Tuesday, 1 October 2013

MANAGEMENT


Nestlé has a Board of Directors, led by our Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, who was the former Nestlé CEO. There are 14 members of the Board of Directors. Full details of each member and the committees that they operate within can be found in our Board of Directors section.
The day-to-day management of the Nestlé business is taken care of by our Executive Board. The 13 designated Board Members manage diverse parts of the global business. A full curriculum vitae of each member can be found in the Executive Board section. You can also download the Organisational Chart (Updated September 2013) (pdf, 59 Kb).
The Nestlé Group is managed by geographies (Zones Europe, Americas and Asia/Oceania/Africa) for most of the food and beverage business, with the exceptions of our globally managed businesses, which include Nestlé Waters, Nestlé Nutrition, Nespresso, Nestlé Professional and Nestlé Health Science. We also have joint ventures such as Cereal Partners Worldwide and Beverage Partners Worldwide.

OBJECTIVE

Nestlé’s objectives are to be recognised as the world leader in Nutrition, Health and Wellness, trusted by all its stakeholders, and to be the reference for financial performance in its industry.

We believe that leadership is not just about size; it is also about behaviour. Trust, too, is about behaviour; and we recognise that trust is earned only over a long period of time by consistently delivering on our promises. These objectives and behaviours are encapsulated in the simple phrase, “Good Food, Good Life”, a phrase that sums up our corporate ambition.

NESTLE

 

Nestle is the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company. Our mission of "Good Food, Good Life" is to provide consumers with the best tasting, most nutritious choices in a wide range of food and beverage categories and eating occasions, from morning to night.

Monday, 30 September 2013

letS Know mORE about NESTLE

Nestlé S.A. (French pronunciation: ​[nɛsle]; English /ˈnɛsl/, /ˈnɛsli/) is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world measured by revenues
Nestlé's products include baby food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, pet foods, and snacks. 29 of Nestlé's brands have annual sales of over 1 billion Swiss francs (about $1.1 billion),including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer's, Vittel, and Maggi. Nestlé has around 450 factories, operates in 86 countries, and employs around 328,000 people. It is one of the main shareholders of L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics company. On 4th September 2013, software and search-engine giant Google announced that they would be naming the next Android release, version 4.4, after the ever-popular chocolate wafer "KitKat" with Nestle's legal permission. Nestlé, confirming the team-up, announced the distribution of around 50 million KitKats worldwide, featuring the Android mascot in the covers.
Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1866 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé. The company grew significantly during the First World War and again following the Second World War, expanding its offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products. The company has made a number of corporate acquisitions, including Crosse & Blackwell in 1950, Findus in 1963, Libby's in 1971, Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, and Gerber in 2007.
Nestlé has a primary listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange and is a constituent of the Swiss Market Index. It has a secondary listing on Euronext. In 2011, Nestlé was listed No. 1 in the Fortune Global 500 as the world's most profitable corporation. With a market capitalization of $233 billion, Nestlé ranked No. 9 in the FT Global 500 2013.