THE boss of household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser made more than £90m in pay and shares last year, it has emerged.

Bart Becht, chief executive of the Cillit Bang and Vanish group, exercised share options worth more than £70m and performance-based shares valued at about £13m in a bumper payout built up over his tenure at the helm.

The stock bonanza came on top of a pay and bonus package worth nearly £5m in 2009.

But Mr Becht has decided to transfer nearly all of the stock options to a charitable trust, which supports organisations such as Save the Children and Medecins Sans Frontiers.