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Issuer:     INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC (IFF)
CIK:        0000051253
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-25-029609
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

IFF appoints Marc Birenkrant as Controller & CAO; Beril Yildiz to leave Dec 31, 2025
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- Marc Birenkrant named Controller & Chief Accounting Officer effective Aug 10, 2025; has 30+ years of finance experience at IFF since 2008.
- Beril Yildiz, SVP & CAO since 2022, will transition and depart IFF by Dec 31, 2025.
- Birenkrant is a CPA and previously held roles including VP, Assistant Controller at IFF and Director of Accounting at Wendy's.
- Yildiz's departure qualifies as a severance event under the company's executive severance policy.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000114036125029609/0001140361-25-029609-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000114036125029609/ef20053447_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-029609

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