After Dinner Speakers: Helmut Maucher, Reg Gutteridge, Status Quo
Born on 9 December 1927 in Eisenharz/Allgäu in Germany, he joined Nestlé in 1948 as an apprentice in the local milk factory. He rose through the ranks to become Nestlé's head of operations in Germany and became chief executive of the whole company in 1982.