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To peace in a pod

Jean-Marc Duvoisin, CEO of Nespresso, talks about the 'peacekeeping' effect of growing coffee, and the Hollywood star power fronting the pod brand's sustainability efforts.

Published Fri, Apr 28, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Nestle

STRONG short coffee courses through the veins of Jean-Marc Duvoisin. He is, after all, chief executive of coffee-pod maker Nespresso, a division of Swiss food giant Nestlé - and on a mission to spread the gourmet coffee culture around the world.

The 58-year-old Swiss never used to count how many coffees he imbibes daily, but now says he sometimes drinks up to 10 cuppas a day.

"I d…