CHRISTOPHE BECK, Executive Vice President and President, International Regions

Christophe Beck is executive vice president and president, International Regions for Ecolab Inc.

In his current role, Beck leads Ecolab's International Regions to ensure perfect local execution of global strategies, high performance of local and regional operations and continued alignment with integration efforts.

Previously, he was executive vice president and president of Global Integration and was responsible for overseeing the merger of Ecolab and Nalco. Beck’s earlier roles at Ecolab include executive vice president, Institutional Sector; senior vice president and general manager, Institutional Foodservice – North America; and senior vice president, Corporate Marketing and Strategy.

Prior to joining Ecolab in 2007, Beck was senior executive at Nestlé for 16 years, where he ran major regional and global businesses out of several regions before leading the European corporate sales. Earlier in his career, he worked on a two-year project for the European Space Agency.

In 2006, Beck was nominated as one of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum for his accomplishments and commitment to shape a better world.

Beck holds an engineering degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.