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Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: Nestlé Industry: Consumer Goods / Food & Beverage

Philipp Navratil rose through Nestlé’ s ranks over two decades, from auditor to Nespresso chief executive, before being appointed CEO in September 2025 following an abrupt boardroom transition. He now leads the world’ s largest food and beverage company, bringing deep operational experience and a steady hand to a pivotal moment for the business.

Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: Accenture Industry: Professional Services / Consulting

The world’ s consultants answer to a lawyer. Julie Sweet left a Cravath partnership to join Accenture as General Counsel in 2010, took the top job in 2019 and the Chair in 2021. Commanding 774,000 people and US $ 65bn, she poured US $ 3bn into AI and retrained the workforce wholesale. Clients buy reinvention from Accenture. Julie performed it on the firm first. businesschief. com 25