14 June 2013 --- Werner Bauer, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Nestlé S.A. will retire on 31 August 2013 after a long and distinguished career of 23 years with Nestlé. The Board of Directors has appointed Stefan Catsicas, currently Provost and Executive Vice President of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, to succeed Werner Bauer as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Nestlé S.A., effective 1 September 2013.