Independent Director

Lise Kingo

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

Independent Direcor of companies
Independent Director and chair of the CSR Committee

Danish nationality
First appointed to the Board: Board of Directors of September 30, 2022
End of term: 2027 Shareholders' Meeting
DANONE shares: 2,000

Expertise - Experience - Main activities

Lise KINGO holds a master's degree in Responsibility & Business from the University of Bath in the UK as well as bachelor degrees in Religions and Ancient Greek Art from the University of Aarhus in Denmark. She also holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing and Economics from the Copenhagen Business School and a certificate as International Director from INSEAD in France. Lise KINGO joined Novo Nordisk in 1988, where she remained for more than 25 years. She held various international business roles, including in environmental affairs, internal audit, compliance, human resources, communications, branding and sustainability, and was appointed as Executive Vice

President, Chief of Staff and member of the Executive Committee in 2002. She played a key role in defining Novo Nordisk's sustainable business strategy and strong brand. In 2015, Lise KINGO was appointed Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, the world's largest sustainability initiative uniting business to create a better world through universal principles and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She was also a professor in sustainability and innovation at Vrije University in Amsterdam from 2006 to 20 

(a) Subject to the renewal of her term of office by the Shareholders' Meeting ofApril 25, 2024.

Current terms of office

Danone companies

  •  Director, Chair of the CSR Committee of DANONE SA 

Other companies

French listed companies
  • Director, member of the appointments, governance, and CSR- Committee of SANOFI
Foreign listed companies
  • Director, Chair of the sustainability committee of COVESTRO AG (Germany)

Terms of office expired over the past five years

2023

  • Director of AKER HORIZONS ASA (Norway)