Former member of the Board of Directors
Biography as at 31 December of the year preceding their end of term
Chair's and Corporate Governance Committee
Elected to the Board 2017
Date of birth: 1965
Nationality: American and German
Career
- 2017 Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé S.A.
- 2003 - 2016 Chief Executive Officer, Fresenius Group,
Bad Homburg, Germany - 2001 - 2003 Fresenius Medical Care, Bad Homburg (Germany), Chief Financial Officer
- 1989 - 2001 Haniel Group
Chief Financial Officer, Gehe UK plc
Vice President Business Development North America
Various senior executive positions, Halfen GmbH
Assistant to Haniel Group Executive Board
Education
- 1993 Harvard Business School - MBA, with distinction
- 1992 University of St. Gallen - Ph.D. (Dr. oec.)
- 1988 University of St. Gallen - Lic. oec. degree in Finance and Accounting
Mandates
- Member of the Board of Roche Holding Ltd
- Member of the Board of the Consumer Goods Forum
- Member, Board of Trustees and International Business Council, World Economic Forum (WEF)
- Member, European Round Table for Industry - ERT
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (SEM)
- Member, IMD Foundation Board
- Non-executive Director of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (2014 - 2017)