New Change to Board of Directors

Reckitt Benckiser PLC
9 August 2000




            Reckitt Benckiser Appoints Colin Day
                  Chief Financial Officer.


Reckitt Benckiser plc today announces the appointment of
Colin Day as Chief Financial Officer.  He joins from Aegis
Group Plc where he has been Group Finance Director since
1995.

Colin started his career at Kodak and British Gas, before
joining De La Rue Group Plc in 1980, rising to be Group
Financial Controller for Crosfield Electronics in 1985.  In
1988 he joined ABB Group as Group Financial Director of its
key UK subsidiary, ABB Kent Plc, subsequently taking the
same role at ABB Instrumentation Ltd from 1991.  Colin
joined Aegis in January 1995 as Group Finance Director.

Colin is 45 years old, married with two children, and lives
close to London.  He has an MBA from Cranfield School of
Management and is a FCCA.   He is also a Non-Executive
Director of Bell Group Plc.

Colin Day will take up his appointment on 4th September
2000. He will be a member of the Executive Committee. It is
expected that he will be appointed to the Board of Reckitt
Benckiser plc at the meeting of Directors to be held in
August, the appointment also to be effective from 4th
September 2000.

Bart Becht, Chief Executive of Reckitt Benckiser, today
welcomed this appointment.  'We are delighted to have a
Chief Financial Officer with such wide-ranging experience in
international business.  Colin will be a major addition to
our management team and will contribute significantly to
building Reckitt Benckiser as the world's leading household
cleaning company.   We all look forward to working with
him.'

For further information:
Tom Corran                    Telephone + 44 1753 746 548
SVP Corporate Communications  Fax       + 44 1753 746 415


Bobby Leach                   Telephone + 44 207 329 0096
Shandwick International


                 Colin Day - Detailed Resume

Colin Day was born in 1955, is 45 years old, and is married
with two children.  He lives close to London in
Buckinghamshire.  He has an MBA from Cranfield School of
Management and was FCCA (prizewinner) in 1979.

Career History

Kodak  (trainee accountant)

British Gas (internal audit, management and project accountant)

De La Rue Group Plc.
Various financial and accounting roles within Crosfield
Electronics, rising to Group Financial Controller.

ABB Group
Group Financial Director ABB Kent Plc
Group Finance Director, ABB Instrumentation Ltd

Aegis Group Plc
Group Finance Director

1996-1998 Non-Executive Director, Vero Group Plc.

Colin Day is also a Non-Executive Director of Bell Group Plc.

There are no other disclosures to be made under paragraph
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