jose lopez

JOSE LOPEZ
José Lopez
Executive Vice President
Nestlé S.A.
Mr. José Lopez has been with the Nestlé Group for the last 29
years since joining the worldwide company in 1979.
Mr. Lopez first joined Nestlé as a Project Engineer in Vevey,
Switzerland. His earlier postings within the Group include serving
as a Project Manager in Spain, Factory Engineer in the USA,
Engineering Manager in Japan and Factory Manager in France.
He later held the position of Executive Director of Operations in
Oceania in 1996. As such, Mr. Lopez was responsible in leading
the technical division, supply chain operations and export markets.
In September 1999, he was appointed Managing Director of Nestlé
Malaysia Bhd. At that time, he was also given responsibility as
Head of Region – Malaysia/Singapore.
In July 2003 Mr. Lopez was appointed the Chief Executive Officer
of Nestlé Japan Group and became Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Nestlé Japan Ltd. in February 2006.
On February 1st 2007 Mr. Lopez returned to Vevey upon his
appointment as Executive Vice President, Nestlé S.A., and Head of
Operations.
As such he is responsible for procurement,
manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, quality management,
agriculture, safety, health & environment, and operations
performance.
During 2009 he was
Management Board.
also
appointed
Vice-Chairman
of
GS1
Within Nestlé, Mr Lopez took over responsibility for GLOBE on 1st
January 2008.
Born in Spain in November 1952, Mr. Lopez holds a degree in
Mechanical Engineering from ETS Geneva, Switzerland and
completed Advanced Management Program in 1992 and 1998 at
IMD, Lausanne.
Mr. Lopez is the former President of the Malaysian International
Chamber of Commerce and Industry and as such was appointed as
a Board member of the Malaysian Industrial Development
Authority.