Nestle Executive VP in Sri Lanka

S A Nandkishore, Executive Vice President of Nestle‚ worldwide arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday. As one of the highest ranking members of Nestle's global executive board, his first ever visit to the country is intended to reconfirm Nestle's commitment to the development of Sri Lanka and to acknowledge the progressive development of the country.

As executive board member of Nestle‚ Nandkishore is the new Head of Nestle operations in Asia, Africa, Oceania and the Middle East.

Nandkishore will inaugurate Nestle Lanka's third milestone in its Rs 10 billion investment commitment to Sri Lanka with Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development, and also meet with Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa and other key officials during his visit here.

Nandkishore joined Nestle India in 1989. With a high profile and global career spanning over 22 years in Nestle‚ Nandkishore has held many distinguished positions across the world including Indonesia, at the headquarters in Switzerland and in the Philippines.

He was also the Global Business Head of Nestle‚ Nutrition, which is the world leader in specialised nutrition, before assuming his current position.

Today, Nandkishore is a member of the Nestle‚ worldwide executive board. He is also a board member of the Nestle‚ Institute of Health Sciences (CH) and an active member of Nestle‚ Nutrition Council (CH).

Nestle Lanka is part of the Nestle Group. Nandkishore's landmark visit to Sri Lanka reflects the Nestle Group's optimism of the growth opportunities in Sri Lanka and its strong confidence in Nestle Lanka's performance.

The company delivered a solid 20% revenue growth in 2011 and was awarded the country's highest business honour, the Best Corporate Citizen award in 2011 by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.