Dick Boer, Dinesh Paliwal to join Nestle’s Board of Directors

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Two current directors, Jean-Pierre Roth, and Ruth Oniang’o will retire from the Board, as they have reached the age limit set out in the Board Regulations.

Nestlé has announced that it proposes Dick Boer, former President and CEO of Ahold Delhaize N.V., and Dinesh Paliwal, President and CEO of Harman International Industries Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., for election to its Board of Directors. The elections will take place at the Annual General Meeting on April 11, 2019.

Two current directors, Jean-Pierre Roth, and Ruth Oniang’o will retire from the Board, as they have reached the age limit set out in the Board Regulations. The Board also proposes the individual re-election of the Chairman and the other current members of the Board.

Dick Boer, a Dutch citizen, was President and CEO of Ahold Delhaize N.V., one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce, until his retirement in 2018. Prior to the merger of Ahold and Delhaize in 2016, he served as President and CEO of Ahold.

Dinesh Paliwal, an American citizen with an Overseas Citizenship of India, is President and CEO of Harman International, an independent subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. He served Harman International (a public company) as Chairman and CEO from 2007 until 2017, when Samsung acquired the company. Prior to joining Harman in 2007, he was President Global Markets and Technology of ABB Ltd.

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