1 Javed Ahmed (48, Pakistani)
Executive Vice President, North America and Australia and Regional Director North American Household. Joined Benckiser in 1992 as General Manager, Canada and in 1995 became General Manager, UK. Appointed SVP North American Household in 2001 and EVP, North America and Australia in September 2003. Prior to joining Benckiser, he worked with Procter & Gamble and Bain & Company.
Javed is responsible for North America and Australia/New Zealand.
2 Bart Becht (51, Dutch)
Chief Executive Officer. 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 Reckitt Benckiser on the merger in December 1999. Previously with Procter & Gamble both in the USA and Germany.
Bart is Chairman of the Executive Committee.
3 Freddy Caspers (47, German)
Executive Vice President, Developing Markets. Joined Benckiser in September 1997 as EVP for Eastern Europe. He previously served in PepsiCo and Johnson & Johnson in a variety of international assignments in Europe, US, Eastern Europe and Turkey.
Freddy is responsible for all companies in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Africa Middle East.
4 Colin Day (52, British)
Chief Financial Officer. Joined Reckitt Benckiser 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, treasury, tax, corporate development, legal affairs and internal audit.
5 Gareth Hill (41, South African)
Senior Vice President, Information Services. Joined Reckitt Benckiser in October 2006. 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.
Gareth is responsible for global information systems and services and telecommunications.
6 Rakesh Kapoor (49, Indian)
Executive Vice President, Category Development. Joined Reckitt & Colman in 1987 serving in various roles including Regional Marketing Director, South Asia. Following the merger in 1999, he assumed the position of Category Group Director, Home Care. He was appointed SVP, Regional Director, Northern Europe in 2001 and then EVP Category Development in July 2006.
Rakesh is responsible for global category management, R&D, media, market research and strategic alliances.
7 Alain Le Goff (55, French)
Executive Vice President, Supply. Was appointed EVP for Operations at Benckiser in October 1996. He joined the Company in 1986, serving as Industrial Director in France, Monaco, Germany and as Logistics Director for the Group. He was previously with Lesieur.
Alain is responsible for the global supply chain including procurement, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics. Also responsible for management of Squeeze and X-trim gross margin enhancement programmes.
8 Elio Leoni Sceti (42, Italian)
Executive Vice President, Europe. Joined Benckiser in 1992 serving in various marketing roles and as General Manager of Germany and Italy. Following the merger in 1999, Elio was promoted to SVP, North American Household and to EVP Category Development in 2001. He was appointed EVP, Europe in July 2006. Elio was previously with Procter & Gamble in Italy and France.
Elio is responsible for all European markets – Western and Eastern and the Company’s private label business.
9 Frank Ruether (55, German)
Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Joined Benckiser in July 1996 as Personnel Director and was appointed SVP Human Resources in March 1997. He was previously with Mars, 1986–1996, as Director of Compensation & Benefits (Europe).
Frank is responsible for human resources management, remuneration and benefits, and organisational development.