Danone // 2020 Universal Registration Document

corporate governance 6.2 Positions and responsibilities of the Directors DANONE UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020 244 LIONEL ZINSOU-DERLIN Chairman of SOUTHBRIDGE SAS Independent Director Age 66 – French and Beninese nationality First appointed to the Board: 2014 Shareholders’ Meeting End of term: 2023 Shareholders’ Meeting DANONE shares: 4,369 Expertise – Experience – Main activities Lionel ZINSOU-DERLIN is a graduate of theÉcoleNormale Supérieure, the London School of Economics and the Intitut d’études politiques of Paris. He holds a master’s degree in Economic History and is an Associate Professor of Economics. He started his career as a Senior Lecturer and Professor of Economics at Université Paris XIII. Between 1984 and 1986, he was an Adviser to the Minister of Industry and to the Prime Minister of the French Republic. In 1986, he joined Danone where he held various positions, including Group Corporate Development Director and then Chief Executive Officer of HP Foods 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 amember of the Global Investment Bank committee. In 2008, he joined PAI Partners SAS, where he served as Chairman from 2009 to 2015 and was Chairman of the executive committee from 2010 to 2015. Since 2015, he has held the position of Vice Chairman of the supervisory board of PAI Partners SAS. From June 2015 to April 2016, he was the Prime Minister of Benin. In 2017, he was appointed President of the Terra Nova think tank and he co-founded Southbridge, a financial and strategic consulting firm focusing on Africa. He was appointed member of the advisory committee of Eurazeo in November 2020. He was also a consultant for the United Nations Development Program. Current terms of office Danone companies • Director and member of the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee and the Strategy & Transformation Committee of DANONE SA Other companies Foreign listed companies • Director of AMERICANA (United Arab Emirates) • Director of ATTIJARIWAFA BANK (Morocco) French unlisted companies • Vice-Chairman of the supervisory board of PAI PARTNERS SAS • Chairman of SOUTHBRIDGE SAS • Chairman of the supervisory board of LES DOMAINES BARONS DE ROTHSCHILD (LAFITE) SCA , EFFICIENCE AFRICA FUND SA •Member of the supervisory board of AP-HP INTERNATIONAL (SASU) Foreign unlisted companies • Chairman of the board of directors of SOUTHBRIDGE HOLDING (Mauritius) • Director of I&P AFRIQUE ENTREPRENEURS (Maur i tius) , SOUTHBRIDGE PARTNERS (Ivory Coast) Terms of office expired over the past five years • Director of KAUFMAN & BROAD SA • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SOUTHBRIDGE FRANCE •Manager of SOFIA – SOCIÉTÉ FINANCIÈRE AFRICAINE SARL