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DANONE
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2015
Corporate Governance
6.1 Governance bodies
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Executive Committee
Role
Under the authority of the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Emmanuel FABER, the Executive Committee is responsible for Danone's opera-
tional management. It implements the strategy defined by the Board of Directors, reviews and approves resource allocation, ensures the
consistency of the actions taken by all the subsidiaries and Divisions and, depending on the results achieved, decides on the action plans
to be implemented. The Executive Committee meets at least once a month.
Composition
As of February 22, 2016, the following are the 12 members of the Executive Committee:
Name
Age
Principal position at Danone
Starting date
as Executive
Committee member
Emmanuel FABER
52
Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman
of the Board of Directors
2000
Felix MARTIN GARCIA
55
General Manager, Early Life Nutrition
2008
Pierre-André TERISSE
49
General Manager Africa
2008
Flemming MORGAN
60
General Manager, Medical Nutrition
2009
Jean-Philippe PARE
57
General Manager, Research and Development
2011
Francisco CAMACHO
50
General Manager, Waters
2011
Marc BENOIT
52
Executive Vice-President, Human Resources
2014
Bertrand AUSTRUY
42
General Secretary
2015
Lorna DAVIS
56
Chief Manifesto Catalyst
2015
Pascal DE PETRINI
55
Executive Vice-President, Strategic Resource Cycles
2015
Cécile CABANIS
45
Chief Financial Officer
2015
Gustavo VALLE
52
General Manager, Fresh Dairy Products
2015