Nestlé Philippines, Inc. announces the appointment of Kais Marzouki as its Chairman and CEO effective July
1, 2018.

Before his Philippine appointment, Kais was CEO of Nestlé Central and West Africa Region, a post he held
since August 2013.

Kais, who holds a Master’s Degree in Management from the European School of Management, joined Nestlé
Switzerland in November 1995 as Brand Manager for frozen recipe dishes for retail and foodservices. In 1998, he moved to Nestlé S.A. where he led various sales and marketing productivity efforts involving reorganization of commercial structures, redesign of key processes, and set-up of change management programs in different Nestlé markets around the world.

From 2001 to 2011, Kais held various senior management positions in marketing, sales, and general
management in countries such as Jordan, Lebanon, Southern & Eastern African Region, Switzerland, and
Oceania. Before his appointment as CEO of Nestlé Central and West Africa Region, he was Business
Executive Manager in charge of Coffee and MILO in Nestlé Oceania from 2011-2013.

Kais brings to the Philippines an extensive intercultural experience, having spent 15 years in Europe and
Australia, 16 years in Sub-Saharan Africa, 12 years in the Middle East, and three years in Asia.

Angela Edralin-Valencia is the Director for ecoloop, the alternative fuel and co-processing arm of Republic Cement Services Inc.
She was previously Institutional Sales Manager, Power Plant Project Manager, Legal Manager, and most recently Director for Environmental Performance and Community Relations at Republic. She currently oversees the use and integration of alternative fuels and raw materials as well as co-processing at Republic Cement Plants. Prior to Republic, she was an Associate at Carpio Villaraza and Cruz Law Offices and Soo Gutierrez Leogardo and Lee Law Offices.

Nabil Francis is the President of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine – the oldest European Chamber outside of Europe, with close to 800 members.

Mr. Francis also currently serves as CEO and President of Republic Cement Services Inc. With vast experience in the construction and building materials industry, he has led organizations of significant scale and complexity across different markets, including Morocco, India, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, Germany and Sri Lanka.

He obtained a master’s degree in business administration from ESSEC Business School in France and holds degrees in civil engineering from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon and urban planning from McGill University.

Commissioner Crispian Lao is the Vice Chairman of the National Solid Waste Management Commission under the Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, as the Private Sector Representative for the Recycling Industry.
He is the Founding President of Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Material Sustainability (PARMS) which brought together stakeholders and launched its “ZERO WASTE TO NATURE: AMBISYON 2030” developing a roadmap single use products and packaging applications.

He was an expert panel member of the Study on “Breaking the Plastic Wave” and a Technical Advisory Group member of the Global Review on Safer End of Engineered Life.

Amita Baecker
Project Manager & Business Development
GA Circular

Amita is a Senior Project Manager at GA Circular, a B Corporation certified research and strategy advisory firm that is driving circular economy in Asia. GA specialises in packaging and food waste in India and Southeast Asia and has worked with some of the biggest multinational clients from consumer goods and packaging industries as well as government agencies.

A move from Sweden to Singapore offered her the opportunity to pursue a new career full of purpose, to create wealth from waste by driving the circular economy in Asia.
Together with the GA team, Amita has participated in various materials-flow analysis, research, strategy and implementation projects on circular economy in this region.

Geri Geronimo R. Sanez
Chief of the Hazardous Waste Management Section
DENR

Mr. Geri Geronimo Sanez is the Chief of the Hazardous Waste Management Section-Environmental Quality Division of the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines. As Chief, he supervises the implementation of Title III of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 6969 otherwise known as Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act. He also oversees the implementation of foreign-assisted projects such as the Safe PCB and E-waste Management, Integrated Persistent Organic Pollutants Project, Ratification and Early Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury in the Philippines, Non-Combustion Technologies for Destroying Persistent Organic Pollutants Project, Chemical Accident Prevention & Preparedness Flexible Framework Project, Management of Mercury and Mercury-Containing Waste Project.