“Danoner” one day, Danoner always.
Thirty-five years after his first internship at Kronenbourg (at the time owned by Danone), Antoine de Saint-Affrique will take the helm of the French agribusiness giant on September 15.
A long-awaited captain, as the group emerges from the strongest storm in its history.
Fate seemed written for this graduate of ESSEC (class of 87), who was a naval officer for 18 months, sailing in the Persian Gulf at the end of the Iran - Iraq war.
He also left first in his class at the Naval Academy.
"A fantastic school of leadership where, while we know nothing, you are entrusted at sea with people much more experienced than you",
confessed two years ago at CNN.
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If he joined Unilever once on land, he made another stint at Danone at the end of the 90s. There, he piloted Amora's LBO.
The brand was later acquired by Unilever, whose classical music fan led the food industry for 4 years, before joining
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