EXPERIENCE
2007 Executive Vice President, Nestlé S.A., Chief Technology Officer, Head of Innovation, Technology and Research & Development
2002 Executive Vice President, Nestlé S.A., Head of Technical, Production, Environment, Research and Development
2000 Region Head, Nestlé Southern and Eastern Africa Region
1998 Technical Manager, Nestlé Southern and Eastern Africa Region
1996 Head of Nestlé Research and Development
1993 Professor for Food Science and Technology, University of Lausanne
1991 Awarded Honorary Professorship by the Technical University of Munich
1990 Head of Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne
1985 Director Fraunhofer Institute for Food Technology & Packaging, Tenure as Food Biotechnology Professor, Technical University of Munich
1980 Professor in Chemical Engineering, Technical University, Hamburg
1975 Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
EDUCATION
Chemical Engineering, Diploma and PhD, University Erlangen-Nürnberg
LANGUAGES
German, English, French, Italian, Spanish (basic)
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Board member, Alcon Inc. (CH)
Board member, L'Oréal (FR)
Member of the Supervisory Board, Cereal Partners Worldwide (CH)
Vice Chairman, Life Ventures S.A. (CH)
Vice Chairman, Nutrition-Wellness Venture AG (CH)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nestlé Deutschland AG (DE)
Chairman, Sofinol S.A. (CH)
Member of Board of Trustees, Bertelsmann Foundation (DE)
Board member of the Swiss Society of Chemical Industries (CH)
AWARDS
1994 Marcel Loncin Research Prize, Institute of Food Technologists
1995 Prix de la Science et de l'Alimentation, The International Academy of Gastronomes