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Specifically, the Board works to:
• Ensure all activities and workstreams align with Nestlé’s positioning in society;
• Assess and draw appropriate conclusions from societal developments affecting Nestlé; and
• Further strengthen our credentials in Creating Shared Value, environmental sustainability
and compliance.
The Nestlé in Society Board currently comprises: Mark Schneider, Stefan Catsicas, Magdi Batato,
Peter Vogt, Eugenio Simioni, Christian Frutiger, Hilary Parsons, Thomas Buday, Patrice Bula.
Nomination and Sustainability Committee
In 2016, we created a newNomination and Sustainability Committee. This Committee prepares the
succession planning of the Board and periodically reviews other measures which ensure our
company’s sustainability and how its long-term strategy relates to our ability to create shared value.
The Nomination and Sustainability Committee currently comprises: Peter Brabeck-Letmathe,
Andreas Koopmann (chair), Steven G. Hoch, Ann M. Veneman.
External advisory groups
Beyond our inclusive governance structure, we also take a wider, more inclusive approach, with
advice from external advisory groups, as outlined below.
The Nestlé Creating Shared Value Council
Chaired by Janet Voûte, the Nestlé CSV Council comprises 13 external members, whose expertise
spans corporate social responsibility, strategy, sustainability, nutrition, water and rural development.
The group advises Nestlé management on implementing Creating Shared Value and assesses our
progress. Council members also participate in and form the judging
panel for the .
The external members of the council are:
• Nancy Birdsall: President of the Center for Global Development
• Robert E. Black: Chairman of the Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University,
Bloomberg School of Public Health
• John Elkington: co-founder of SustainAbility
• José Lopez: Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer, at Nestlé SA
(retired September 2015)
• Venkatesh Mannar: former President of the Micronutrient Initiative (MI)
• Ruth Khasaya Oniang’o: formerly Professor of Food Science and Nutrition at Jomo Kenyatta
University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya and adjunct Professor of Nutrition at
Tufts University in the USA
• Prabhu Pingali: Professor and Director of the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition initiative at
Cornell University and Full Professor in Applied Economics
• Michael E. Porter: Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at the Harvard Business School
• Robert L. Thompson: Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Policy at the University of Illinois in
Urbana-Champaign
• Ajay Vashee: President of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)
• Ann M. Veneman: Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) until 2010
• Janet Voûte: Chairperson of the Creating Shared Value Council and a member of the Board of
Bupa (the British United Provident Association) as well as Bamboo Finance
• Alexander J.B. Zehnder: Scientific Director of the Alberta Water Research Institute in
Edmonton, Canada, founder and director of Triple Z Ltd, Visiting Professor at NTU, and Professor
Emeritus of ETH Zurich
The Nestlé Nutrition Council
The Nestlé Nutrition Council, an independent advisory panel of leading international nutrition
scientists, meets twice a year to advise our senior management team on nutrition challenges and
their potential impact on our policies and strategy. It also challenges the reviews of our research
programmes, and organises the annual Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium. The Council is
chaired by Executive Vice President.
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