---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-076081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IFF"
cik: "0000051253"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T22:58:11.483095+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IFF Chief HR & Diversity Officer Susana Suarez Gonzalez to depart April 30; interim named

## Summary
- Susana Suarez Gonzalez, EVP Chief HR & Diversity Officer, leaves IFF effective March 15, 2022.
- She will remain for transition through April 30, 2022; departure treated as qualifying event under severance policy.
- Peter Sommers, VP Global People Services, appointed interim Chief Human Resources Officer.
- IFF will conduct internal and external search for permanent replacement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-076081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IFF
- cik: 0000051253
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312522076081/0001193125-22-076081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312522076081/d335082d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-076081.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Sommers was appointed as interim Chief Human Resources Officer at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Human Resources Officer
  source text: Peter Sommers, currently VP, Global People Services, will serve as interim Chief Human Resources Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312522076081/0001193125-22-076081-index.htm
- Executive change
  Susana Suarez Gonzalez departed as Chief Human Resources and Diversity & Inclusion Officer at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
  - Action: will cease serving
  - Role: Chief Human Resources and Diversity & Inclusion Officer
  source text: Effective March 15, 2022, Dr. Suarez Gonzalez will cease serving as IFF’s Chief Human Resources and Diversity & Inclusion Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312522076081/0001193125-22-076081-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.