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Board of Directors

Our Board is composed of highly-qualified leaders in business, technology, nutrition, fast-moving consumer goods and other relevant disciplines. Each Board member has proven experience, skills and current expertise aligned to our business goals.

 

Diverse and complementary backgrounds


 

Leadership
experience

Public company
CEO & CFO
backgrounds

Financial acumen
Investment
management /
financial services
know-how

Consumer
industry
expertise

Technical and
scientific
expertise

Government
and education

Emerging markets
and international
business

Gender diversity
5 women on the
Board

Fresh perspectives
11 new independent
directors added since
2015, including
2 directors in 2023

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Our Board members

Board of Directors

Chair's and Corporate Governance Committee
Nomination Committee

Elected to the Board 2008

Nationality: Belgian and Swiss

Chair's and Corporate Governance Committee

Elected to the Board 2017

Nationality: American and German

Chair's and Corporate Governance Committee
Nomination Committee
Audit Committee

Elected to the Board 2012

Nationality: French

Chair's and Corporate Governance Committee
Audit Committee

Elected to the Board 2015

Nationality: Swiss

Chair's and Corporate Governance Committee
Compensation Committee

Elected to the Board 2018

Nationality: Spanish

 

Hanne Jimenez de Mora

Chair's and Corporate Governance Committee
Sustainability Committee

Elected to the Board 2020

Nationality: Swiss

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

Sustainability Committee

Elected to the Board 2021

Nationality: Zimbabwean

Audit Committee

Elected to the Board 2022

Nationality: Italian and American

Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch

Nomination Committee

Elected to the Board 2023

Nationality: Swiss

Secretary to the Board of Directors

 

A global team for a global company

 

We have a diverse and balanced Board with complementary backgrounds providing a broad range of relevant skills and experience.

 
  Year added to Board Nationality Public company CEO / CFO Int'l business   FMCG   Retail / Brand / Marketing Financial / M&A Technology Gov't / NGO Sustainability
Paul Bulcke 2008 Belgian / Swiss

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Mark Schneider 2017 American / German

yes

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Henri de Castries 2012 French

yes

yes

   

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Renato Fassbind 2015 Swiss

yes

yes

 

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Pablo Isla 2018 Spanish

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

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Patrick Aebischer 2015 Swiss  

yes

     

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Kimberly A. Ross 2018 American

yes

yes

yes

 

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Dick Boer 2019 Dutch

yes

yes

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yes

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Dinesh Paliwal 2019 American / Indian

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yes

 

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Hanne Jimenez de Mora 2020 Swiss  

yes

         

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Lindiwe Majele Sibanda 2021 Zimbabwean            

yes

yes

Luca Maestri 2022 Italian / American

yes

yes

   

yes

yes

   
Chris Leong 2022 Malaysian  

yes

 

yes

     

yes

Rainer Blair 2023 American

yes

yes

 

yes

 

yes

   
Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch 2023 Swiss  

yes

       

yes

 

 

Nestlé Board of Directors skills and diversity grid (pdf, 44Kb)


 
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Leading Corporate Governance

Governance policies aligned with shareholders

  • Annually-elected directors
  • Lead Independent Director
  • Eleven new independent directors since 2015
  • Age and term limits for board members
  • Thirteen of fifteen directors are independent
  • Majority voting
  • Binding “say-on-pay” votes

A recognised leader in corporate governance

  • Best Corporate Governance - Food and Beverage (Ethical Boardroom Magazine, 2018)
  • Best Corporate Governance Switzerland (Capital Finance International, 2016)
  • Best Corporate Governance - Food and Beverage (Ethical Boardroom Magazine, 2016)
  • Overall Leader in the Food Products Industry (Dow Jones Sustainability Index, 2017)
  • Corporate Governance Company of the Year (The European, 2012)
  • Best Corporate Governance and Disclosure Policy (Business Wire, 2010)

Read more about Corporate Governance.