June 24th, 2010
Danone appoints new Director Investor Relations
Danone, today, announced the appointment of Antoine Guttinger as Director Investor Relations as of August 1st 2010. Antoine succeeds Robin Jansen, who has decided to pursue new career opportunities outside Danone after having strongly contributed to the professionalization of Danone’s financial communication since his arrival in 2008.
Antoine will report to Pierre-André Térisse, Chief Financial Officer.
He started his career in 1995 in Controlling, first at the Paris Head Office within the Americas Department, then in Aguas Minerales SA, Argentina, in 1997. In 1998, he became Sales Manager at Villa Alpina SA in Argentina, before pursuing his career in Marketing as Product Manager for Danone France in 2000. In 2003, he joined Danone Springs of Eden in Switzerland as Business Control Director before being appointed as VP Finance of the HOD Mexico joint venture in 2006. Since 2008, Antoine Guttinger was VP Finance of Bonafont in Mexico.
About Danone
Danone is a Fortune 500 company and one of the most successful healthy food companies in the world. Its mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible. Fulfilling this mission is a major contributor to Danone’s continuous strong growth. Danone, with 160 plants and around 80,000 employees, has a presence in all five continents and over 120 countries. In 2009, Danone recorded € 15 billion in sales. Danone enjoys leading positions on healthy food in four businesses: fresh dairy products (n°1 worldwide), water (n° 2 on the packaged water market), baby nutrition (n°2 worldwide) and medical nutrition. Listed on Euronext Paris, Danone is also ranked among the main indices of social responsibility: Dow Jones Sustainability Index Stoxx and World, ASPI Eurozone and Ethibel Sustainability index.
