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 on August 1 and will oversee the global food and drink company’s legal and compliance functions, Nestlé announced on 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.