About Danone
Danone is a major worldwide food and beverage company that operates in three health-oriented, rapidly expanding, and current categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters, and Specialized Nutrition. With a long-term mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible, Danone seeks to encourage healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking habits, while aiming to achieve measurable impacts in nutrition, social, societal, and environmental areas. Danone has established its "Renew" strategy to restore growth, competitiveness, and long-term value creation. With nearly 90,000 employees and products sold in over 120 markets, Danone recorded €27.6 billion in sales in 2023. Its portfolio features leading international brands (Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette, Danio, Danonino, evian, Nutricia, Nutrilon, and Volvic, among others), as well as strong local and regional brands (including AQUA, Blédina, Bonafont, Cow & Gate, Mizone, Oikos, and Silk). Listed on Euronext Paris and available on the OTCQX platform through an ADR (American Depositary Receipt) program, Danone is included in major sustainability indexes, such as those managed by Moody’s and Sustainalytics, along with MSCI ESG Indexes, FTSE4Good Index Series, Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, and Access to Nutrition Index. Danone’s goal is to achieve B CorpTM certification globally by 2025.
Executive Leadership Team
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Danone Executive Leadership Team
Business Focus Areas
Danone Org Chart & Organizational Structure
Danone’s organizational chart is headed by Chief Executive Officer Antoine de Saint-Affrique. Under his leadership, the company’s executive team includes Jean Marc Magnaudet, Executive Committee Member and President of Specialized Nutrition; Christian Stammkoetter, President of AMEA (Asia, Middle East, Africa) and Member of the Danone Executive Committee; and Véronique Penchienati Bosetta, Deputy CEO for Global Marketing and Sales, Geographies and Categories. Within her Sales function, Henri Bruxelles serves as Chief Sustainability and Strategic Business Development Officer under the Sales Development and Business Development sub-functions. The organization also features a Finance function led by Juergen Esser, who holds the role of Deputy CEO and Chief Financial, Technology and Data Officer. Under the Information Technology function, Erwin Logt serves as Group CIO, with sub-functions including Information Security, led by Group Chief Information Security Officer Nicolas Vielliard; Enterprise Architecture, led by Global CTO Isabelle Quemeneur; ERP, led by Managing Director for IT, SAP HR and GS, and SAP Security Victor Dumitru; and Digital Transformation and Innovation, led by Group Chief Digital Officer Guido Merighi Buitoni. The Compliance function is led by Group Chief Compliance Officer Gillian Paul, under whom Pierre Armangau serves as Vice President, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer. The Human Resources function is led by Chief Human Resources Officer Isabelle Esser, with a Learning and Development (L&D) sub-function headed by Agnieszka Pietruszka, Group Head of Learning and Chief Learning Officer. The Operations function is led by Chief Operations Officer Vikram Agarwal.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Danone's BizKonnect profile actually show?
An overview with industry, headquarters, employee count, and public/private status; an About section describing the business; Key Facts; an Executive Leadership Team list; and a preview of the OrgKonnect's GenAI-powered org chart built by BizKonnect.
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How is Danone's organizational structure mapped on BizKonnect?
Danone's hierarchy is broken into functional departments IT, Finance, Commercial Sales, Operations and distinct business units, with GenAI-powered interactive org charts mapping reporting lines directly up to the CXOs.
Does the page show which executive oversees which function?
Yes, functions like Finance, Sales, Operations, and Information Technology are each tied to a named executive and their title, based on Danone's reported leadership structure.
Is executive tenure information included?
Each leader's profile shows how long they've held their role, marked "Since [year]," so you can see how recently Danone's leadership team has changed.
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The visual maps break down multi-person buying centers within Danone, helping ABM teams identify actual budget owners, understand peer reporting relationships, and run multi-threaded outreach without getting stuck behind gatekeepers.
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