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Dear-CEO is a bold, issues-driven platform that speaks directly to the corner office. In a world where reputation, regulation, and risk can turn overnight, this is the channel where critical concerns are raised — and cannot be ignored. Unlike traditional PR or media, Dear-CEO is designed to break through. We publish direct, unfiltered letters to the world’s most powerful executives on the issues that matter most: governance, accountability, regulation, responsibility, and corporate conduct. Every message is public, visible, and impossible to dismiss — ensuring leaders, boards, investors, employees, and stakeholders all take notice. For sponsors and advocates, Dear-CEO is a uniquely powerful vehicle: part watchdog, part thought leadership forum, and part public accountability tool. It elevates the issues that matter, reframes the narrative, and demands action where it counts — at the very top. In short, Dear-CEO is the megaphone to power: direct, undeniable, and designed to move leaders.
Our Directed Comments to Leading CEOs
on Timely and Topical Issues
September 2, 2025
Dear Mr. Navratil,
You Inherit More Than a Brand—Resurrect Trust Before It Collapses.
You take over Nestlé at its most turbulent moment in living memory. Two CEOs in a year—one sacked for misconduct, his predecessor removed for poor performance. The Swiss institution that once exemplified leadership stability now resembles a revolving door. Shares have slumped nearly 30% in five years, investor trust is unraveling, and executive confidence is brittle at best.
You are now the pivotal figure: the fresh face in a boardroom beset by chaos, the strategic balancer in an unsettled regime. The board sees you as a “Swiss compromise”—but compromise cannot be your legacy. Forge clarity. Declare the strategic reset. Act like the leader who will revive volumes, restore brand momentum, and bring disciplined governance back into the fold.
The world doesn’t just expect stability—it demands bold direction amid this reputational vacuum.
This is not the time to be boxed in by legacy plans. It’s the time to steer with vision—and show why Nestlé can endure even the most historic crisis.
Respectfully,
Dear-CEO
Phillip Navratil, CEO
Nestle, S.A.
Avenue Nestlé 55 1800
Vevey, Switzerland
September 2, 2025
Dear Mr. Balaji,
Cyber Crisis at Dawn of Your Tenure—Lead or be Left Behind.
Welcome to the boardroom—just as a cyber crisis smolders at your feet. A ransomware or operational-technology breach has brought Jaguar Land Rover to a grinding halt. Manufacturing and global retail systems are frozen; staff were barred from Halewood; sales are slipping into freefall—all at the very moment when UK car buyers began scrambling for new plates.
You are entering in a storm. Failure to respond decisively signals corporate vulnerability; decisive leadership defines resilience.
Immediately: restore systems. Mobilize transparent communication. Accelerate cyber-forensics and System Hardening. Elevate cybersecurity to board-room priority. Prove that JLR isn’t just caught flat-footed—it’s leading the response in an era where digital risks threaten real-world delivery.
This is your debut. Model strength in crisis. Let this moment define your leadership—not diminish it.
Respectfully,
Dear-CEO
PB Balaji, CEO
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC
Abbey Road
Whitley Coventry CV3 4LF United Kingdom
September 2, 2025
Dear Mr. Huang,
AI Ascends—But Don’t Let Geopolitics Dethrone Your Vision.
In the theater of innovation, you stand center stage: architect of the AI infrastructure powering tomorrow’s digital universe. With your AI chips, data-center platforms, and robotics strategies, Nvidia has cinched a dominant role in the trillion-dollar AI expansion.
But dominance doesn’t immunize you against disruption. Geopolitical friction, export controls, and shifting supply chains could suddenly ring-fence your ascent. Sources of complexity are multiplying
Here’s the test: can you lead with vision—and hedge with vigilance? Don’t just stay ahead of AI’s next frontier. Ensure your dominance is durable. Strengthen supply-chain agility, invest in regional resilience, anticipate regulatory headwinds, and reinforce narrative leadership. Your greatness was won in the lab. Now, define it in the geopolitical arena.
Stay ahead. Stay fortified. Let no external force diminish your lead—because Nvidia isn’t just building AI’s future. You’re building its resilience.
Respectfully,
Dear-CEO
Jensen Huang, CEO
Nvidia Corporation
2788 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95051
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