Reckitt and head of finance agree to part Reckitt Benckiser is parting ways with its chief financial officer of just two years - citing a mismatch between her "way of working" and that of the company behind Finish dishwasher tablets and Nurofen painkillers. Liz Doherty, who will remain at the household and personal care goods manufacturer until March, replaced Colin Day in 2009. Mr Day and Bart Becht, then chief executive, were a renowned double act on the investor circuit - setting a high bar for Rakesh Kapoor, Mr Becht's successor, and his finance officer. The change at the top comes with some investors still undecided over Mr Kapoor's leadership of a company that - under his predecessor and in cheerier economic times - consistently outperformed peers. While has Mr Kapoor won over many sceptics by stamping his imprint on Reckitt with a fresh strategy that was unveiled in February, Ms Doherty raised a few eyebrows with some accounting decisions. Most notable of these was the inclusion of profits from one-off disposals taken "above the line" - for example, as income earned in the course of its day-to-day business - in the group's half-year results this summer. Mr Kapoor said at the time that this was normal practice, adding that the £30m involved was barely material. Ms Doherty, whose total pay package came to £910,000 last year, will be replaced by Adrian Hennah, chief financial officer of Smith & Nephew, the pharmaceutical company. He will join at the end of December, and work with Ms Doherty until March. Shares in Reckitt Benckiser initially rose strongly on the news. However, by afternoon trading the price was broadly unchanged. Analysts were unfazed by the switch over, pointing out that Ms Doherty was hired by Mr Becht a year before his own resignation. Some said that Reckitt Benckiser's culture called for a more hands-on, operational finance chief, as Mr Day had demonstrated. Martin Deboo, analyst at Investec Securities, referred to this as the company's "Marmite" culture. "It works for some, but not for others," he explained. Others pointed to the surprisingly strong tone of Mr Kapoor's comments on the departure. In a statement he thanked Ms Doherty for her "support" and "helping ensure a smooth CEO transition." He concluded: "However, Liz and I have agreed that Reckitt Benckiser's and her way of working are not as well matched as either of us would like, and now is the right time for her to move to a new opportunity." Mr Deboo said that Ms Doherty had "struggled to win the confidence of the investment community in our view, so a change should be positive." He described Mr Hennah, as "an effective, analytically-driven chief financial officer who is capable of providing an effective foil to a dynamic chief executive."