Leanne Geale, chief ethics and compliance officer at Royal Dutch Shell, is joining Nestlé to serve as the Swiss company’s executive vice president and general counsel.

Geale begins her new role Aug. 1 and will oversee the global food and drink company’s legal and compliance functions, Nestlé announced Friday. The company’s chief legal officer, Ricardo Cortes-Monroy, and its senior vice president of governance, compliance and corporate services, David Frick, will report to Geale. She’ll be based at Nestlé’s headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, according to a spokesperson for the company.