Nestlé’s Board of Directors has appointed Antonia Wanner as Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer, elevating her to the Group Executive Board effective 1 September 2026. Wanner currently serves as the Swiss food multinational’s Chief Sustainability Officer.
The corporate restructuring merges Nestlé’s global communications and sustainability arms into a unified executive department. Under the updated leadership framework, Wanner will oversee the alignment of corporate messaging with the firm’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies, directly supporting the group’s long-term commercial value creation.
Wanner brings thirty years of internal operational experience to the Group Executive Board. She initially joined Nestlé’s German division in 1996 as an in-house legal counsel. Over her three-decade tenure, she transitioned from legal operations into senior commercial and operational leadership roles spanning procurement, sales, and corporate sustainability.
Academically, Wanner holds a PhD in Law and has completed advanced executive management programmes at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne and the University of Cambridge.
She succeeds current Chief Communications Officer Lisa Gibby, who has decided to step down and return to the United States after a six-year tenure leading the global communications department.
Philipp Navratil, Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé, stated that the integrated executive role is designed to sharpen the company’s operational execution and stakeholder relations, “Antonia will make Corporate Communications an even stronger driver of business impact, closely aligned with our strategic priorities and focused on disciplined execution. Bringing Corporate Communications and Sustainability closer together will strengthen credible stakeholder engagement and support long-term value creation. Lisa Gibby, Chief Communications Officer, has decided to return to the U.S. after six years in the role. I thank her for her leadership and important contributions.”
