PHM-Exch> From World Public Health Nutrition Association

[Claudio Schuftan]

Janet Voûte is the new Nestlé vice-president responsible for its global
public affairs policies and strategies. She succeeds Niels Christiansen, who
has been a constant presence at United Nations meetings, other power-broking
events, and nutrition congresses, for many years. Ms Voûte is exceptionally
well connected and networked. For some years she worked for the
‘international strategy consultancy’ Bain and
Company<http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&biw=995&bih=508&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&q=Bain+and+Company&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=Bain+and+Company&gs_rfai=&fp=595813ed5fbd2989>,
whose job is to make big businesses bigger. In 2001 she became chief
executive of the World Heart
Federation<http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&biw=995&bih=508&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&q=World+Heart+Federation&aq=&aqi=g5g-m1&aql=&oq=World+Heart+Federation&gs_rfai=&fp=595813ed5fbd2989>
In
mid-2008 she joined the World Health Organization in Geneva, with special
responsibility for promoting alliances with industry in particular by means
of public-private initiative the UN Global
Compact<http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&biw=995&bih=508&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&q=UN+Global+Compact&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=595813ed5fbd2989http://www.google.co.uk/>.
Her Nestlé appointment, rumoured for some months, has now taken effect.
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