About Danone
Danone operates as a leading global food and beverage company across three health-focused, fast-growing, and on-trend categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters, and Specialized Nutrition. Guided by its long-standing mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible, Danone seeks to encourage healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking habits, with a commitment to achieving measurable nutritional, social, societal, and environmental impact. Danone has introduced its “Renew” strategy aimed at restoring long-term growth, competitiveness, and value creation. With nearly 90,000 employees and products available in over 120 markets, Danone reported €27.6 billion in sales in 2023. Its portfolio features leading international brands such as Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette, Danio, Danonino, evian, Nutricia, Nutrilon, and Volvic, as well as strong local and regional brands, including AQUA, Blédina, Bonafont, Cow & Gate, Mizone, Oikos, and Silk. Danone is listed on Euronext Paris and is accessible through the OTCQX platform via an ADR (American Depositary Receipt) program. The company is included in prominent sustainability indexes, including those managed by Moody’s and Sustainalytics, as well as the MSCI ESG Indexes, FTSE4Good Index Series, Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, and Access to Nutrition Index. Danone aims 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 structure is led by Chief Executive Officer Antoine de Saint-Affrique. Under his leadership, the executive team includes Jean Marc Magnaudet, Executive Committee Member and President of Specialized Nutrition, and Christian Stammkoetter, President of AMEA (Asia, Middle East, Africa) and Member of the Danone Executive Committee. Véronique Penchienati Bosetta serves as Group Deputy CEO for Geographies, Categories, and Global Marketing & Sales, within the Sales function, with Henri Bruxelles as Chief Sustainability and Strategic Business Development Officer in Business Development, a sub-function of Sales Development. The Information Technology function is headed by Group CIO Erwin Logt, 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 & GS, and SAP Security Victor Dumitru; and Digital Transformation and Innovation, led by Group Chief Digital Officer Guido Merighi Buitoni. Additionally, Juergen Esser, Deputy CEO and Chief Financial, Technology and Data Officer, is associated within both the Finance and Information Technology functions. The Operations function is led by Chief Operations Officer Vikram Agarwal. The Compliance function is headed by Group Chief Compliance Officer Gillian Paul, with Pierre Armangau as VP and Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer. Human Resources is led by Chief Human Resources Officer Isabelle Esser, under which the Learning and Development (L&D) sub-function is led by Group Head of Learning and Chief Learning Officer Agnieszka Pietruszka.