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DANONE REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2015
Corporate Governance
6.2 Positions and responsibilities of the Directors and Nominees to the Board of Directors
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JACQUES-ANTOINE GRANJON
Born August 9, 1962
Age: 53 years
French nationality
Business address: 249, avenue du Président Wilson –
93210 La Plaine-Saint-Denis – France
Number of DANONE shares held as of December 31, 2015:
4,235
Independent Director
Attendance rate at Board of Directors' meetings as of
December 31, 2015: 100%
Principal responsibility: Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of
Personal background – experience and expertise
Jacques-Antoine GRANJON is a graduate of the
European Business School in Paris.
After completing his studies, his entrepreneurial spirit
led him and a friend to found Cofotex SA in 1985, which
specialized in wholesale close-outs.
In 1996, Jacques-Antoine GRANJON purchased the
former printing plants of Le Monde newspaper, which
were being sold as part of an urban renewal program
for La Plaine-Saint-Denis (93), and there he established
the headquarters of Oredis group. Jacques-Antoine
GRANJON came up with a completely innovative
concept: a web platform dedicated to private sales
of brand name products at deeply discounted prices.
In Januar y 2001, he and his partners launched
in France. He thus took his experi-
ence in drawing down inventories of close-outs from
leading fashion and home furnishing brands to the
Internet by applying a dual approach: event-based
and exclusive, while always emphasizing customer
satisfaction. was built in the image
of its founder as a model corporate citizen promoting
responsible growth, training and employability and a
social conscience.
In 2011, Jacques-Antoine GRANJON partnered with
Xavier NIEL and Marc SIMONCINI to create the École
Européenne des Métiers de l'Internet.
Positions and responsibilities as of December 31, 2015 (a)
Position Company Country
Director (term of office
from April 26, 2012
to the end of the
Shareholders' Meeting
to approve the 2017
financial statements) (c)
DANONE SA (b) France
Director GROUPE COURREGES SAS France
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
SA France
Chairman OREFI ORIENTALE ET FINANCIERE SAS (c) France
Chairman of the Board
of Directors
PALAIS DE TOKYO SAS France
Member of the
Supervisory Board
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR France
Position Associations/Foundations/Other Country
Chairman FONDATION France
(a) Offices shown in italics are not governed by Article L. 225-21 of the French commercial code
concerning multiple directorships.
(b) Listed company.
(c) Jacques-Antoine GRANJON also holds corporate offices in companies controlled by OREFI
ORIENTALE ET FINANCIÈRE SAS:
• Chairman of HOLDING DE LA RUE BLANCHE SAS (France), ORIMM SAS (France),
MBWilson SAS (France), VENTE PRIVEE USA BRANDS, INC. (United States), VENTE-
DEUTSCHLAND GmbH (Germany), LIMITED
(United Kingdom), VENTA- PRIVADA IBERICA (Spain), VENDITA.PRIVATA ITALIA SRL
(Italy) and ORELOG ORIENTALE ET LOGISTIQUE SAS;
• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PIN UP SA (France);
• Chief Executive Officer of PROPER SAS (France);
• Manager of EGLISE WILSON SARL (France) and ORIMM BIENS SARL (France);
• Co-Manager of IP SARL (Luxembourg) and Marques Holding
Luxembourg SARL (Luxembourg);
• Director of HOLDING SA (Luxembourg), LOOKLET (Sweden),
VENTE-PRIVEE USA, LLC (United States);
• Director of NOUVELLE D'EXPLOITATION DE RENOVATION ET DE RENAISSANCE
DU THEATRE DE PARIS SA (France);
• Manager of French civil partnerships (sociétés civiles françaises) SCI 247, SCI 249,
BM WILSON SCI, FRUITIER WILSON SCI, LANDY WILSON SCI, LYON 3 SCI, MM
WILSON SCI, PRESSENSE WILSON SCI, SCI BRETONS WILSON, SCI LE STADE
WILSON, SCI SAINTWILSON, SCI HOTELWILSON, SCI BEAUNE-WILSONMALAKOFF
WILSON, SCI DE LA GRENOUILLEWILSON, SCI YVETTEWILSON and SCI AMBROISE
WILSON;
• Chairman of VENTE-PRIVEE HOLDING PRODUCTIONS SAS (France);
• Chairman of HOLDING DE LA RUE DE LA MICHODIERE SAS (France) and THEATRE
DE LA MICHODIERE SAS (France);
• Chairman of PRODUCTS AND BRANDS STUDIO SAS (France).
Positions and responsibilities held during the past five years
Position Company Country
None