Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc
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Reckitt and Benckiser both began life in the 19th century eventually merging over 100 years later in 1999 to become the world's largest household cleaning products group. Over half the group's revenues are generated from its Fabric Care and Surface Care divisions, with the majority of its business centred in Western Europe. In 2005 Reckitt added the Nurofen, Strepsil and Clearasil brands to its portfolio with the �1.9bn acquisition of Boots Healthcare International.
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Sector Consumer Staples
Industry Consumer Products - Household & Personal
Subindustry Household & Personal Products
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Board of Directors
Rakesh Kapoor
CEO
Joined Reckitt & Colman in 1987, serving in various roles including Regional Sales Manager, North India, General Manager, Indian Southern Region and Regional Marketing Director, South Asia. In 1999, he was appointed Global Category Director, Pest Control. Following the merger, he assumed the role of, Senior Vice President, Home Care. He was appointed SVP, Regional Director, Northern Europe in 2001 and in July 2006, he was promoted to EVP, Category Development. Rakesh became CEO in September 2011
Amedeo Fasano
Executive Vice President, Supply
Amedeo joined in 1997 as Supply Director Italy. After the Reckitt & Colman and Benckiser merger, he was appointed Manufacturing Director for Central, South Western and Southern Europe Regions. In 2002 he became Regional Supply Director North America and in 2003 SVP Supply Australia and New Zealand. In 2007 he took over the role of SVP Supply Developing Markets and in March 2009 Amedeo was appointed as EVP Supply. He previously worked for Pirelli Tyres in multiple supply roles.
Roberto Funari
Executive Vice President, Category Marketing
Roberto rejoined RB in February 2013 following two years at Imperial Tobacco where he was Group Marketing Director and Executive Committee member. In his prior 12-year career with RB, Roberto rose rapidly through the organisation, holding increasingly senior marketing and general management roles in both emerging and developed markets, including Brazil, Netherlands, South Africa and Central Europe. His last role was as global category officer for fabric and home care.
Adrian Hennah
Chief Financial Officer
Adrian joined the Company in January 2013 as Chief Financial Officer Designate, and was appointed as CFO in February 2013. He joined the Company following six years at Smith & Nephew plc, as CFO. Previously he was CFO for four years at Invensys, the international engineering company. Adrian also spent 18 years at GlaxoSmithKline plc, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, holding a number of senior management and financial roles. He has previously worked at PwC (then Price Waterhouse) for four years in both audit and consultancy, and also for Stadtsparkasse Koeln, the German regional bank. He is a Non-Executive Director of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV.
Frederic Larmuseau
Area Executive Vice President, Developing Markets
Frederic Larmuseau joined the company in 2001 as Marketing Director for Malaysia-Singapore. In 2003, he was promoted to Regional Marketing Director for East Asia and in 2005 became Global Category Director for Vanish. He was appointed General Manager for Brazil in February 2008 and in October 2009, Frederic was promoted to SVP, Regional Director, Latin America. In January 2012, Frederic was appointed to the position of SVP, Regional Director, North America. He took up his current role in June 2013. Before joining RB, Frederic worked for Procter & Gamble.
Darrell Stein
Senior Vice President, Information Services
Darrell joined RB in August 2014 from Marks & Spencer plc, the UK-headquartered international clothes and food retailer. During his eight-year tenure with the company, Darrell was responsible for the development of Marks & Spencer’s global online platform, increasing online sales by over 2,000%. Importantly, Darrell also has experience of successfully delivering global ERP and supply chain systems, including SAP. Prior to this, Darrell spent five years with Vodafone in anumber of increasingly senior roles culminating as global director information technology, strategy and planning. He also spent five years in Ernst & Young as a programme manager and two years in Mars Inc. as business systems manager.
Deborah Yates
Senior Vice President, HR
Deb joined RB in 2004 in the Australian business. She has worked in Australia, the USA, the UK and the Netherlands since joining RB. Deb was appointed Global HRD Finance and IS in 2009, Regional HRD ANZ in 2011, Regional HRD North America in 2012 and Area HRD Europe and North America in 2013. In 2015 Deb was appointed SVP HR. Before joining RB, Deb worked in a variety of industries in HR in Australia including News Limited, George Weston Foods and Qantas Airways.