Who is Laurent Freixe? All about Nestlé CEO who was fired over romantic relationship with employee
Nestlé dismissed the company’s CEO, CEO, Laurent Freixe, only one year for his term of office, after an investigation into a romantic relationship that violates the company’s business behavior rules.
From Kitkat to Nescafé, the product manufacturers started to investigate the leadership of Paul Bulcke, President of Nestlé and Pablo Isla in the spring this year. Reuters.
“This was a necessary decision. Nestlé’s values and governance are the strong foundations of our company. I would like to thank Laurent for the years of service in Nestlé.”
Freixe, the veteran of the food and beverage company, took part in Nestlé’s dismissal Mark Schneider, CEO in September last year.
Everything About Laurent Freixe
The overturned general manager was born in Paris and studied at the Ecole de Hautes Etudes Commerciales Du Nord in Lille, where he specialized in marketing.
In 1986, Freixe joined Nestlé in France, where he played marketing and sales roles. In 2003, he continued to play a role all over the world, including the Nestlé CEO of Hungary and the next Nestlé CEO of the Nestlé Iberian region in 2007.
When Nestlé renewed its geographical structure in January 2022, Freixe became the CEO of Latin America. In August 2024, he woven to be at the top of CEO Mark Schneider and began in September 1, 2024.
Nestlé said he would not buy an exit package after being dismissed immediately. Reuters.
Who will be the next chef?
The Board of Directors announced that Philipp Navratil was immediately appointed as the CEO of the new Nestlé Sa.
Navratil has been a veteran of a company for more than 20 years and has joined the Executive Committee at the beginning of this year. Before Nestlé was appointed as the CEO of Nestlé, Nestlé’s coffee unit was positioned as the General Manager of Nespresso.
He also served to the company as the Senior Vice President and President of the Coffee Strategic Business Unit, where he was responsible for the Nescafé brand and his undergraduate partnership with Starbucks.
According to Monday, he said, “I am fully adopted the action plan to increase the strategic aspect of the company and the performance of Nestlé,” he said.
