12 Facts About Emmanuel Faber

Emmanuel Faber was born on 22 January 1964 and is a French businessman.

Emmanuel Faber was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Danone, and the Chairman of the Board of directors.

Emmanuel Faber was appointed Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board.

Emmanuel Faber passed his baccalaureat in Gap in the early 1980s.

Emmanuel Faber then worked for Barings Bank, before joining Legris Industries in 1993 as Administrative and Financial Director.

Emmanuel Faber joined Danone in 1997 as head of Finance, Strategies and Information Systems.

In June 2016 Emmanuel Faber gave the commencement address to graduates of HEC where he spoke of the need for people to come together and bring down walls.

In 2017, Emmanuel Faber became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Danone in addition to his function of Chief Executive Officer.

Emmanuel Faber extended Danone's "multi-stakeholder" model of business, emphasising environmental and social priorities.

Emmanuel Faber championed the idea of includinging a Carbon Adjusted EPS metric in company reports.

Emmanuel Faber announced that he would give up his Danone retirement package, which amounts to 1.2 million euros per year, in order to only receive the traditional pension of employees.

In October 2021, Emmanuel Faber became a partner at Astanor Ventures, an agritech investment company.