Paolo D’Orso, who is based in Prague, replaces Eric Marie Jean Gilliot for a four-year term at the helm of Reckitt Benckiser Romania and the Balkan area.
According to information posted on business networking website LinkedIn, D’Orso is in charge of a business with net revenues of over EUR80 million and more than 106 employees.
Before working for Reckitt Benckiser, he was for almost four years associate manager and head of the marketing division of pet food supplier Hill’s Pet Nutrition for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Previously, he worked for 5 years within fast moving consumer goods producer Colgate-Palmolive, where in the first two years he was National Divisional Manager of Colgate Palmolive Italy (where he managed EUR70 million in revenues, i.e. 30% of the company’s turnover in Italy).
Reckitt Benckiser Romania last year posted a net turnover of EUR59.6 million (up 18% from a year before) and a net profit of over EUR11 million, according to data published on the website of the Finance ministry. The company had 61 employees on the Romanian market at the end of last year.
Products sold by the company include, apart from Nurofen, Durex condoms, as well as the Calgon, Vanish and Air Wick brands.
(English version by Daniela Stoican; Editing by Radu Bostan)