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Wan Ling Martello

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Wan Ling Martello
龚万仁
Born1958
Manila, Philippines
NationalityAmerican
EducationBSc Business Administration and Accountancy at University of the Philippines Diliman
MBA University of Minnesota

Wan Ling Martello (1958, Manila)[1] is a Filipino American businesswoman. Martello was an executive vice president of Nestlé from 2011 to 2018.

Education

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Martello is an American citizen of Chinese heritage, born and raised in the Philippines.[2][3][4]

She has a Bachelor of Science in business administration and accounting from University of the Philippines-Diliman. She received her MBA from University of Minnesota.[5]

She is fluent in English, Mandarin, Hokkien Chinese and Tagalog.[6]

Career

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From 2005 to 2011, she held executive positions at Walmart. She had the following roles: Executive Vice President of Global eCommerce,[7] Emerging Markets at Walmart, EVP, COO, Global eCommerce; and Senior Vice President, CFO & Strategy for Walmart International.[8]

From 2011 to 2018, she worked for Nestlé, the world's largest food company, as executive vice president (since 2011), chief financial officer (since 2012) and Head of the Asia Zone,[9][10] she succeeded Jim Singh, executive vice president and chief financial officer, who retired in March 2012,[11] and preceded François-Xavier Roger.

In 2018 she was ranked 9th in Forbes' list of most powerful women in business outside of the US.[12]

Martello is also a member of the board of directors of Alibaba,[13] Uber and Stellantis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wan Ling Martello" (PDF). Stellantis.
  2. ^ Koltrowitz, Silke, "Reuters", (Sept 27, 2011)
  3. ^ Nestle Bulls Pay Record Prices After L’Oreal Stake Sale - Businessweek
  4. ^ "Nestle growth target "a stretch" - CFO". Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  5. ^ "UP grad named CFO of world's biggest food group". ABS-CBN News. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  6. ^ Mulier, Thomas and Perri, Celeste, "Business Week", (September 28, 2011)[1]
  7. ^ Duxbury, Sarah (January 29, 2010). "Walmart West created in company reorg". American City Business Journals.
  8. ^ Walmart's Martello to succeed Singh at Nestle | Business Standard
  9. ^ "Appointment of François-Xavier Roger as Nestlé Chief Financial Officer". Nestle. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Mars hikes chocolate prices, following Hershey's lead". CBC News, 14 July 2014.
  11. ^ DiCastro, Cynthia. "Wan Ling Martello: Leading the Giants" Asian Journal, 18 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Most Powerful Women International". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  13. ^ "Alibaba Group". www.alibabagroup.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.