Reckitt Benckiser Group plc announced the appointment of Kris Licht as Chief Executive Officer to succeed Nicandro Durante. Kris will become CEO Designate as of 1 May and will immediately begin the transition to the CEO role, working alongside Nicandro Durante. Kris will be appointed to the Board as an Executive Director effective 1 June 2023 and will take over as CEO by the end of 2023.

Nicandro Durante will stay with Reckitt up to December 2023 to ensure a smooth transition, at which time he will step down from the Board. Kris has served as President of Reckitt's Health business and as Chief Customer Officer since July 2020. Prior to this, he served as Reckitt's Chief Transformation Officer from November 2019 to July 2020.

He has been pivotal in both setting the strategic direction of the company and returning Health to the strong growth trajectory that it is delivering. He joined Reckitt from PepsiCo, where he held a variety of senior operational and strategic leadership positions. Prior to PepsiCo, he was a Partner at McKinsey & Co with a focus on the consumer, health and retail practices.