Former member of the Board of Directors
Biography as at April 2026
Honorary Chairman, Nestlé S.A.
Date of birth: 1954
Nationality: Belgian and Swiss
Career
- 2025 handed over the office of Chairman of the Board of Nestlé S.A., named Honorary Chairman
- 2017 Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé S.A.
- 2008 - 2016 Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé S.A.
- 2004 - 2008 Executive Vice President, Nestlé S.A. Zone Director for Zone Americas: United States of America, Canada, Latin America, Caribbean
- 2000 - 2004 Nestlé Germany, Market Head
- 1998 - 2000 Nestlé Czech and Slovak Republic, Market Head
- 1996 - 1998 Nestlé Portugal, Market Head
- 1980 - 1996 Nestlé Peru, Nestlé Ecuador and Nestlé Chile Marketing, Sales and Division Functions
- 1979 - 1980 Nestlé S.A. Marketing Trainee (Switzerland, Spain, Belgium)
- Since 1979 Nestlé Group, Vevey (Switzerland)
- 1977 - 1979 Scott Graphics International, Bornem (Belgium) Financial analyst
Education
- 1995 IMD Switzerland - Program for Executive Development
- 1976 - 1977 Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (Belgium) - Post Graduate in Management
- 1972 - 1976 University of Louvain (Belgium) - Commercial Engineer
Mandates
- Chairman, Nestlé S.A. (CH)
- Chairperson, Nestlé Science & Technology Advisory Council (CH)
- Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors, L'Oréal (FR)
- Member, Community of Chairpersons, World Economic Forum (WEF)
- Member, Board of Trustees, Avenir Suisse
- Member, J.P. Morgan International Council
- Co-Chairman, 2030 Water Resources Group
