Tate & Lyle recruits new chief from Reckitt

19th May 2009 07:07

Tate & Lyle has appointed Javed Ahmed as its new chief executive. He will take over from current incumbent Iain Ferguson on 15 November. Iain Ferguson will continue in the CEO role until then to ensure an orderly handover, Tate added.Ahmed is currently Executive Vice President, Europe for Reckitt Benckiser and a member of the detergent maker's Executive Committee. He has held a number of senior leadership roles within the group over the last 17 years in both Europe and North America."Following our earlier announcement that Sir Peter Gershon will succeed me as Chairman by the end of the year, Peter and I are delighted that we are able to announce the succession arrangements for Iain Ferguson," Tate chairman Sir David Lees, said.