Presently, Magdi Batato is Executive Vice President-Operations at Nestlé SA.

He is also on the board of World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Carlsberg An and Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

In his past career Dr. Batato held the position of Factory Manager at Nestlé Lebanon, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director & MD of Nestlé Pakistan Ltd., Technical Director at Nestlé UK Ltd., Group Head-Technical at Nestlé Ireland Ltd., Factory Manager at Nestle (South Africa) Pty Ltd. and Executive Director-Production at Nestlé (Malaysia) Bhd.

Dr. Batato received a doctorate and an undergraduate degree from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and an MBA from INSEAD.