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John

COMPANY: NESTLÉ EMPLOYEES: 271,000

JOB TITLE: CISO FOUNDED: 1866

Petersen serves as the CISO for Nestlé, leveraging more than 15 years of leadership to protect the global food giant’ s digital ecosystem. Blending a strong background in international business with deep security expertise, John excels at aligning IT compliance and risk management with overarching corporate goals. By designing and executing robust protective strategies, he leads an elite security organisation dedicated to securing Nestlé’ s massive global operational footprint against modern threat actors. John Petersen CISO Nestlé

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