Currently, Magdi Batato holds the position of Head-Operations & Executive Vice President at Nestlé SA. Dr. Batato is also on the board of World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Carlsberg A, Sustainable Trade Initiative and Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Member of Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences.

In the past Dr. Batato held the position of Factory Manager at Nestlé Lebanon, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director & MD of Nestlé Pakistan Ltd., Technical Director of 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.

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