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Antoine de Saint-Affrique: “Danone must become Danone again”

2022-09-14T16:15:04.019Z


EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – A year after his arrival, the group's general manager draws up a first assessment. The war in Ukraine prompted him to accelerate the transformation of the agrifood giant.


On September 15, 2021, Antoine de Saint-Affrique took over as CEO of Danone.

The French agrifood giant had been destabilized by several months of governance crisis that led to the ousting of CEO Emmanuel Faber.

A year later, the new strong man of the group draws up the first assessment of his Renew Danone strategic plan.

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- A year after your arrival at Danone, what form is the group in?

Antoine de SAINT-AFFRIQUE.

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Danone calmed down, clarified its strategic priorities, got moving and looked outward again.

The group was in the middle of a major restructuring, we acted to make it land well.

Our new Renew strategy builds on the extraordinary strengths of Danone.

It is neither a 180 degree turn nor a "reset", but to project Danone into the future and to restart it thanks to a return to fundamentals: by refocusing on our historical mission , our consumers…

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Source: lefigaro

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