Adrian D. P. Bellamy (born 1941/1942) is a British businessman.Reckitt Bensicker Board of Directors
He was the chairman of

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() from 2003 to 2018.

Early life

Adrian Bellamy was born in

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, England, and raised and educated in

Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River. The region was informally k ...

(now Zimbabwe). He earned bachelor of commerce and MBA degrees from the

University of South Africa The University of South Africa (UNISA), known colloquially as Unisa, is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. Through various colleges and affiliates, U ...

Career

He started his career in finance, and moved on to the retail industry in the 1960s. From 1995 to 2004, he served as chairman of the Supervisory Board of

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. From 2002 to 2008, he served as chairman of

The Body Shop The Body Shop International Limited, trading as The Body Shop, is a British cosmetics, skin care and perfume company. Founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick, the company currently has a range of 1,000 products sold in about 3,000 stores, divid ...

. He served as chairman of Reckitt Benckiser from 2003 to 2018. In September 2017, it was announced that Bellamy would stand down as chairman at 2018's AGM, and would be succeeded by

Christopher A. Sinclair Christopher A. Sinclair (born September 5, 1950) is an American businessman. He is the chairman of Reckitt, the consumer health and household products company. He is the former chairman and CEO of Mattel, the toy company. Previously, he was chair ...

. He formerly served on the board of directors of

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(). He sat on the board of directors of

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() from 1995, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. () since 1997, the Robert Mondavi Corporation since 2002, the

Labelux Group JAB Holding Company ("JAB" or Joh. A. Benckiser) is a German conglomerate, headquartered in Luxembourg, that includes investments in companies operating in the areas of consumer goods, forestry, coffee, luxury fashion, animal health, and fast foo ...

since 2009, and

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Personal life

Bellamy is married with four children. In 2003, he had homes in London's

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and

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. He collects Californian landscape paintings and English Regency furniture.

References

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