merck & co. inc. (MRK:New York)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Carlos Eduardo Represas served as Executive Vice President and Head of the Americas of Nestle SA from 1994 to July 2004. Mr. Represas was responsible for the operations of Nestl SA in United States of America, Canada and Latin America. From 1964 to 1967, he served as Ministry of Finance at Mexico City as Economist. From 1968 to 1969, he served as Marketing Trainee from Nestlé Company, Inc., White Plains, NY. From 1970 to 1973, he served as Sales and Product Manager ... at Nestlé Brazil, Ltda., São Paulo. From 1974 to 1978, he served as Sales Manager and Division Manager since Nestlé España S.A., Barcelona. From 1978 to 1980, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Nestlé Ecuador S.A. Quito. From 1994 to 2004, he served as an Executive Vice President and President of the Americas of Nestlé, S.A. From 1980 to 1983, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Venezuela S.A., Caracas. From 1983 to 1994, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Group Mexico, Mexico City. He served executive responsibilities at Nestlé until July 2004, where he worked during 36 years from 1968 to 2004 in seven different countries. Mr. Represas has been Chairman of Nestlé Holdings Inc., USA and Nestlé Mexico SA de CV since 1994. He serves as Co-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nestlé - Coca-Cola Refreshment Co., (joint venture Nestlé / Coca-Cola). Mr. Represas serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute of Genomic Medicine of Mexico. From 1983 to 2010, he served as Chairman of Nestlé Group Mexico, Mexico City. He served as Chairman of Nestlé Venezuela S.A. He served as Co-Chairman of the Board of Dairy Partners Americas (a joint venture between Nestlé and Fonterra Cooperative Group) since 2001. He served as Co-Chairman of the Board of Beverage Partners Worldwide S.A. (a joint venture between Nestlé and Coca-Cola), since 1997. He served as Chairman of Center for Economic Studies for the Private Sector (CEESP) from 1990 to 1994. He has been Director of Merck & Co. Inc. since February 24, 2009. He has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of Cereals Partners Worldwide SA, Morges, Switzerland, a (joint venture Nestlé / General Mills) since 1998. He has been a Non-Executive and Independent Director at Swiss Re Ltd. and Swiss Re Germany AG since April 2010. He has been a Director of Bombardier Inc., and Bombardier Aerospace Inc. since 2004. He has been a Director of Vitro SA de CV, Mexico since 1998 and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings Inc. since 2003. He serves as a a Member of the Advisory Board of the Global Business Policy Council based in Washington, D.C. and a Member of the Latin American Business Council (CEAL). He serves as a Trustee of Children's Hospital, Mexico and serves as a Director at Miguel Aleman Foundation A.C., Mexican Health Foundation A.C., Banco Nacional de México, S.A. and Zürich Chapultepec Compañía de Seguros S.A. Mr. Represas serves as the President of the Mexico Chapter of the Latinamerican Chamber of Commerce in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1982, he received a Award of National Order of Labour Merit by the President of Venezuela. In 1983 the Special Award from the Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Industry and Commerce (FEDECAMARAS) and Special Award from the Inter-American Council of Commerce and Production (CICYP); in 1986 the Award of National Order of Francisco de Miranda by the President of Venezuela; in 1995 the Gordon Grand Fellow Award from Yale University, in 1998 the Doctor Honoris Causa Award from Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil and from the Mexican Academy of International Law in 2001. In 2000 the National Order of Cruzeiro do Sul, Commander Degree, by the Brazilian Government. Mr. Represas studied at Monterrey Institute of Technology High School and National University of Mexico, the Economics degree from National Polytechnic Institute, Industrial Economics from American States Organisation, International Marketing from National Economics Award (BANAMEX), in Mexico, 1968 University of New York, USA. His advanced studies are Institut pour l'Etude des Méthodes de Direction de l'Entreprise (IMEDE), Lausanne at Switzerland; Postgraduate Financial in Marketing and General Management courses and from Harvard University the Postgraduate Business Seminar.

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