Nationality Belgian Title CEO of Nestle Occupation Businessman Name Paul Bulcke | Years active 1979–present Role Businessman Salary SFr 10,749,291 | |
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Born September 8, 1954 Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium Alma mater Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Education Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Similar People Peter Brabeck‑Letmathe, Henri Nestle, Wan Ling Martello, Ajaypal Singh Banga, Paul Polman | ||
Predecessor Peter Brabeck-Letmathe | ||
Profile paul bulcke chief executive officer nestle s a london business school
Paul Bulcke (born 8, September 1954) is a Belgian businessman who is the chairman and former CEO of Nestlé.
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- Profile paul bulcke chief executive officer nestle s a london business school
- Global compact 15 general assembly session mr paul bulcke ceo nestle sa
- Early life
- Career
- Controversy
- Awards and honours
- Personal life
- References
Global compact 15 general assembly session mr paul bulcke ceo nestle sa
Early life
He graduated as a commercial engineer at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and is an alumnus of the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. He also attended the program for executive development at the Swiss leading business school International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne.
Career
In 1979, aged 25, he started working for the Nestlé group and worked in different countries, including Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Portugal, Czech Republic and Germany. Before his appointment as CEO of Nestlé, he was the executive vice president of its Americas divisions.
Bulcke has described Nestlé under his tenure as 'une force tranquille' (English: 'calm strength'). He is known for having a reserved, quiet personal manner.
As of 2016, there has been talk of possibly succeeding him as a CEO of Nestle, with two potential candidates being Lauren Freixie the CEO of Nestle American operations and Wan Ling Martello the CEO of Nestle's Asia-Pacific Operations.
Controversy
On August 30, 2012, Bulcke claimed that water is not a human right and should be privatized. He was quoted as saying: "If something isn't given a value, people tend to waste it. Water is our most useful resource, but those using it often don’t even cover the costs of its infrastructure. Fresh water is being massively overused at nature's expense, but it seems only a global crisis will make us realise the importance of the issue. What is environmentally unsustainable today will become socially unsustainable in the future."
Awards and honours
On 25 May 2012, he received the VMA Award from the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School for his "lifelong career, which has been distinguished by sustained integrity, exceptional management capacity and inspiring leadership".
Personal life
He is married, has three children, and speaks six languages: Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and English. He likes to go sailing as a hobby.