Nestlé Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Nestlé's CEO is Laurent Freixe, appointed in Sep 2024, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0.001% of the company’s shares, worth CA$4.53M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.1 years and 6.8 years respectively.

Key information

Laurent Freixe

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.001%
Management average tenure	3.1yrs
Board average tenure	6.8yrs

Recent management updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

CEO

Laurent Freixe (62 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

Mr. Laurent Freixe is CEO & Member of Executive Board of Nestlé S.A. from September 1, 2024. Mr. Laurent Freixe serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Zone Latin America at Nestl...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Laurent Freixe	CEO & Member of Executive Board	less than a year	no data	0.0014% CA$ 4.5m
David Zhang	Chairman & CEO of the Greater China Region	3.1yrs	no data	0.00020% CA$ 630.0k
Anna Olive Manz	Executive VP	less than a year	no data	no data
Stefan Palzer	Executive VP	7.1yrs	no data	0.00096% CA$ 3.0m
Leanne Geale	Executive VP	5.5yrs	no data	0.00095% CA$ 3.0m
David Rennie	Executive VP	3.9yrs	no data	0.00071% CA$ 2.2m
Sanjay Bahadur	Deputy Executive VP	no data	no data	0.0033% CA$ 10.5m
Bernard Meunier	Executive VP	3.9yrs	no data	0.00055% CA$ 1.7m
Remy Ejel	Executive VP	3.1yrs	no data	0.00041% CA$ 1.3m
Steven Presley	Executive VP	3.1yrs	no data	0.00013% CA$ 409.5k
Lisa Gibby	Deputy Executive VP	2.1yrs	no data	no data
Anna Mohl	Executive VP	1.1yrs	no data	no data

3.1yrs

Average Tenure

56yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: NEST's management team is considered experienced (3.1 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe	Chairman Emeritus	7.8yrs	CHF 407.05k	no data
Patrick Aebischer	Independent Non-Executive Director	9.8yrs	CHF 407.70k	0.00066% CA$ 2.1m
Helmut Maucher	Honorary Chairman	24.8yrs	no data	no data
Renato Fassbind	Independent Non-Executive Director	9.8yrs	CHF 674.40k	0.0015% CA$ 4.8m
Dinesh Paliwal	Independent Non-Executive Director	5.8yrs	CHF 454.81k	0.00060% CA$ 1.9m
Hanne de Mora	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.8yrs	CHF 674.40k	0.00038% CA$ 1.2m
Pablo Isla de Tejera	Vice Chairman & Lead Independent Director	6.8yrs	CHF 674.40k	0.00047% CA$ 1.5m
Paul Bulcke	Chairman of the Board	16.8yrs	CHF 3.53m	0.059% CA$ 184.7m
Dick Boer	Independent Non-Executive Director	5.8yrs	CHF 435.00k	0.00032% CA$ 1.0m
Suresh Narayanan	Chairman & MD of Nestle India	no data	no data	no data
Luca Maestri	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.8yrs	CHF 415.37k	0.000060% CA$ 189.0k
Lindiwe Sibanda	Independent Non-Executive Director	3.8yrs	CHF 408.89k	0.00011% CA$ 346.5k

6.8yrs

Average Tenure

67yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: NEST's board of directors are considered experienced (6.8 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/11 23:34
End of Day Share Price	2025/02/11 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Nestlé S.A. is covered by 65 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Jean-Marie L’Home	Aurel BGC
Andreas von Arx	Baader Helvea Equity Research
Volker Bosse	Baader Helvea Equity Research