劳伦特 Freixe

劳伦特 Freixe is currently Chief Executive Officer of Zone Latin America at Nestlé.

Born in Paris, France, 劳伦特 Freixe joined Nestlé France in 1986. After holding different positions with increasing responsibilities in Marketing and Sales, he became the head of the Nutrition Division of Nestlé France in 1999; and was appointed in 2003 Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Hungary before becoming CEO of the Nestlé Iberian Region in 2007. 2008年11月, 劳伦特 Freixe joined the Nestlé Executive Board as Executive Vice President with the responsibility for Zone Europe and has been appointed in 2014 Chief Executive Officer of Zone Americas.

Following Nestlé’s new geographic structure in January 2022, 劳伦特 was appointed Executive vice President and CEO Zone Latin America. With his extensive experience in running two Zones, Europe and Americas, and vast knowledge of Nestlé’s core categories, 劳伦特 is also supporting the CEO on Zone coordination.

劳伦特 plays a leading role in promoting youth employment and employability across the company. Starting in Europe, 劳伦特 launched the Nestlé youth initiative, 雀巢需要青春, in 2013 and has been successfully driving this global initiative that aims at providing a wide range of employment opportunities for young people under 30 and strengthen their capabilities, professional skills, to raise their employability. 另外, 5月23日, 2018 劳伦特 has been named International Youth Ambassador by the International Youth Organization for Ibero-America. As a leader at the world’s number one 食物 and Beverage Company, 劳伦特 Freixe has been fundamental in driving innovation and leading performance across Nestlé’s value chain to help enable healthier lives and contribute to the communities in which the group operates. As such 劳伦特 is highly engaged at driving the sustainability agenda at Nestlé with a focus on the drivers of climate change (carbon footprint, 森林砍伐, 废物管理).

Under his leadership all Nestlé factories in the Americas have achieved Zero waste to landfill, the use of renewable energy has become mainstream, and two factories have achieved Zero environmental impact (Zero waste to landfill, Zero carbon footprint, Zero water withdrawal).

In addition to his current responsibilities, 劳伦特 is member of the Executive Board of the Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW), member of the Regional Board of Directors of the Consumer Goods Forum in Latin America, member of the Supervisory Board of Froneri SA, Luxembourg and since June 2019 Chairman of the GAN (Global Apprenticeship Network). And as from 2023 劳伦特 will represent Nestlé at the WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable 发展).