People: Nestle SA (NESN.VX)

Mr. Paul Bulcke has been Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors at Nestle SA since April 10, 2008. He is Member of the Chairman's and Corporate Governance Committee at the Company. He has served as Chief Executive Officer Designate from September 20, 2007 till April 19, 2008. He has served as Executive Vice President, United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean from 2004 till September 20, 2007. From 1976 till 1977, he attended Post Graduate studies in Management at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium. He also graduated as Commercial Engineer from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1976. In 1995, he attended Program for Executive Development at IMD Switzerland. From 1977 till 1979, he has served as Financial Analyst at Scott Graphics International. He joined the Nestle Group in 1979, where, from 1979 till 1980, he has served as Marketing Trainee, from 1980 till 1996, he has held Sales and Division Functions at Nestle Peru, Nestle Ecuador and Nestle Chile, from 1996 till 1998, he has served as Market Head at Nestle Portugal, from 1998 till 2000, he has served as Market Head at Nestle Czech and Slovak Republic, from 2000 till 2004, he has served as Market Head at Nestle Germany. He was Member of the Board of Alcon Inc. Mr. Bulcke serves as Board Member of L’Oreal S.A., France, and as Co-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Cereal Partners Worldwide, Switzerland. Furthermore, he is Board Member of Roche Holding Ltd., Switzerland. He serves on the Board of the Consumer Goods Forum and co-chairs its Governance Committee.