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Dr. Robert Stein currently serves on the President's Board of Advisors for Science and Innovation for the University of California , is a Member of the Board of Directors of Archemix, and Scientific Advisor to Takeda San Diego. Bob served as the Site President of the Palo Alto , California site of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd from 2003 to 2006. Prior to joining Roche, Bob was the President and Chief Scientific Officer of Incyte Corporation from 2001 to 2003. Bob also served in various roles for Merck & Co., Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc., the DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company and DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company, where he was Executive Vice President of Research and Preclinical Development from 1990 to 1996. Bob received degrees in biology and chemistry from Indiana University , where he was Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.D. and a Ph.D. in physiology and pharmacology from Duke University . Bob completed residency training and is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology.

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe has been a member of the Board since 1997 and served as Vice-Chairman from 2000 to 2005 and since 2008. Since 2008 he has also served on the Chairman's and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee. On both of these committees he has already served in the past, namely from 2003 to 2005 and 2000 to 2005, respectively. His term as a member of the Board expires at the AGM in 2011. The Board has determined him to be independent under the Group’s independence standards. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe studied Economics at the University of World Trade in Vienna. After graduation in 1968, he joined Nestlé’s sales operations in Austria. His career at Nestlé includes a variety of assignments in several European countries as well as in Latin America. Since 1987, he has been based at Nestlé’s headquarters in Vevey. Since 1997, Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé and as a member of Nestlé’s Board of Directors. In 2005, Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nestlé. As of April 10, 2008 he has retired from his function as Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé. Mr. Brabeck is a member of the Boards of Directors of L’Oréal SA, Paris (since 1997) and Roche Holding SA, Basel (since 2000). He is also a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum and a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists.