IFF announced that Nicolas Mirzayantz, current President, Scent, has been appointed President of IFF’s Nourish division, effective September 1, 2021. Mr. Mirzayantz will succeed Kathy Fortmann, current President, Nourish, who has decided to pursue other opportunities outside of IFF. IFF veteran and current President, Global Consumer Fragrances, Christophe de Villeplee, will assume transition into the role of President, Scent. As President, Nourish, Mr. Mirzayantz will focus on leveraging the division’s best-in-class product portfolio and world-class innovation to create unmatched solutions for customers that drive growth. Together with an incredibly talented Nourish team, Mr. Mirzayantz will partner with customers of all sizes to shape the future of the global food and beverage experience for IFF’s stakeholders. Mr. de Villeplee, who currently serves as President, Global Consumer Fragrances, will assume Mr. Mirzayantz’ current role of President, Scent effective September 1, 2021. Drawing upon his long career with IFF and 30 years of experience within the fragrance sector, Mr. de Villeplee will play an instrumental role in leading the Scent division’s continued creative discoveries and scientific breakthroughs, positioning IFF’s Scent division as the industry’s leading fragrance creation and solutions provider.
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. is one of the world leaders in designing, producing and marketing food, flavor, fragrance and pharmaceutical ingredients. Net sales break down by product family as follows:
- flavor ingredients (54.9%): primarily for the food industry (manufacturing of dairy products, beverages, prepared meals, confectionery products, etc.);
- natural, nutritional and health ingredients (18.8%): food cultures and enzymes, probiotics and specialized ingredients for the manufacturing of food supplements, functional foods and beverages, personal and household care products, animal nutrition products, etc.;
- fragrance compounds (18.5%): primarily for the manufacturing of cosmetics (deodorants, hair care products, etc.) and cleaning products (detergents, soaps, softeners, etc.);
- pharmaceutical excipients (7.8%): cellulosics and seaweed-based pharma excipients used mainly in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products and food supplements.
At the end of 2022, the group has approximately 220 manufacturing sites in the world.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: North America (31%), Europe/Africa/Middle East (33.9%), Asia (23.1%) and Latin America (12%).