Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Driver of business efficiency at Nestlé. Urged the company to spend more than $1 billion on the GLOBE (Global Business Excellence) project, to automate and integrate all of its behind-the-scenes operations, from purchasing to manufacturing to demand forecasting to distribution. Closed 38 factories, cut $1.6 billion in costs and capped technology spending at 1.9% of revenue, in the process.