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Management
The executive board, a distinct entity from the board of directors, includes:
Paul Bulcke, Nestlé CEO
John J. Harris, EVP, Chairman, and CEO of Nestlé Waters
Frits van Dijk, EVP of Asia, Oceania, Africa, Middle East divisions
Lars Olofsson, EVP of Strategic Business Units and Marketing
Francisco Castañer, EVP of Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Products, Liaison with L'Oréal, Human Resources
Michael Powell, EVP of United Kingdoms Division
Paul Polman, EVP of Americas divisions
James Singh, EVP of Finance, Control, Legal, Tax, Purchasing, Export
Luis Cantarell, EVP of Europe divisions
Richard T. Laube, Deputy EVP of Nutrition Strategic Business units
Werner J. Bauer, EVP of Research and Development, Technical, Production, Environment.
Current members of the board of directors of Nestlé are: Günter Blobel, Peter Böckli, Daniel Borel, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Edward George, Rolf Hänggi, Nobuyuki Idei, Andreas Koopmann, André Kudelski, Jean Pierre Meyers, Carolina Müller-Möhl, Kaspar Villiger. Secretary to the Board Bernard Daniel.
Nestlé has a good business reputation among Switzerland's largest companies.[8][9][10]
[edit] Earnings
In 2003, consolidated sales were CHF87.979 billion and net profit was CHF6.213 billion. Research and development investment was CHF1.205 billion.
Sales by activity breakdown: 27% from drinks, 26% from dairy and food products, 18% from ready-prepared dishes and ready-cooked dishes, 12% from chocolate, 11% from pet products, 6% from pharmaceutical products.
Sales by geographic area breakdown: 32% from Europe, 31% from Americas (26% from US), 16% from Asia, 21% from rest of the world.
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