Governance Nestlé S.A.

NESN

CH0038863350

Food Processing

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Executive Committee: Nestlé S.A.

Manager

Positions heldSince

Laurent Freixe

63 year

Chief Executive Officer

01/09/2024

Anna Olive Magdelene Manz

52 year

Director of Finance/CFO

01/03/2024

Stephanie Pullings Hart

53 year

Chief Operating Officer

01/01/2024

Bernard Meunier

65 year

Sales & Marketing

01/03/2021

Leanne Geale

60 year

General Counsel

01/08/2019

Béatrice Guillaume-Grabisch

61 year

Human Resources Officer

01/01/2019

Stefan Palzer

56 year

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

01/01/2018

Luca Borlini

Investor Relations Contact

01/05/2018

David P. Frick

60 year

Compliance Officer	-
Corporate Secretary	-

Composition of the Board of Directors: Nestlé S.A.

Director

CommitteesSince

Paul Bulcke

70 year

Nominating Committee	20/04/2017
Governance Committee Chair	15/04/2021
Audit Committee	01/01/2011
Compensation Committee	20/04/2017
HR Committee	20/04/2017
Governance Committee	20/04/2017

Renato Fassbind

70 year

Governance Committee	17/04/2015
Audit Committee Chair	16/04/2015
Audit Committee	01/01/2011

A. Dick Boer

67 year

Compensation Committee	18/11/2022
Audit Committee	18/11/2022
Nominating Committee	18/11/2022

Patrick Aebischer

71 year

Compensation Committee	16/04/2015
Nominating Committee

Dinesh C. Paliwal

68 year

Compensation Committee
Nominating Committee	11/04/2019

Rainer Blair

61 year

Finance Committee	01/09/2020
Executive Committee	01/09/2020

Géraldine Matchett

53 year

Audit Committee	29/03/2018
Finance Committee	29/03/2018

Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera

61 year

Governance Committee	12/04/2018
Compensation Committee Chair	12/04/2018

Hanne Jimenez de Mora

65 year

Governance Committee

Luca Maestri

62 year

Audit Committee

07/04/2022

Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch

64 year

Nominating Committee

20/04/2023

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

62 year

Director/Board Member	15/04/2021
Independent Dir/Board Member	15/04/2021

Chris Leong

58 year

Director/Board Member	07/04/2022
Independent Dir/Board Member	07/04/2022

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

80 year

Director/Board Member

06/04/2017

Latest Appointments: Nestlé S.A.

Siemens Nominates Former Nestle CEO for Supervisory Board Seat, Potential Chair Successor	12/12	MT
Siemens proposes former Nestle CEO Schneider as supervisory board head from 2027	11/12	RE
More US firms lean on retired, veteran leaders to steady ship in choppy economy	22/24/22	RE
'Boomerang' CEOs: veteran executives of major companies make a return	22/24/22	RE
Nestlé Announces Changes to Its Organization and Its Executive Board	17/24/17	CI
Retail, consumer CEOs see shorter tenures as boards act more quickly	10/24/10	RE

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Former Officers and Directors: Nestlé S.A.

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Chris Johnson

Human Resources Officer	01/08/2018	01/01/2019
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2019	01/01/2022

Beat W. Hess

Director/Board Member	13/01/2010	23/04/2020
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2008	23/04/2020
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2008	13/01/2010

Jean-Pierre Roth

Director/Board Member	08/09/2010	11/04/2019
Independent Dir/Board Member	15/04/2010	11/04/2019

Naina Lal Kidwai

Director/Board Member	01/01/2006	12/04/2018
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2006	12/04/2018

Steven George Hoch

Director/Board Member	13/01/2010	12/04/2018
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2006	12/04/2018

Andreas Niklaus Koopmann-Zulliger

Director/Board Member	12/01/2010	12/04/2018
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2003	12/04/2018
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2003	12/01/2010

Luis Cantarell Rocamora

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/12/2012

31/12/2016

Daniel Borel

Director/Board Member	13/01/2010	09/04/2016
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2004	09/04/2016
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2004	13/01/2010

José Lopez

Chief Operating Officer

12/01/2010

30/09/2015

Rolf Hänggi

Director/Board Member	01/01/2004	16/04/2015
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2004	16/04/2015

Jean-Pierre Meyers

Director/Board Member	10/12/2009	10/04/2014
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/1991	10/04/2014
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/1991	10/12/2009

John J. Harris

Corporate Officer/Principal

14/09/2010

30/11/2013

Werner J. Bauer

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	28/10/2009	31/08/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2007	28/10/2009

Marc Caira

Corporate Officer/Principal

15/09/2010

30/04/2013

André Kudelski

Director/Board Member	13/01/2010	11/04/2013
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2001	11/04/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2001	13/01/2010

Jean-Marc Duvoisin

Chief Administrative Officer	01/01/2010	01/01/2013
Human Resources Officer	01/01/2007	01/01/2013

Carolina Müller-Möhl

Director/Board Member

13/01/2010

19/04/2012

Jean-René Fourtou

Director/Board Member

13/09/2010

19/04/2012

James M. Singh

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	14/09/2010	31/03/2012
Director of Finance/CFO	12/01/2010	31/03/2012
General Counsel	14/09/2010	31/03/2012
Treasurer	19/08/2011	24/10/2011

Frits van Dijk

Corporate Officer/Principal

14/09/2010

01/10/2011

Petraea Heynike

Sales & Marketing

01/03/2009

01/04/2011

Irina du Bois

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/2009

Edward George

Director/Board Member

18/04/2009

Kaspar Villiger

Director/Board Member

01/01/2004

01/01/2009

Kevin Berryman

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

01/09/2008

Nelly Wenger

Corporate Officer/Principal

20/12/2006

Wolfgang Reichenberger

Chief Executive Officer	01/04/2001	31/03/2006
Director of Finance/CFO	01/04/2001	31/03/2006
Private Equity Investor	01/04/2001	31/03/2006

Ed Marra

Sales & Marketing

01/01/1981

01/12/2005

Michael William Oliver Garrett

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1961

30/04/2005

Rainer E. Gut

Chairman

01/01/2000

01/01/2005

Tawfik Sharkasi

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

01/01/1994

01/01/2000

Fredrik Nauckhoff

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/2004

Carlos Eduardo Represas de Almeida

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1994

01/01/2004

Roddy Child-Villiers

Investor Relations Contact

24/08/2011

Rupert Gasser

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1997

01/01/2002

Mark Sarvary

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1999

Karl Timo Stahl

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1994

Domenico Scala

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

01/01/1990

01/01/1993

Hans Peter Frick

General Counsel

23/11/2010

Max Peter

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1987

Lars Goran Ohlin

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1984

01/01/1987

Alexandre Zeller

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

01/01/1984

Daniel Trèves

Treasurer

01/01/1984

Roland W. Hess

Director of Finance/CFO

01/01/1971

01/01/1984

Bernard Keller

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1984

Andrea Illy

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1983

Hervé J. F. Defforey

Sales & Marketing

09/09/2010

Jerome Gramaglia

Corporate Officer/Principal

Phil Humphreys

Corporate Officer/Principal

Steve Hayward

Corporate Officer/Principal

Peter Böckli

Director/Board Member

Henri Nestlé

Founder

07/06/2010

Mike Wang

Corporate Officer/Principal

C. Larry Davis

President

Balwant Singh

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sharon Hintze

Corporate Officer/Principal

Peter Gibbs Birch

Director/Board Member

Richard Bauman

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Kevin Murphy

Corporate Officer/Principal

Derek Howard

Corporate Officer/Principal

Michael H. Francisco

Corporate Officer/Principal

Joe Fallon

Corporate Officer/Principal

Irv Kagan

Corporate Officer/Principal

Dan Jones

Corporate Officer/Principal

Paul Argay

Sales & Marketing

Jeremy Daly

Corporate Officer/Principal

Robin Tickle

Public Communications Contact

12/01/2010

Eric Gould

Corporate Officer/Principal

John Lai

Corporate Officer/Principal

Tony Morley

Corporate Officer/Principal

Faith Whittlesey

Director/Board Member

Beate Duesterwald

Corporate Officer/Principal

23/04/2009

Walter Zahn

Corporate Officer/Principal

Lydia Johanna Campbell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Claude Béglé

Corporate Officer/Principal

Clay E. Stobaugh

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bengt-Erik Sahlberg

Corporate Officer/Principal

Alexander Hall

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	20
Female	10

Of which Executive Committee

Male	5
Female	4

Of which Directors

Male	10
Female	4

ESG MSCI

ESG

Environment

Social

Governance

Controversy

Nestlé S.A. is the world's leading agri-food group. Net sales break down by category of products as follows: - powdered and liquid beverages (26.7%): soluble coffees (Nescafé and Starbucks brands), coffee in capsules (Nespresso), chocolate drinks (Nesquik, Milo, etc.), tea drinks (Nestea), etc.; - pet food (20.3%): brands such as Purina, Friskies, Felix, etc.; - pharmaceutical, nutrition and well-being products (16.4%): nutritional supplements (Resource, Boost, Nutren, Optifast, Peptamen brands, etc.), infant and maternal nutrition products (NAN, illuma, Cerelac, Nido, Gerber), ketogenic beverages (BrainXpert), (Nesquick, Fitness, Cheerios, Lion, etc.), etc.; - ready meals and seasoning products (12.5%): frozen and chilled dishes (Lean Cuisine, Hot Pockets and Stouffer's brands), soups (Maggi), etc.; - dairy products and ice cream (11.8%): powdered milk, sweetened condensed milk, yoghurt and cream desserts, ice cream (Nido, Nesvita, Carnation, La Laitière, Coffee Mate, Nestlé Ice Cream, Dreyers, Häagen-Dazs, Extrême brands, etc.); - chocolates, sweets and biscuits (8.7%): Kit Kat, Smarties, Cailler, Terrafertil, etc. brands; - bottled waters (3.6%): Nestlé Pure Life, Vittel, Perrier, S. Pellegrino, etc. brands. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Switzerland (1.2%), France (3.8%), the United Kingdom (3.8%), Germany (2.4%), Europe (12.8%), the United States and Canada (35%), China (5.9%), Asia and Oceania (21.4%) and Latin America (13.7%).

Employees

2,70,000

Sector

Food Processing

Calendar

13/02/2025 - Q4 2024 Earnings Release

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