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RB Press Release - 06/05/11

RB Appoints EVP Category Development Organisation

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has appointed Heather Allen as executive vice president (EVP) category development organisation; the role became vacant by Rakesh Kapoor’s appointment as CEO designate. The role places Heather Allen on the RB executive committee and is effective 16 May 2011.

Heather Allen, Canadian, is currently global category officer germ protection, surface and personal care, and has been with the business since 1996. After doing a number of senior marketing roles in Eastern Europe, Heather became marketing director of the USA in 1999. She was appointed general manager of Canada in 2003 and joined the global head office in the UK as a global category officer in 2006.

The EVP category development organisation role is based in the UK HQ.


Notes to editors:
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is a world leader in household, health and personal care. It is a FTSE top 25 company and since 2000 net revenues have doubled and the market cap has quadrupled. Today it is the global No 1 or No 2 in the majority of its fast-growing categories, driven by an exceptional rate of innovation – typically about 35% of net revenue comes from innovations launched in the prior 3 years. It has a strong portfolio led by 19 global powerbrands which are: Finish, Lysol, Dettol,Vanish, Woolite, Durex, Calgon, Airwick, Harpic, Bang, Mortein, Veet, Nurofen, Clearasil, Strepsils Gaviscon, Mucinex, Scholl and French’s, and they account for 69% of net revenue.

RB people are at the heart of the company’s success. They have an intense drive for progress and action and a desire to outperform wherever they focus, including in CSR where the company has the most ambitious corporate responsibility
programme in the industry through its Carbon 20 initiative.

Headquartered in the United Kingdom, the company employs about 27,000 people worldwide, with operations in over 60 countries and sales in almost 200 countries.

For more information visit RB.com

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Heather Allen
EVP Category Development Organisation
(effective 16th May 2011)