And it didn’t even take a no confidence vote. Rakesh Kapoor is off — just for the hell of it. Yes, after 32 years, including the past eight in charge, the Reckitt Benckiser boss has simply decided to retire. No, he had not had a bust-up with Chris Sinclair, chairman since only May last year. Nor some strategy row about breaking up the group: always a possibility after Mr Kapoor split health from “HyHo”, the hygiene and home wing starring the now apt Finish and Vanish.

Source: The Times January 16, 2019 23:59 UTC