City Moves who’s switching jobs May 25, 2009 WolseleyThe plumbers and builders merchant has appointed Michael Wareing, chief executive of accountancy firm KPMG, and Alain Le Goff, a former executive at consumer giant Reckitt Benckiser, as non-executive directors. Wareing, pictured, 55, joined KPMG in 1973 and became chief executive in 2005. Le Goff, 57, retired as executive vice president of supply at Reckitt [...]
Tate & Lyle shares jump after new boss is announced May 19, 2009 SUGAR group Tate & Lyle has seen its shares skyrocket after it named Javed Ahmed, the 49-year old European head of consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser, as its chief executive. Shares of the battered Golden Syrup maker jumped 10.7 per cent in early trading, before closing up 8.2 per cent at 296p. They had fallen [...]
EMI appoints cleaning exec to leading job July 8, 2008 Record company EMI Group has appointed an executive with no experience of the music business to head up its record division, as part of the firm’s strategy to fill key positions with talent from outside the industry. EMI yesterday announced that Elio Leoni-Sceti, vice-president of household goods firm Reckitt Benckiser, would become chief executive of [...]