Bangalore, July 14, 2010: Avesthagen, India’s knowledge-based life sciences company, has appointed Mr Jacques Vincent as a member of the company's Board of Directors. Mr Vincent joins the Board in his personal capacity as a distinguished personality of the food and science industry.

Mr Vincent is on the board of Syngenta- a multinational seed and crop-protection company in Switzerland, Biophytis- a biotech start-up and Mediaperformance- a media company in France.

He began his career with Danone in 1970 and has since held various financial and overall management positions within this group. Mr Vincent is a graduate engineer of the Ecole Centrale, Paris, holds a bachelor in Economics from Paris University and a Master of Science from Stanford University. Mr Vincent was the Chief Operating Officer of the Danone Group, Paris, since 1998, and was appointed as Vice Chairman and Advisor to the Chairman in 2008.