Bart Becht is a Senior Partner and the Chairman of Bansk. Bart has an almost forty-year track record of building consumer brands in various operating and investing roles. Prior to founding Bansk, he was a Senior Partner and Chairman of JAB Holding Company, a global investment firm focused on the consumer sector, and the former CEO of Reckitt Benckiser, a leading global branded consumer goods company. Prior to joining Reckitt Benckiser, Bart held finance and marketing roles at Procter & Gamble.
Bart received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands and an M.B.A. from Booth Business School at the University of Chicago. He currently serves as a Director of amika, Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, Eva NYC, Red’s All Natural, and Woodstream, as well as of The Craftory and The Brandtech Group, and as Chairman of Becht Foundation, an organization focused on the preservation and restoration of our planet’s biodiversity through marine conservation and climate communications. Previously, Bart served as a Director of Keurig Dr. Pepper, JDE-Peets, Coty, Krispy Kreme, and Panera Bread.