Danone // 2020 Universal Registration Document

6 corporate governance 6.2 Positions and responsibilities of the Directors DANONE UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020 239 GILLES SCHNEPP Chairman of the Board of Directors of DANONE SA (a) Director whose co-opting is proposed to the Shareholders’ Meeting for ratification Age 62 – French nationality First appointed to the Board: Board of Directors of December 2020 (b) DANONE shares: 5,000 Expertise – Experience – Main activities Upon graduating from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in 1981, Gilles SCHNEPP started his career in 1983 at Merrill Lynch France where he became Vice-President in 1986. He then joined Legrand in 1989, holding various positions, in particular that of group Chief Financial Officer, before being appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2000. He was appointed to the executive com- mittee and the board of directors in 2001 and Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2004. Between 2006 and 2018 he has been Legrand Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board between 2018 and 2020. He is also since 2018 Chairman of MEDEF’s Ecological and Economic Transition Commission and a member of the executive committee. He was awarded the titles of Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in 2007 and of Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite in 2012. Since 2020, he has been an operating advisor of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Gilles SCHNEPP has been ap- pointed Chairman of Danone’s Board of Directors on March 14, 2021. Current terms of office Danone companies • Director andmember of the Strategy&TransformationCommittee of DANONE SA Other companies French listed companies • Director and member of the strategy and social responsibility Committee of LEGRAND • Vice-Chairman and Senior Independent Member of the supervi- sory board, Chairman of the appointments, compensation and governance committee and member of the finance and audit committee of PEUGEOT S.A. (c) • Director and member of the audit and risk committee of COMPAGNIE SAINT-GOBAIN • Director and member of the audit committee of SANOFI French unlisted companies • Chairman of GS CONSEILS (SASU) Terms of office expired over the past five years • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LEGRAND • Various positions and functions within subsidiaries of LEGRAND (a) As of March 14, 2021. (b) Theratificationofhisco-optingwillbesubmittedtoapprovalby theShareholders’ Meeting of April 29, 2021. (c) Until January 16, 2021.