Fred Houwen

Deputy General Counsel and Group Compliance Officer, Reckitt Benckiser

Fred is Group Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel for Group Legal Affairs at Reckitt Benckiser. He is responsible for a range of compliance areas at RB, with an increasing focus on data protection.  He leads a team of specialist data protection lawyers who work closely with other functions in delivering RB’s data protection programme.

Fred started his career at Clifford Chance, where he specialised in European competition law. Following time in private practice and in the Government Legal Service, he joined RB in 2009.