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Paul Bulcke (54) has been CEO of Nestlé since April 2008.

Born in Roeselare in western Belgium, Mr Bulcke graduated from the University of Leuven (Belgium) with a degree in commercial engineering, followed by a postgraduate in the Vlerick Management School.

After a brief period as a financial analyst with Scott Graphics International in Belgium, Paul Bulcke joined the Nestlé Group in Vevey, Switzerland, as a marketing trainee in 1979.

Over the next sixteen years he held various positions in marketing and sales, and as division head, in Peru, Ecuador and Chile, before moving to Portugal as Market Head followed by the Czech and Slovak Republic, and finally Germany.

In July 2004, Paul Bulcke joined the Nestlé Executive Board as Executive Vice President with responsibility for Zone Americas, where he played a decisive role in transforming this region into the Group’s largest and most profitable zone.

In April 2008, and with a career of almost 30 years with the Nestlé group, Paul Bulcke was appointed Chief Executive Officer.

Married with three children, he speaks six languages and enjoys various activities, including flying and hiking.

About Nestlé S.A.

Nestlé S.A. is the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company with sales in 2007 of CHF 107.6 billion (USD 89.9 billion/EUR 64.5 billion). With household names such as Kit Kat, Nescafé and S. Pellegrino, its product portfolio covers almost all food and beverages categories, including milk and dairy products, chocolate and confectionery, bottled water and petcare.

The company employs 276'000 people and markets its products in every country across the world.