EXPERIENCE
2005 (November) appointed Excecutive Vice President, Nestlé S.A. in charge of Zone Europe
2003 appointed Deputy Executive Vice President, Nestlé S.A.
2001 nominated Senior Vice President in charge of the Group's Nutrition Strategic Business Division, Nestec S.A.
1998 took over the position of Managing Director of Nestlé Portugal S.A.
1996 Joined Nestlé España S.A., run the Coffee, Culinary & Foodservices Division and was member of the Nestlé Spain Management Committee
1994 transferred to the Nestlé Headquarters where he took worldwide responsibility of the Coffee Marketing within the Coffee & Beverages Strategic Business Unit
1987 after a brief responsibility as a Sales Area Manager (Málaga, Spain), was appointed Head of the Coffee Marketing and later Head of the Nutrition Division of Nestlé Spain
1982 moved to the Product Management area; worked in different product categories, mainly Culinary and Nescafé
1976 joined Nestlé España S.A. in the Information Systems Unit
EDUCATION
Economic Sciences, Barcelona University
Senior Finance Program, Barcelona
Program for Executive Development, IMD Switzerland
LANGUAGES
Spanish, French, English, Portuguese and Catalan
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Chairman, Sofinol S.A. (CH)
Member of the Supervisory Board, Cereal Partners Worldwide
Chairman, Nestlé Enterprises, S.A.S. (FR)
Chairman, Nestlé Suisse S.A. (CH)
Chairman, Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. (CH)
Board member, Association des Industries de Marque (AIM) (BE)
Member, Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) (RU)