LONDON — Investors may think that the replacement of Nestle CEO Mark Schneider with company veteran Laurent Freixe is "not such a bad thing," analyst Jon Cox said Friday.
"I think confidence has been severely hit in the case and particularly in Schneider," he told "Squawk Box Europe."
"I presume most people will think it's not such a bad thing at this point for Schneider to go," he said.
Freixe, who joined Nestle in 1986 and served most recently as executive vice president and CEO of the Latin America unit, will take over from Sept. 1.
The company has struggled to retain market share as consumers have shifted away from labelled products amid inflationary pressures.
Persons:
Mark Schneider, Laurent Freixe, Jon Cox, Cox, Kepler Cheuvreux, Schneider, Freixe, Laurent, Nestlé, Paul Bulcke
Organizations:
Nestle, Kepler, CNBC, America
Locations:
Schneider, London, Swiss