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Building a company of global entrepreneurs

A career at RB means you will work in a fast-moving and demanding environment where you will be expected to produce real results.
It's a steep learning curve. You will need to have strength of character, be driven and confident and genuinely committed to your career.
It is not the place for everyone.

However, if you're the sort of person who wants to make an impact, a career at RB means you will be exposed to international experiences in positions that will test your strengths. You will be pushed to use your initiative and creativity to the full. And if you truly want it, a career at RB will give you the platform to launch an international career with a truly global innovator.

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So how do you go about discovering if you are an 'RB person'?

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We launched this blog in May 2009 as a place where RB employees could give first-hand stories of the experiences, the highs, the lows, the triumphs and the lessons learned in their careers.
It was designed to open a window on RB, t [...]

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Bart Becht

Name: Bart
Nationality: Dutch

Career: Joined RB in 1988 and was General Manager in Canada, UK, France and Italy before becoming Chief Executive of Benckiser N. V. He presided over the Initial Public Offering of Benckiser NV in 1997 and the merger with Reckitt & Colman in 1999. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Reckitt Benckiser in 1999. He is a passionate golfer and Save the Children supporter.

Bart Becht holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Business School, (1982).  He also holds a Masters in Management Studies from the Interuniversitaire Interfaculteit Bedrijfskkunde, Delft (The Netherlands), and a BA in Economics from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands).

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