Executive Vice President
Chief Technology Officer
Date of birth: 1969
Nationality: German
Languages: German, English, French
Other: Married, two children
Career
- January 2018 Executive Vice President Nestlé S.A., Chief Technology Officer
- 2016 Head Nestlé Research Center, Nestlé S.A.
- 2013 Global R&D Director Strategic Business Unit Beverages, Nestlé S.A.
- 2010 Managing Director Nestlé Product Technology Centre for Confectionery, Nestlé UK
- 2007 Department Head Food Science & Technology and Manager of Food Science & Technology Expert Networks, Nestlé Research Center, Nestlé S.A.
- 2006 Manager Technology Group, Nestlé Product Technology Centre for Culinary, Nestlé Germany
- 2003 Team Leader, Nestlé Product Technology Centre for Culinary, Nestlé Germany
- 2000 Project Manager, Nestlé Product Technology Centre for Culinary, Nestlé Switzerland
Education
- Professor Process Engineering - Technical University Hamburg (DE)
- Honorary Professor Food Technology - University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim (DE)
- Visiting Professor Chemical Engineering - The University of Sheffield (UK)
- Habilitation/venia legendi Process Engineering - Technical University Munich (DE)
- MBA/Industrial Engineer; focus Marketing - University Hagen (DE)
- PhD Process Engineering - Technical University Munich (DE)
- Dipl.-Ing./M.Sc. Food Technology - Technical University Munich (DE)
- Apprenticeship beverage industry
Mandates
- Advisory Board for Competence Cluster Nutritional Research Berlin-Potsdam NutriAct (since 2014)
- Advisory Board for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering studies - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (since 2015/16)
- Executive Board of European Academy of Food Engineering (since 2014)
Past Mandates
- Counsel of Association Française des Chimistes, Ingénieurs et Cadres des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires (2014-2017)
- Chairman of the Board of the European Master in Food Technology (2007-2013)
- Counsel of Association Française des Chimistes, Ingénieurs et Cadres des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires (2014-2017)
- Chairman of the Board of the European Master in Food Technology (2007-2013)
- Scientific committee of Research Association German Food Industry (2006-2010)
- Board of Working Party on Agglom. - European Federation of Chemical Engineering (2009-2017)
- Scientific Committees of German society for process & chemical engineering (2006-2016)
Awards
- Nestlé Fellow (2015)
- Ambassador University Hamburg (2015)
- Delegate Future Leaders Forum, Davos (2002)
- Award for best dissertation - Association of Milk Scientists and Food Technology (1997)
- DECHEMA Student Award - German Soc. For Chem. & Biotechn. (1997)
- Max Kettner Award for best final grades - Technical University of Munich (1995)
- 5 scholarships - Technical University of Munich (1994, 1994/95, 1995, 1995/96, 1996)
- Award for best A-levels - German Chemical Industry Fonds (1987)
