Crull Named Executive VP at Nestle S.A.

Timm F. Crull, president and chief executive of Nestle USA Inc., has been named executive vice president of the parent company Nestle S.A., the world’s largest food company.

With the appointment, which becomes effective Jan. 1, Crull will oversee activities in the United States and Canada from the company’s Nestle USA headquarters in Glendale.

Crull has also been named to the newly created position of chairman of Nestle USA and will also retain his title as CEO of the company. He was also elected a director of Nestle S.A.

Joe M. Weller, a former Carnation Co. executive vice president, and now head of Nestle’s Australian market, replaces Crull as Nestle USA president. Weller will have the added title of chief operating officer.

“These decisions make all the more sense as we have just put the final touches on a major restructuring effort in the U.S. resulting in a unified corporation combining all of our food businesses,” said Helmut Maucher, chairman and chief executive of Nestle S.A., based in Vevey, Switzerland.

Crull joined Carnation Co. in 1955, became vice president in 1967 and a member of the board in 1972. He was progressively given additional responsibilities, including president, Carnation International, in 1981. He was elected president of Carnation Co. in 1983 and chief executive in 1985 after the acquisition of Carnation Co. by Nestle S.A.