Reckitt Benckiser Appoints New CTO; Hygiene Home Unit CFO to COO
December 04 2019 - 9:24AM
Dow Jones News
By Adriano Marchese
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (RB.LN) said Wednesday that Kris
Licht will take on the newly created role of chief transformation
officer, and Harold van den Broek will be appointed chief operating
officer of the hygiene home business unit, both as part of a series
of management changes.
The consumer-goods company said that Mr. Licht joined the
company in November from PepsiCo Inc. (PEP), where he was division
president for the company's northeast division of the beverages
business in North America. He also held the position of chief
transformation officer for PepsiCo's North America beverages
unit.
In addition, the company said that Mr. van den Broek, currently
the chief financial officer of its hygiene home business unit is
appointed COO of the same unit. He replaces Rob de Groot, who is
stepping down from his role today and will leave the company in
February after a handover period.
The company said the changes which will focus on delivering the
next phase of its transformation and continue to evolve the culture
of the business.
Write to Adriano Marchese at adriano.marchese@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 04, 2019 09:09 ET (14:09 GMT)
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