Executive Committee
RB’s international management make their mark by pushing boundaries, being progressive
and bold thinkers, and being driven to outperform wherever they focus.
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Bart Becht
Chief Executive Officer
Age: 54
Nationality: Dutch
Joined Benckiser in 1988 and served as General Manager in Canada, the UK, France and Italy before being appointed Chief Executive of Benckiser Detergents, subsequently Benckiser N.V., in 1995. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of RB following the merger in December 1999. He was previously with Procter & Gamble both in the USA and Germany. Bart is an Executive Director of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc and Chairman of the Executive Committee.
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Freddy Caspers
Executive Vice President, Developing Markets
Age: 49
Nationality: German
Freddy Caspers joined the company in January 1998 as EVP for Eastern Europe. He previously served in PepsiCo in several international marketing, sales and general management assignments in North-America, Poland, Eastern Europe and Middle East (Turkey). Prior to that, he started his international career in Johnson & Johnson in brand management and sales in Germany, Western Europe and North America in the toiletries, personal care and health care (OTC) categories.
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Colin Day
Chief Financial Officer
Age: 55
Nationality: British
Joined RB in September 2000 from Aegis Group Plc where he was Group Finance Director from 1995. Prior to that he was at Kodak, British Gas, De La Rue Group plc and ABB Group. Colin is responsible for financial controls and reporting, tax, treasury, corporate development, legal affairs and internal audit. He is an Executive Director of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc.
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Amedeo Fasano
Executive Vice President, Supply
Age: 49
Nationality: Italian
Amedeo Fasano joined the company in 1997 as Supply Director Italy. After the merger with Reckitt & Colman 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 NA and ANZ. In 2007 Amedeo took over the role as SVP Supply, Developing Markets. In March 2009 Amedeo was appointed as EVP Supply. Amedeo has responsibility of the global supply chain including procurement, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics. Also responsible for management of Squeeze and X-trim gross margin enhancement programs. Amedeo previously worked for Pirelli Tyres in multiple Supply assignments in Italy, Argentina and the UK.
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Rob de Groot
Executive Vice President, North America and Australia
Age: 43
Nationality: Dutch
Rob de Groot joined RB in 1988. His previous roles included Senior Vice President, Regional Director, Eastern Europe and most recently he was SVP, Global Category Officer for Surface Care, Dishwashing and Home Care. He was appointed EVP, North America and Australia on 25 July 2008.
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Salvatore Caizzone
Executive Vice President, Europe (from 1 May, 2010)
Age: 45
Nationality: Italian
Salvatore joined the business in 1996 as international sales
overlay manager and was made sales director Italy in 1997. In 1999 he was
promoted to general manager of the Russia, CIS and Baltics business, where
he led the business for two and a half years before moving to the Africa &
Middle East region, where he has been senior vice president for eight years. He was appointed EVP, Europe with effect from 1 May, 2010.
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Gareth Hill
Senior Vice President, Information Services
Age: 43
Nationality: British/South African
Joined RB in October 2006. He was previously Information Systems Director at Arcadia Group Ltd since 2000, having joined as the e-Commerce Development Director. Prior to Arcadia, Gareth was at IBM UK Ltd, Rex Trueform Clothing Ltd in South Africa and Arthur Andersen. He is a qualified chartered accountant and has a BA in Commerce from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Rakesh Kapoor
Executive Vice President, Category Development
Age: 51
Nationality: Indian
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 has the responsibility of global category management, research and development, media and market research.
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Simon Nash
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Age: 48
Nationality: British
Simon Nash joined RB in July 2009 from Novartis Consumer Health, where he was Global Head of Human Resources, based in Switzerland. He was with Novartis for nearly 10 years and initially led organisation and leadership development for the group before taking on the HR leadership role for the consumer health division. Simon started his international career with P&G in Detergent Manufacturing, before moving into HR with Mars Confectionery in Slough. He moved to New York in 1993 with Kraft Foods International and then onto Chicago as HR Head of the office products subsidiary of Fortune Brands Inc.
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