Jacques Vincent has served as an member of our Board of Directors since July 2007. Mr. Vincent also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Syngenta (Switzerland) and Yakult Honsa Co. Ltd. (Japan); and as Chairman of the BoD of Ecole Normale Superieure (Lyon). Mr. Vincent was appointed Vice-Chairman and COO of Groupe Danone in 1998. Prior to this, he was Vice-President of Fresh Dairy Products division of Groupe Danone. Having spent most of his career with the Group, he occupied various positions as general manager of certain of its subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy and the United States in the water and dairy businesses. He holds an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris, degree in economics and a Master of Science from Stanford University. |