Nestlé Hires Shell Lawyer as General Counsel
Leanne Geale begins her new role in August and will oversee the global food and drink company's legal and compliance functions. She currently serves as Royal Dutch Shell's chief ethics and compliance officer.
May 03, 2019 at 12:37 PM
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Leanne Geale, chief ethics and compliance officer at Royal Dutch Shell, is joining Nestlé to serve as the Swiss company's executive vice-president and general counsel.
Geale begins her new role on August 1 and will oversee the global food and drink company's legal and compliance functions, Nestlé announced on Friday. The company's chief legal officer, Ricardo Cortes-Monroy, and its senior vice-president of governance, compliance and corporate services, David Frick, will report to Geale. She'll be based at Nestlé's headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, according to a spokesperson for the company.
Frick is slated to leave Nestlé's executive board on July 31, but will continue to serve as senior vice-president and board secretary.
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