Origin and nature of the Nestlé Nutrition Fund (NNF): twelve years promoting nutrition

Organization and operation

The Nestlé Nutrition Fund (NNF) is an arm of FUNSALUD. Its organization, financial support, and operational structure have allowed it to achieve outstanding results in its activities. The NNF is formed by a Technical Committee and a Scientific Division.

The Technical Committee’s

The NNF is constituted by a Technical Committee and a Coordinating instance. The Committee combines three types of experience: corporate, philanthropic, and academic. It includes the following personalities:

Nestlé México, S.A. de C.V.
Nestle Mexico
Mr. Juan Carlos Marroquín. Executive President

Fundación Mexicana para la Salud
Mexican Health Foundation
Dr. Guillermo Soberón. President Emeritus

Fundación Mexicana para la Salud
Mexican Health Foundation
Dr. Manuel Ruiz de Chávez. Executive President

Consejería Internacional de Empresas
International Council of Companies
Mr. José Represas. Director in Chief

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Dr. Fernando Gabilondo Navarro. Director in Chief

Academia Mexicana de Pediatría
Mexican Academy of Pediatrics
Dr. Silvestre Frenk. Researcher at the National Institute of Pediatrics

Nestlé México, S.A. de C.V.
Nestle Mexico
Lic. Luis Carlos Delgado. Sub-Director of the Strategic Nutrition Infant Business Unit

Nestlé México, S.A. de C.V.
Nestle Mexico
Lic. Jorge Arévalo. NNF's member.

Nestlé Nutrition Fund
Dr. Pedro Arroyo Acevedo. Scientific Coordinator

The Technical Committee’s functions are:

1. Define the NNF’s general policy.

2. Establish its priorities and lines of action.

3. Evaluate the organization’s budget and monitor its spending.

4. Manage the organization’s financial resources.

5. Generate political and institutional support, both public and private, for implementation of the programs.

Scientific Division

The NNF’s scientific division and implementation of its programs are supervised by Dr. Pedro Arroyo Acevedo. The division’s main functions are:

1. Designing and implementing short-and medium-term programs in each line of action.

2. Monitoring programs and estimating their impact.

3. Raising additional funding and generating political and institutional support for program development.

4. Fomenting communication, exchange, and constructive criticism among researchers.

5. Convening researchers to propose projects related to common themes and organize coordinated funding efforts.

Mail us:
Dr. Pedro Arroyo Acevedo
Coordinator of the NNF
Fundación Mexicana para la Salud
Periférico Sur 4809
Col. El arenal Tepepan
C.P. 14610
México D.F.
Tel. 525-6559011
Fax. 525-6558211