies • Director and member of the Audit Committee of DANONE SA Other companies French unlisted companies •Manager of KYOUKO (SASU) Terms of office expired over the past five years • Chief Executive Officer and Chair of AXA GLOBAL P&C • Chief Executive Officer of AXA ENTREPRISES • Chair of the board of AXA GLOBAL DIRECT SA • Chair of the board of GALYTIX LTD (United Kingdom) • Chair of the board and of the compensation committee of AXA CORPORATE SOLUTIONS ASSURANCE • Chair and member of the board of AXA ART (Germany), AXA THAILAND PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (Thailand) • Director of AXA UK (United Kingdom), AXA GENERAL INSURANCE HONG KONG LIMITED (China), AXA GENERAL INSURANCE CHINA LIMITED (China), AXA INSURANCESINGAPOREPTELTD (Singapore), AXA AFFIN GENERAL INSURANCE BERHAD (Malaysia), BHARTI – AXA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (India) BENOÎT POTIER Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of L’AIR LIQUIDE SA Non-independent Director Age 63 – French nationality First appointed to the Board: 2003 Shareholders’ Meeting End of term: 2021 Shareholders’ Meeting DANONE shares: 8,846 Expertise – Experience – Main activities A graduate of the École Centrale de Paris, Benoît POTIER joined Air Liquide in 1981 as a Research and Development engineer. He then held positions as Project Manager in the Engineering and Construction Department and Head of Energy Development within the Large Industry segment. In 1993, he was named Head of Strategy- Organization and in 1994, he was appointed Head of Chemicals, Steel, Refining and Energy Markets. He became Deputy General Manager in 1995 and added to the aforementioned responsibilities that of Head of Construction Engineering and Large Industry for Europe. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1997, Director of Air Liquide in 2000 and Chairman of the management board in November 2001. In 2006, he was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of L’Air Liquide SA. In addition, he was named Vice Chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists in 2010 and then Chairman in 2014. He held this position until May 2018. Since 2018, he has been the Co-Chair of the Hydrogen Council. In October 2020, he was appointed member of the Paris-Saclay University strategic orientation committee. Current terms of office Danone companies • Director, Chairman of the Strategy & Transformation Committee and member of the Governance Committee of DANONE SA Other companies French listed companies • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of L’AIR LIQUIDE SA Foreign listed companies •Member of the supervisory board andmember of the nominating committee of SIEMENS AG (Germany) French unlisted companies • Chairman and Chief Execut i ve Of f icer of AIR LIQUIDE INTERNATIONAL (a) • Director of THE HYDROGEN COMPANY (a) Foreign unlisted companies • Chairman and Chief Execut i ve Of f icer of AIR LIQUIDE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (a) (United States) • Director of AMERICANAIRLIQUIDEHOLDINGS INC. (a) (UnitedStates) • Co-Chair of THE HYDROGEN COUNCIL (Belgium) Terms of office expired over the past five years • Chairman of the Strategy Committee and the Engagement Committee of DANONE SA • Director of CENTRALESUPELEC (a) Air Liquide group company.