Item 1. BUSINESS.
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Item 1. BUSINESS.
We are a leading creator and manufacturer of food, beverage, health & biosciences, scent and pharma solutions and complementary adjacent products, including natural health ingredients, which are used in a wide variety of consumer products. Our products are sold principally to manufacturers of dairy, meat, beverages, snacks, savory, sweet, baked goods, grain processors and other foods, personal care products, soaps and detergents, cleaning products, perfumes, dietary supplements, food protection, infant, elderly and animal nutrition, functional food, pharmaceutical and oral care products. As a result, we hold global leadership positions in the Food & Beverage, Home & Personal Care and Health & Wellness markets, and across key Tastes, Textures, Scents, Nutrition, Enzymes, Cultures, Soy Proteins, Pharmaceutical Excipients and Probiotics categories.
Sales in 2024 were $11.484 billion. Our business is geographically diverse, with sales in the U.S. representing approximately 28% of sales in 2024. No other country represented more than 10% of sales. In 2024, no customer accounted for 10% or more of sales.
Our Product Offerings
As of December 31, 2024, our business consisted of four segments: Nourish, Health & Biosciences, Scent and Pharma Solutions.
Nourish
As a leading creator of ingredients and solutions, we help our customers deliver on the promise of healthy and delicious foods and drinks that appeal to consumers. We create products in our regional creative centers which allows us to satisfy local customer preferences, while also helping to ensure regulatory compliance and production standards. We develop thousands of different Nourish offerings, most of which are tailor-made, and we continually develop new ingredients and solutions to meet changing consumer preferences and customer needs.
Our Nourish segment consists of an innovative and broad portfolio of natural-based ingredients to enhance nutritional value, texture and functionality in a wide range of beverage, dairy, bakery, confectionery and culinary applications and consists of Ingredients and Flavors.
Ingredients include a diversified portfolio across natural and plant-based specialty food ingredients derived from herbs and plants that provide texturizing solutions used in the food industry, food protection solutions used in food and beverage products, as well as specialty soy and pea protein with value-added formulations, emulsifiers and sweeteners. Natural food protection ingredients consist of natural antioxidants and anti-microbials used for natural food preservation and shelf-life extension for beverages, cosmetic and healthcare products, pet food and feed additives. Ingredients also includes savory solutions (such as spices, marinades, mixtures) and inclusion products (such as products combining flavorings with fruit, vegetables and other natural ingredients), formerly part of Food Designs. During the fourth quarter of 2022, we announced our entry into an agreement to sell a portion of the Savory Solutions business and completed the divestiture on May 31, 2023.
Flavors include a range of flavor compounds and natural taste solutions that are ultimately used by our customers in savory products (soups, sauces, meat, fish, poultry, snacks, etc.), beverages (juice drinks, carbonated or flavored beverages, spirits, etc.), sweets (bakery products, candy, cereal, chewing gum, etc.), and dairy products (yogurt, ice cream, cheese, etc.). Flavors also include value-added spices and seasoning ingredients for meat, food service, convenience, alternative protein and culinary products.
Health & Biosciences
Our Health & Biosciences segment consists of the development and production of an advanced biotechnology-derived portfolio of enzymes, food cultures, probiotics and specialty ingredients for food and non-food applications. Among many other applications, this biotechnology-driven portfolio includes cultures for use in fermented foods such as yogurt, cheese and fermented beverages, probiotic strains, many with documented clinical health claims for use as dietary supplements and through industrial fermentation the production of enzymes and microorganisms that provide product and process performance benefits to household detergents, animal feed, ethanol production and brewing. Health & Biosciences is comprised of Health, Cultures & Food Enzymes, Home & Personal Care, Animal Nutrition and Grain Processing.
Health provides ingredients for dietary supplements, functional food and beverage, specialized nutrition and pharma.
Cultures & Food Enzymes provides products that aim to serve the global demand for healthy, natural, clean label and fermented food for fresh dairy, cheese, bakery and brewing products. Such products contribute to extended shelf life, stability, taste and texture, helping our customers to improve their product offerings. The business’s enzyme solutions also allow our customers to provide low sugar, high fiber and lactose-free dairy products.
Home & Personal Care produces enzymes for laundry and dishwashing detergents, cleaning and textiles to help enhance the product and process performance of products in the fabric and home care, textiles and industrials and personal care markets. The business also produces patented enzymatic polymers that are renewable, biodegradable alternatives to functional ingredients used in home cleaning and beauty care products.
Animal Nutrition produces feed enzymes and animal health solutions that help to improve nutrition, welfare, performance and sustainability of livestock animal farming.
Grain Processing produces yeasts and enzymes for biofuel production and carbohydrate processing.
Scent
Our Scent segment creates fragrance compounds and fragrance ingredients that are integral elements in the world’s finest perfumes and best-known household and personal care products. Consumer insights, science and creativity are at the heart of our Scent business, and, along with our unique portfolio of natural and synthetic ingredients, global footprint, innovative technologies and know-how, and customer intimacy, we believe make us a market leader in scent products. The Scent segment is comprised of Fragrance Compounds and Fragrance Ingredients. We completed the divestiture of our Cosmetic Ingredients business, previously within the Scent segment, on April 2, 2024.
Fragrance Compounds are unique and proprietary combinations of multiple fragrance ingredients that are ultimately used by our customers in their consumer goods. Our creative and commercial teams within fragrance compounds are organized into two broad categories: fine fragrances and consumer fragrances.
Our perfumers harness creativity and leverage our innovative captive molecules, sustainable natural ingredients obtained with innovative processes, biotech ingredients, data science, and consumer insights to create unique and inspiring fragrances driving consumer preferences.
Our fine fragrances focus on perfumes and colognes, creating global and local namesake brands, from high luxury to mass market, from market leading to ultra-niche products.
Our consumer fragrances include three end-use categories of products:
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Fabric Care, including laundry detergents, fabric softeners and specialty laundry products;
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Home Care, including household cleaners, dishwashing detergents and air fresheners; and
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Body Care, including personal wash, hair care and toiletries products.
Fragrance Ingredients are natural and synthetic, and active and functional ingredients that are used internally and sold to third parties, including competitors, for use in the preparation of compounds. While the principal role of our fragrance ingredients facilities is to support our fragrance compounds business, we utilize excess manufacturing capacity to manufacture and sell certain fragrance ingredients to third parties, enabling us to leverage our fixed costs while maintaining the security of our supply for our perfumers and ultimately our customers. We completed the divestiture of our Flavor Specialty Ingredients business on August 1, 2023. The Flavor Specialty Ingredients business previously comprised of natural flavor extracts, specialty botanical extracts, distillates, essential oils, citrus products, aroma chemicals and natural gums and resins, which are used for food, beverage and flavors, and are often sold directly to food and beverage manufacturers who use them in producing consumer products.
Pharma Solutions
Our Pharma Solutions segment produces, among other things, a vast portfolio of cellulosics and seaweed-based pharmaceutical excipients, used to improve the functionality and delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients, including controlled or modified drug release formulations, and enabling the development of more effective pharmaceutical finished dosage formulations. Our excipients are used in prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements. Our Pharma Solutions products also serve a variety of other specialty and industrial end-uses including coatings, inks, electronics, agriculture and consumer products. During March 2024, we entered into an agreement to sell the Pharma Solutions business disposal group, that is primarily made up of most businesses within the Company’s existing Pharma Solutions reportable segment as well as certain adjacent businesses. During October 2024, the Company entered into an agreement to sell its nitrocellulose business, which is within the Company’s existing Pharma Solutions reportable operating segment. Both transactions are expected to close in the second quarter of 2025.
Organization in 2025
As previously announced in 2024, starting January 1, 2025, our Nourish segment has been separated into two newly named business units, Taste and Food Ingredients. With small additional adjustments, our Flavors business, formerly part of Nourish, has been renamed Taste, and our Ingredients business, formerly part of Nourish, has been renamed Food Ingredients. Thus,
starting in the first quarter of 2025, our business segments will consist of Taste, Food Ingredients, Health & Biosciences, Scent, and, until the completion of the sale of the Pharma Solutions business disposal group, Pharma Solutions.
Consumer Insights, Research and Product Development Process
The markets in which we compete require constant innovation to remain competitive. Consumer preferences tend to drive change in our markets, and as science evolves and sustainability continues to be a key factor to customers and consumers, we must continue to strengthen our research and development platforms and adapt our capabilities to provide differentiated products.
Consumer Insights
We believe that the first step to creating an innovative and unique product experience begins with gaining insight into the consumer and emerging industry trends. By developing a deep understanding of what consumers value and prefer through our consumer insight programs, we are better able to focus our research and development and creative efforts.
Our consumer science, insight and marketing teams interpret trends, monitor product launches, analyze quantitative market data and conduct numerous consumer interviews annually.
Based on this information, we develop innovative and proprietary programs to evaluate potential products that enable us to understand the emotional connections between a prospective product and the consumer. We believe this ability to pinpoint the likelihood of a product’s success translates into stronger brand equity, resulting in increased returns and greater market share gains for our customers as well as for IFF.
Research and Development
We consider our research and development infrastructure to be one of our key competencies and critical to our ability to provide differentiated products to our customers. We have strong product and application development pipelines built upon a global network that includes research and development, as well as regulatory and product stewardship capabilities.
We focus and invest substantial resources in the research and development of new and innovative molecules, compounds, formulations and technologies and the application of these to our customers’ products. Using the knowledge gained from our consumer insights programs and business unit needs, we strategically focus our resources around key research and development platforms that address or anticipate consumer needs or preferences. Our innovation-based platforms are aligned with key consumer insight-led growth themes: improving home and personal care, empowering wellbeing and healthy lives, transforming food systems and accelerating climate solutions. By aligning our capabilities and resources to these platforms, we ensure the proper support and focus for each program so that our products can be further developed and eventually accepted for commercial application.
As of December 31, 2024, we have 894 granted U.S. patents, and 458 pending U.S. patent applications, as well as thousands of other granted patents and pending patent applications around the world. We have developed many unique molecules and delivery systems for our customers that are used as the foundations of successful products around the world.
Our principal basic research and development activities are located in Union Beach, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; Palo Alto, California; Brabrand, Denmark; and Leiden, The Netherlands. At those locations, our scientists and application engineers, while collaborating with our other research and development centers around the world, support the:
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discovery of new materials;
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development of new technologies, such as delivery systems;
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creation of new compounds; and
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enhancement of existing ingredients and compounds.
As of December 31, 2024, we employed approximately 3,400 people globally in research and development activities (including innovation, creation and design activities).
Creative Application
Through our global network of creative centers and application laboratories, we create or adapt the basic Nourish, Health & Biosciences, Scent and Pharma Solutions products that we have developed in the research and development process to commercialize for use in our customers’ consumer products. Our global creative teams consist of marketing, consumer science, consumer insights and technical application experts, from a wide range of cultures and nationalities. In close partnership with our customers’ product development groups, our creative teams create the experiences that our customers are seeking in order to satisfy consumer demands in each of their respective markets.
New product development is driven by a variety of sources including requests from our customers, who are in need of specific products for use in a new or modified consumer product, or as a result of internal initiatives stemming from our
consumer insights program. Our product development team works in partnership with our scientists and researchers to optimize the consumer appeal and relevance of our offerings. We use a collaborative process between our researchers, our product development team and our customers to perfect our offerings so they are ready to be included in the final consumer product.
In addition to creating new products, our researchers and product development teams advise customers on ways to improve their existing products by moderating or substituting current ingredients with more readily accessible or less expensive materials enhancing their yield, or helping to increase or improve functionality of their formulations. This often results in creating a better value proposition for our customers.
Most of our formulas are treated as trade secrets and remain our proprietary assets. Our business is not materially dependent upon any individual patent, trademark or license.
Supply Chain
We strive to provide our customers with consistent and quality products on a timely and cost-effective basis by managing all aspects of the supply chain, from raw material sourcing through manufacturing, quality assurance, regulatory compliance and distribution.
Procurement
In connection with the manufacture of our products, we use natural and synthetic ingredients. As of December 31, 2024, we purchased approximately 20,000 different raw materials sourced from an extensive network of domestic and international suppliers and distributors.
Natural ingredients are derived from flowers, fruits and other botanical products, as well as from plant, animal and marine products, and commodity crops like wheat, corn and soy. They contain varying numbers of organic chemicals that are responsible for the fragrance, flavor, antioxidant properties and nutrition of the natural products. Natural products are purchased directly from farms or in processed and semi-processed forms. Some natural products are used in compounds in the state in which they are obtained and others are used after further processing. Natural products, together with various chemicals, are also used as raw materials for the manufacture of synthetic ingredients by chemical processes.
In order to ensure our supply of raw materials, achieve favorable pricing and provide timely transparency regarding inflationary trends to our customers, we continue to focus on:
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purchasing under contract with fixed or formula-based pricing for set time periods;
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entering into hedging for raw materials we purchase that can be hedged against liquid commodity assets;
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entering into supplier relationships to gain access to supplies we would not otherwise have;
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implementing indexed pricing;
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reducing the complexity of our formulations;
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evaluating the profitability of whether to buy or make an ingredient;
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sourcing from local countries with our own procurement professionals; and
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periodically assessing our supply base with a view towards greater cost efficiencies and improvements.
Manufacturing and Distribution
As of December 31, 2024, we had approximately 150 manufacturing facilities, creative centers and application laboratories located in approximately 40 different countries. Our major manufacturing facilities are located in the United States, The Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Slovenia, China, India, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Belgium and Singapore.
Our supply chain initiatives are focused on increasing capacity and investing in key technologies. Within our more mature markets, we tend to focus on consolidation and cost optimization as well as the implementation of new technologies. In addition to our own manufacturing facilities, we develop relationships with third parties, including contract manufacturing organizations, that expand our access to the technologies, capabilities and capacity that we need to better serve our customers.
For more detailed information about risks related to our supply chain, please refer to Item 1A, “Risk Factors” – “Supply chain disruptions, geopolitical developments, climate-change events, natural disasters, public health crises, tariffs and trade wars, and other events may adversely affect our business, our procurement of raw materials, and our development, manufacturing, distribution or sale of our products, and thus may impact our productivity, business and financial results.”
Sustainability
In 2021, we launched a refreshed and comprehensive sustainability roadmap, the ‘Do More Good Plan’ (“the Plan”), which aligns with IFF’s strategy for long-term growth and value creation. Supported by a set of ambitious 2030 goals, the Plan
comprises four interconnected pillars that capture the areas where we believe we can have the greatest positive impact: Sustainable Solutions, Climate & Planetary Health, Equity & Wellbeing, Transparency & Accountability.
Sustainable Solutions
We deliver solutions that seek to transform industries and empower our customers to achieve their sustainability objectives, beginning with our commitment to responsible sourcing and then leveraging our research and development program to drive environmentally and socially-conscious innovation.
Climate & Planetary Health
Our science-based approach to environmental sustainability across our own operations includes investing in energy-efficient systems and expanding our use of renewable energy as we work to achieve our ambition for net zero greenhouse gas emissions. We partner across our value chain to reduce our footprint by advancing our climate action strategies, reducing our water use and striving for zero waste to landfill.
Equity & Wellbeing
We are advancing our commitment to people and communities by ensuring an equitable and inclusive environment for all employees, while continuously improving our safety program by striving for an injury-free workplace and achieving world-class safety performance.
Transparency & Accountability
Conducting our business with the highest integrity is essential to fulfilling our Do More Good vision. Our robust and transparent corporate governance framework is designed to ensure compliance with our policies, as well as with laws and regulations. Our employees are expected to act ethically, speak up and seek advice when in doubt, and our leaders are accountable for upholding our values and advancing toward our goals.
Across these four pillars, the Company continued to achieve notable recognitions in 2024. For example, we qualified as a constituent of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, North America, for the fifth consecutive year, a best-in-class benchmark for investors who recognize that sustainable business practices are critical to generating long-term shareholder value. This distinction validates IFF’s leadership position in sustainability performance and underscores our commitment to executing on key sustainability priorities. We were also awarded the 2024 EcoVadis Platinum sustainability rating for the fourth consecutive time, placing IFF among the top 1% of companies assessed. In addition, we continue to support transparency and accountability through our submission to CDP Climate Change, Water Security and Forests. IFF continues to be listed in the FTSE4Good Index series as well as being named as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek.
Governmental Regulation
We develop, produce and market our products in a number of jurisdictions around the world and are subject to federal, regional and local legislation and regulations in various countries. Our products, which among other industries, are intended for use in food, beverage, pharmaceutical and dietary supplements, home and personal care, and feed, are subject to strict quality and regulatory standards and environmental laws and regulations. We in turn are required to meet strict standards which, in recent years, have become increasingly stringent and affect both existing as well as new products. While the cost of compliance with such laws and regulations leads to higher overall capital expenditure, which can be significant in certain periods, we do not currently anticipate any material capital expenditures necessary to comply with such laws and regulations. We continue to monitor existing and pending laws and regulations and while the impact of regulatory changes cannot be predicted with certainty, compliance has not had, and is not expected to have a material adverse effect on capital expenditure, earnings or competitive position.
Our products and operations are subject to regulation by governmental agencies in each of the markets in which we operate. These agencies include (1) the Food and Drug Administration and equivalent international agencies that regulate flavors, pharmaceutical excipients and other ingredients in consumer products, (2) the Environmental Protection Agency and equivalent international agencies that regulate our manufacturing facilities, as well as fragrance products (including encapsulation systems), (3) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and equivalent international agencies that regulate the working conditions in our manufacturing, research laboratories and creative centers, (4) local and international agencies that regulate trade and customs, (5) the Drug Enforcement Administration and other local or international agencies that regulate controlled chemicals that we use in our operations, (6) the Chemical Registration/Notification authorities that regulate chemicals that we use in, or transport to, the various countries in which we manufacture and/or market our products, and (7) the U.S. Department of Agriculture and equivalent international authorities with respect to, among other things, labeling of consumer products. We have seen an increase in registration and reporting requirements concerning the use of certain chemicals in a number of countries, such as Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (“REACH”) regulations in the European Union, as well as similar regulations in other countries.
In addition, we are subject to various rules relating to health, work safety and the environment at the local and international levels in the various countries in which we operate. Our manufacturing facilities throughout the world are subject to environmental standards relating to air emissions, sewage discharges, the use of hazardous materials, waste disposal practices and clean-up of existing environmental contamination. In recent years, there has been an increase in the stringency of environmental regulation and enforcement of environmental standards, and the costs of compliance have risen significantly, a trend we expect will continue in the future.
For more detailed information about risks related to governmental regulation applicable to the Company, please refer to Item 1A, “Risk Factors” – “If we are unable to comply with regulatory requirements and industry standards, including those regarding product safety, quality, efficacy and environmental impact, we could incur significant costs and suffer reputational harm which could adversely affect results of operations.”
Competition
The markets for our products are part of a larger market that supplies a wide variety of ingredients and compounds used in consumer products. Our products are sold principally to manufacturers of dairy, meat, beverages, snacks, savory, sweet, baked goods, grain processors and other foods, personal care products, soaps and detergents, cleaning products, perfumes, dietary supplements, food protection, infant, elderly and animal nutrition, functional food, pharmaceutical and oral care products.
The global market for our products has expanded, primarily as a result of an increase in demand for, and an increase in the variety of, consumer products.
The market for our products is highly competitive. Our main competitors consist of (1) other large global companies, such as Givaudan, DSM-Firmenich, Symrise, Kerry, ADM, and Novonesis, (2) mid-sized companies, (3) numerous regional and local manufacturers and (4) consumer product companies who may develop their own competing products.
We believe that our ability to create products with the sustainability related attributes customers expect and compete successfully in the various sub-market is based on:
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our in-depth understanding of consumers,
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vertical integration,
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innovation and technological advances from our research and development activities and, as applicable, our scientists,
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our ability to tailor products to customers’ needs,
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our ability to manufacture products on a global scale, and
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broad-based regulatory capabilities.
In certain industries, large multi-national customers and, increasingly, mid-sized customers, may limit the number of their suppliers by placing some on “core lists,” giving them priority for development and production of their new or modified products. To compete more successfully, we must make continued investments in customer relationships and tailor our research and development efforts to anticipate customers’ needs, provide effective service and secure and maintain inclusion on these “core lists.”
Private label manufacturers, mostly medium-sized, local or small food manufacturers, constitute a growing segment in certain markets where we are active. Over the last decade, with the strengthening of supermarket chains, online platforms and growing consumer price consciousness, consumption of private label products has grown at a faster rate than the brand food industry rate. We believe that new business opportunities will continue to arise from these clients as they are increasing their demand for products that are similar to existing products in the market, distinctive premium products, as well as more innovative products.
Our People
The success of our business is built on our talented employees. As of December 31, 2024, we had approximately 22,400 employees worldwide, of whom approximately 24% are employed in the United States. Our workforce plans and talent management programs support our employees to best deliver the business strategy and ensure their development and engagement.
Culture and Values
Our culture is based on our four corporate values of passion, partnership, persistence and principled, and the expression of these values can be seen and felt throughout our history. Our employees appreciate that they contribute to products that touch and enhance the lives of millions of people around the world. Our robust culture ambassador and colleague community program continues to engage a broad portion of the IFF community in building common identity and shared purpose and strengthen engagement and motivation by providing programming on IFF values and providing recognition of individuals who exemplify them.
IFF strives to have a culture on inclusion and belonging where all employees can thrive. Our programs focus on inclusive talent processes, employee experiences, and external engagement. In 2024 we continued to be recognized by external parties such as EDGE, DisabilityIN and Workplace Pride, and employee sentiment on inclusion increased to 82% (compared with 80% in 2023).
Leadership and Development
Our leadership development efforts empower employees to become forward-looking, inspiring and capable decision-makers, agents of change and great leaders. A full portfolio of proprietary leadership development programs and an overarching talent management system is in place to support growth of leaders and at all levels. To cultivate our employees’ talent and build sustainable long-lasting careers at IFF, we provide tools that enable our employees to envision their career journeys in the form of articulated career “ladders” and “frameworks”. We offer corresponding development opportunities to include specialized courses for employees globally by partnering with leading institutions and universities to help provide the latest training and development offerings at all levels. We also offer to our employees an extensive library of on-demand courses and materials on leadership, management and professional skills development. Those learning resources are integrated into our human capital platform, allowing managers and employees to establish digitalized learning plans that are ultimately captured as a part of their employee profile. Further, those offerings complement our talent acquisition strategy and organized and personalized feedback process, supported by industry-leading assessment tools.
Occupational Health & Safety
Employee safety is one of the cornerstones of our business. Our occupational health and safety management system requires and encourages employees and supervised contractors at sites globally to uphold IFF’s protocols, report any incidents and suggest improvements that improve the safety of work sites. Our safety management system is based on U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) standards which apply to all of our sites in conjunction with any local regulations. To work toward a safer workplace, we have put in place a set of protocols and programs related to three areas of focus: (a) safety governance (setting and updating comprehensive safety policies and procedures), (b) safety training of employees based on IFF policies and local requirements, and (c) safety culture characterized by awareness and communication.
Availability of Reports
We make available free of charge on or through the “Investors” link on our website, www.iff.com, all materials that we file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as reasonably practicable after electronically filing such materials with, or furnishing them to, the SEC.
The SEC maintains an Internet website, www.sec.gov, that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information that we file electronically with the SEC.
A copy of our By-Laws, Corporate Governance Guidelines, Codes of Conduct, and the charters of the Audit Committee, Human Capital & Compensation Committee, Governance & Corporate Responsibility Committee and Innovation Committee of the Board of Directors are posted on the “Investors” section of our website, www.iff.com.
Our principal executive offices are located at 521 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019 and 200 Powder Mill Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19803.
Executive Officers of Registrant
Below is a list of the executive officers of the Company and other significant employees who are members of our Executive Leadership Team as of February 28, 2025.
| Name | Age | Position | ||||||||||||
| J. Erik Fyrwald(1) | 65 | Chief Executive Officer and member of our Board of Directors | ||||||||||||
| Yuvraj Arora(1) | 53 | President, Taste and Chief Commercial Officer | ||||||||||||
| Deborah Borg(1) | 48 | Executive Vice President, Chief People & Culture Officer | ||||||||||||
| Michael DeVeau(1) | 44 | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||
| Ralf Finzel(1) | 61 | Executive Vice President, Global Operations Officer | ||||||||||||
| Leticia Gonçalves(1)(2) | 50 | President, Health & Biosciences | ||||||||||||
| Simon Herriott(1)(2) | 61 | President, Health & Biosciences | ||||||||||||
| Jennifer Johnson(1) | 50 | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||||
| Stephen Landsman | 65 | Executive Vice President, Business Development | ||||||||||||
| Ana Paula Teles de Mendonça(1) | 56 | President, Scent | ||||||||||||
| Andres Muller(1) | 60 | President, Food Ingredients | ||||||||||||
| Angela Strzelecki(1) | 58 | President, Pharma Solutions | ||||||||||||
| Vivek Verma | 56 | Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer |
(1)These individuals are executive officers and file reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(2)Simon Herriott is stepping down from the role of President, Health & Biosciences and Leticia Gonçalves will be appointed as President, Health & Biosciences effective March 1, 2025.
J. Erik Fyrwald has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors since February 2024. Mr. Fyrwald joined us from Syngenta, where he served as Chief Executive Officer since 2016. Prior to his role at Syngenta, Mr. Fyrwald served as Chief Executive Officer of Univar Solutions from May 2012 until May 2016, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nalco from 2008 until 2011, when Nalco merged with Ecolab Inc., and following the merger, he served as President of Ecolab. Mr. Fyrwald began his career at DuPont starting in 1981. During his 27 years at DuPont, Mr. Fyrwald held a number of positions, including Group Vice President of the Agriculture and Nutrition Division at DuPont and Vice President and General Manager of DuPont’s Nutrition and Health Business.
Yuvraj Arora has served as our Chief Commercial Officer and President, Taste since January 2025. Prior to this role, Mr. Arora served as Executive Vice President and President, Nourish since June 2023. Mr. Arora joined IFF from Kellogg North America, where he served as the President of the company’s six U.S. categories since April 2021. He was with Kellogg for more than 20 years, beginning in India in 2002 where he held roles in marketing and category management. He later assumed roles of increasing responsibility in marketing, brand management and general management upon his relocation to the United States in 2005 and in Singapore from 2012-2015.
Deborah Borg has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief People & Culture Officer since August 2022. Ms. Borg joined IFF from Bunge Limited, where she served as Chief Human Resources and Communications Officer since 2016. Prior to joining Bunge, she served in a variety of business leadership and Human Resources roles in Australia, Switzerland and the U.S. for Dow Chemical between 2000 and 2015. She began her career at General Motors Australia.
Michael DeVeau has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since January 2025. Mr. DeVeau served as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Investor Relations from December 2022 to December 2024 and had previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Investor Relations & Communications Officer from February 2021 to December 2022, Vice President, Investor Relations, Communications, and Chief of Staff from September 2014 to February 2021, as well as Divisional Chief Financial Officer, Scent from 2018 to 2020 and Head of Corporate Strategy from 2016 to 2018. Since joining the Company in 2009 as Head of Investor Relations, Mr. DeVeau has held various roles of increasing scope and responsibility in communications, finance and strategy. Prior to joining the Company, he served in leadership positions in investor relations, finance and corporate development at PepsiCo. Mr. DeVeau began his career as an Equity Research Analyst at Citigroup Investment Research.
Ralf Finzel has served as our Executive Vice President, Global Operations Officer since November 2022. Previously, Mr. Finzel served as Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain for Honeywell International Performance Materials and Technologies Business Group in Houston since 2020. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain for Honeywell International Building Technologies Business Group from July 2017 to March 2020. He first joined Honeywell in Germany as an operations manager in 1999, and held various roles of increasing responsibility and scope in Europe and the U.S. Prior to joining Honeywell, he worked in research and plant management roles for Hoechst AG.
Leticia Gonçalves will serve as our President, Health & Biosciences starting March 2025. Previously, Ms. Gonçalves was ADM’s President, Precision Fermentation and ADM Ventures from December 2023 to February 2025. Prior to that, Ms. Gonçalves served as President, Specialty Ingredients and Global Foods from February 2020 to November 2023. Prior to joining ADM, Ms. Gonçalves served for more than 25 years at Monsanto, now part of Bayer, in a variety of senior leadership roles, including Senior Vice President, U.S. Country Division Head and President for Europe and the Middle East.
Simon Herriott has served as our President, Health & Biosciences since February 2021. From 2019 to February 2021, Mr. Herriott was Vice President and Global Business Director, Health & Biosciences for the N&B Business and from 2016 to 2019, he served as Global Business Director, Bioactives, Industrial Biosciences and Vice President, Danisco Inc. Mr. Herriott was employed by DuPont’s predecessor or formerly affiliated companies for 15 years and held a variety of roles, including Global Business Director, Biomaterials, Industrial Biosciences.
Jennifer Johnson has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since February 2021. From 2019 to February 2021, Dr. Johnson served as Associate General Counsel for the N&B Business. Dr. Johnson joined DuPont in 2013, where she led the legal team for DuPont’s former Industrial Biosciences business as Associate General Counsel and previously served as Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Industrial Biosciences. Prior to joining DuPont, Dr. Johnson was a Partner at the law firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
Stephen Landsman has served as our Executive Vice President, Business Development since August 2024. Previously, Mr. Landsman served as Group General Counsel from May 2018 to July 2024 and Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions from June 2017 to May 2018 with Syngenta. Prior to joining Syngenta, Mr. Landsman served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Univar, Inc. from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Landsman served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Nalco Company from 2003 to 2013, following various leadership positions within Nalco since 1990.
Ana Paula Teles de Mendonça has served as President, Scent since April 2024. Previously, Ms. Mendonça served as our Senior Vice President, Commercial Excellence from December 2022 to February 2024. Prior to that, she served as Vice President, President Global Ingredients & Regional General Manager, North America, Consumer Fragrances since February 2022, and, before that, as Vice President, Regional General Manager, North America, Consumer Fragrances since January 2016. Ms. Mendonça joined IFF more than 30 years ago, and her broad experience expands across Category Management (Fine Fragrance, Home, Fabric, and Beauty), Global Marketing, and Product Innovation.
Andres Muller joined IFF in December 2024 and has served as our President, Food Ingredients since January 2025. Mr. Muller joined IFF from Corbion where he served as President, Sustainable Food Solutions since March 2020 and was a member of the Executive Committee since January 2015. Previously, Mr. Muller served as SVP Global Sales, Innovation and Marketing at DuPont from 2013 to 2015 and held various leadership roles in marketing and sales within Sensient and DuPont Nutrition and Health, formerly Danisco from 2001 to 2013. Mr. Muller began his career at Sabores y Fragancias in 1984 as a fragrance compounder. After numerous R&D and sales roles, he formed his own flavors and fragrances company, which Bush Boake Allen later acquired in 2000.
Angela Strzelecki has served as our President, Pharma Solutions since February 2021. From 2019 to February 2021, Dr. Strzelecki was Global Business Director, Pharma Solutions for the N&B Business. During her 29 year career with DuPont or its formerly affiliated companies, Dr. Strzelecki held a variety of leadership positions, including Planning Director - Corporate Planning and M&A, Global Business Director - Electronics & Communications, North America Business Director - Building Innovations, Global Business Director - Industrial Coatings and Global Technology Director for Coatings.
Vic Verma has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer since February 2021 and had previously served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer from 2016 to February 2021. Before joining the Company, Mr. Verma served as Vice President of Global Infrastructure Operations at American Express, a multinational financial services company. Prior to that, Mr. Verma held several other leadership positions at American Express as well as Vice President, Division CIO and management consulting roles with GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol Myers Squibb and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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