Chairman

Gilles Schnepp

The information below is taken from the 2023 Universal Registration Document.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of DANONE SA
Independent Director

French nationality
First appointed to the Board: Board of Directors of December 2020
End of term: 2026 Shareholders' Meeting
DANONE shares: 5,000

Expertise, experience and main activities

Upon graduating from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) in 1981, Gilles SCHNEPP started his career in 1983 at Merrill Lynch France where he became Vice-President in 1986. He then joined Legrand in 1989, holding various positions, in particular that of group Chief Financial Officer, before being appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2000. He was appointed to the executive committee and the board of directors in 2001 and Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2004. Between 2006 and 2018, he has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Legrand and then Chairman of its board of directors between 2018 and 2020. From 2018 to 2021, he was also Chairman of MEDEF's Ecological and Economic Transition Commission and a member of its executive committee. He was awarded the titles of Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur in 2007 and of Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite in 2012. Since 2020, he has been an operating advisor of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Gilles SCHNEPP has been appointed Chairman of Danone's Board of Directors on March 14, 2021.

Current terms of office

Danone companies

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors, DANONE SA

Other companies

French listed companies
  • Director, member of the Audit and Risk Committee, COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN
  • Director, Chairman of the Appointments, Governance, and CSR Committee, and member of the Strategy Committee, SANOFI
Foreign unlisted companies
  • Director, SOCOTEC
  • Chairman, GS CONSEILS (SAS)

Terms of office expired over the past five years

2020

  • Vice-Chairman and Senior Independent Member of the Supervisory Board, PEUGEOT S.A.
  • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, LEGRAND
  • Various positions within companies of the LEGRAND group

2022

  • Director and member of the Strategy and Social Responsibility Committee, LEGRAND