Emmanuel Faber
Emmanuel Faber is French businessman born in 1964 in Grenoble. He is the Chief executive officer of Danone, and the Vice-Chairman of the board of directors, where he sits alongside, amongst others, Franck Riboud and Bernard Hours. He is also a member of the Executive Committee since 2000. He is French and was born in 1964 in Grenoble.
Career
An HEC Paris graduate, Emmanuel Faber started his career with Bain & Company (1986).[1] He then worked for the investment bank Barings before joining Legris Industries as Managing Director in 1995. He joins Danone in 1997 as head of Corporate Development and Strategy. In 2000, he becomes Chief Financial Officer of Danone and a member of the Executive Committee. In 2005, he is appointed as Executive Vice President, Asia-Pacific region. Following the encounter of Franck Riboud and Muhammad Yunus, he initiates the social business joint venture Grameen-Danone Foods, Ltd in Bangladesh. At the end of 2006, he oversees the creation of danone.communities, the first French mutual investment fund carrying social business. Since January 2008, he is co-Chief Operating Officer of Danone. He is a member of the board of directors of Danone since 2002, and its Vice-Chairman since 2009.[2]
Invited by Chico Whitaker, he attends the World Social Forum in Belem in 2009
Emmanuel Faber is co-chairing with Martin Hirsch the Action Tank “Business and Poverty”, social experimentation lab, initiated in 2010 by the HEC Paris Chair “Social Business – Enterprise and Poverty”, which gathers companies, civil society organizations and academic spheres together with one common objective : contribute to reducing poverty and exclusion in France.
Since 2011, he chairs the Strategic Guidance Committee of IEDES (Institute for Economic and Social Development) of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, which amongst others, publishes the “Tiers-Monde” journal.
In 2013, at the request of the French Minister of Development, Pascal Canfin, he writes a report with Jay Naidoo on reforming Official Development Assistance : “Mobilizing actors : a new approach to development aid”.[3]
Together with Michael Lonsdale and Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, he was chosen to be one of the three French sponsors of the World Youth Day 2011.[4]
In october 2014, he became the CEO of Danone, succeeding to Franck Riboud.[5]
Compensation
In 2012, his annual compensation is €3.9million.[6]
Bibliography
- Main basse sur la cité ; éthique et entreprise, Hachette 1992
- Chemins de traverse ; vivre l’économie autrement, Albin Michel 2011, Prix de l'Humanisme Chrétien
- Quand la fragilité change tout (Ouvrage collectif), Albin Michel 2013
See also
References
- ↑ Emmanuel Faber - Président-directeur général de Danone à partir d'octobre 2014, LSA Conso, September 9, 2014
- ↑ Danone - Emmanuel Faber, BusinessWeek
- ↑ Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international. "Innover par la mobilisation des acteurs : une nouvelle approche de l’aide au développement : rapport d’Emmanuel Faber et Jay Naidoo". France Diplomatie :: Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ Emmanuel Faber, l’atypique nouveau patron de Danone, L'Usine Nouvelle, September 03, 2014
- ↑ Emmanuel Faber, le joker de Danone, Les Echos, October 01, 2014
- ↑ "Rémunérations de M Emmanuel Faber (sur Edubourse.com)". Edubourse.com. Retrieved 28 October 2014.