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Meet Anna Manz: Nestlé Group’s CFO

The headquarters of the multinational Swiss food and beverage corporation Nestle are located in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. As of 2014, it was the world’s biggest publicly traded food company in terms of revenue and other metrics.

It was placed 33rd in the 2016 Forbes Global 2000 list of the biggest companies and 64th on the Fortune Global 500 in 2017.

Baby food (some with oligosaccharides from human milk), medications, mineral water, breakfast cereals, coffee, tea, dairy, confections, ice cream, frozen food, pet food, and snacks are all Nestle products.

Nespresso, Nescafe, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffers, Vittel, and Maggi are among the 29 Nestle brands that generate yearly sales of over CHF 1 billion (roughly USD 1 trillion).

Nestle employs about 339,000 people, operates in 189 countries, and has 447 factories. It is a significant shareholder in L’Oreal, the biggest cosmetics company in the world.

Anna Manz, 49, the finance chief of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), has been appointed as its new chief financial officer, last year.

Who is Anna Manz?

  1. Anna Manz was born and brought up in London, England, United Kingdom
  2. She completed her schooling from Withington Girls’ School and bachelors and masters in Chemistry from University of Oxford
  3. According to her LinkedIn profile, in 1997, she started working for Unilever Company as a Trainee
  4. In 2004, she joined Diageo plc, a British multinational alcoholic beverage company and spent 17 years handling a number of senior finance roles, including Chief Strategy Officer and member of the Executive Committee, Finance Director of Spirits North America, Group Treasurer, and Finance Director Asia Pacific
  5. From the year 2016 to 2020, Manz was Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Johnson Matthey, leading its Finance, Procurement and IT functions
  6. Anna was appointed Chief Financial Officer of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and joined the Board of LSEG plc. as a Director in November 2020, bringing significant consumer, financial and strategic experience to the Group
  7. Anna is also a Non-Executive Director at ITV plc, is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network
  8. In May 2023, Nestle appointed Anna Manz as Chief Financial Officer
  9. In 2022, Manz was shortlisted for the Women in Finance Awards as CFO of the Year
  10. According to the London Stock Exchange Group, as the CFO, Anna received a salary of £650,000
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