Laura Becker, the new head of Procter & Gamble's Becker Global business development group, running its innovation programme has worked for P&G in a wide range of roles since 1990.

US-based consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) has named 22-year P&G veteran Laura Becker head of P&G’s global business development group, responsible for the company’s Connect+Develop innovation programme.

Becker has worked for P&G in a wide range of roles since 1990 and wasmost recently the finance director for global feminine care.

Becker said in a statement: “We want Connect+Develop to help deliver a dozen more Swiffer Dusters [one of the best known products recently developed by P&G] – really…