Ferhat Soygenis is currently Global Head of Communications Operations & Deployment at Nestlé S.A. and member of Nestlé’s global Corporate Communications Leadership team. He has been in this role since 2021.

Ferhat has more than 20 years corporate communications experience in the FMCG and travel/tourism sector. He joined Nestlé S.A. in September 2008 as Senior Corporate Spokesperson and was promoted to Senior Corporate Affairs Manager in April 2011 responsible for the Nestlé CEO events. In 2017, he took on the role of Global Head of Content & Digital for Corporate Communications.

Prior to joining Nestlé, Ferhat was Media Relations Manager – Continental Europe for the high-speed train operator Eurostar. He began his career in Belgium, firstly as Product Manager at Eternit, before joining the PR consultancy firm, PR Force (now Trimedia) as Account Manager.

Ferhat, a Belgian/Turkish national, holds a Master’s degree in Business (International Relations) from EHSAL (KU Leuven; Belgium) as well as a degree in Marketing & Advertising from the Solvay Business School. He speaks Dutch, French, English, German and Italian.