---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-187602"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IFF"
cik: "0000051253"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T21:29:10.625633+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IFF appoints Marc Birenkrant as Interim CAO; Robert Anderson resigns

## Summary
- Robert Anderson resigned as Senior VP, Corporate Controller and CAO effective June 30, 2022; no disagreement with IFF.
- Marc Birenkrant appointed Interim Corporate Controller and CAO effective June 30, 2022; has been with IFF ~14 years.
- Birenkrant served as VP, Corporate Finance since Jan 2022; no family relationship or material transactions with IFF.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-187602
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IFF
- cik: 0000051253
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312522187602/0001193125-22-187602-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312522187602/d364000d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-187602
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-187602.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-187602.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Anderson resigned as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Robert Anderson, formerly Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of IFF who resigned effective June 30, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312522187602/0001193125-22-187602-index.htm
- Executive change
  Marc H. Birenkrant was appointed as Interim Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective June 30, 2022, Marc H. Birenkrant was appointed Interim Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (“IFF”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312522187602/0001193125-22-187602-index.htm

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