Guido Barilla serves as Independent Director of the Company. He has held the position of Director of Danone SA, since April 26, 2018. He is Member of the Company's Social Responsibility Committee. After studying philosophy, he began his career in 1982 with a two year experience abroad in the Sales Department at Barilla France, a subsidiary of the Barilla Group. Following his European training, he worked at several food companies in the United States. Once he returned to Parma, headquarter of the Barilla Group, he became an executive at the company in July 1986 and was mainly responsible for the Group’s international expansion. In the same year, he was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Barilla G. & R. F.lli S.p.A., and was then named Vice Chairman in May 1988. Following his father’s death, in October 1993, he became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Barilla G. e R. F.lli S.p.A. and Group Chairman as of March 2003. In 2009, he became Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN), currently the BCFN Foundation. He currently is Director and Chairman of BARILLA HOLDING S.P.A. (Italy), CO.FI. BA. S.R.L. (Italy), GELP - S.P.A. (Italy), BARILLA G. E R. FRATELLI S.P.A. (Italy), BARILLA INIZIATIVE S.P.A. (Italy), CONSUMER GOODS FORUM BOARD (France); Director of ARLANDA LIMITED (New Zealand), BARBROS S.R.L. (Italy), GAZZETTA DI PARMA FINANZIARIA S.P.A (Italy), GAZZETTA DI PARMA S.R.L. (Italy), PUBLIEDI - S.R.L. (Italy), RADIO TV PARMA S.R.L. (Italy), GUIDO M. BARILLA E F.LLI S.R.L (Italy); Special Procurator of BARILLA SERVIZI FINANZIARI S.P.A (Italy), F.I.R.S.T. COMMERCIALE S.R.L(a) (Italy), F.I.R.S.T. RETAILING S.P.A. (Italy).
As the Independent Director of Danone SA, the total compensation of Guido Barilla at Danone SA is $54,000. There are 10 executives at Danone SA getting paid more, with Emmanuel Faber having the highest compensation of $4,691,760.
Guido Barilla is 61, he's been the Independent Director of Danone SA since 2018. There are 8 older and 19 younger executives at Danone SA. The oldest executive at Danone SA is Michel Alexandre David-Weill, 89, who is the Honorary Vice-Chairman.
Danone S.A. operates in the food and beverage industry in Europe, Noram, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. The company operates through three segments: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based, Specialized Nutrition, and Waters. It produces and distributes yogurts; milk products; coffee creamers, drinks, and beverages; plant-based products; and ice creams, desserts, and nutritional powdered protein products under the Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette, Danio, Danonino, evian, Nutricia, Nutrilon, Volvic, as well as under the licensed brands, including International Delight, Dunkin' Donuts, and Bailey's. The company also offers specialized nutrition products for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, infants, and young children under the Aptamil, Nutrilon, Gallia, Cow & Gate, Blédina, Bebelac, Olvarit, and Happy Family Organics brands. In addition, it provides tube feeding products under the Nutrison name; oral nutritional supplements under the Fortimel and NutriDrink names; and hypoallergenic products for children with allergies primarily under the Aptamil ProSyneo, Aptamil Pepti Syneo, and Neocate Syneo names. Further, the company offers water with natural fruit extracts, fruit juice, and vitamins under the evian, Volvic, Aqua, Mizone, Bonafont, Villavicencio, Villa del Sur, Hayat, Sirma, Fontvella, Lanjarón, Salus, Aqua d'Or, and Zywiec Zdroj brands. It distributes its products through retail chains and traditional market outlets; convenience stores; hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies; and e-commerce. The company was formerly known as Groupe Danone and changed its name to Danone S.A. in April 2009. Danone S.A. was incorporated in 1899 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
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