---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-014228"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IFF"
cik: "0000051253"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T11:09:00.948859+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IFF appoints Dawn C. Willoughby to Board of Directors, effective Feb 1, 2023

## Summary
- Willoughby currently serves on boards of J.M. Smucker and TE Connectivity.
- Former EVP & COO of The Clorox Company from Sept 2014 to Jan 2019.
- No arrangement or understanding with any other person regarding her appointment.
- No transactions exceeding $120k involving IFF and Willoughby since last fiscal year.
- Will participate in non-employee director compensation per IFF's 2021 Proxy Statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-014228
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IFF
- cik: 0000051253
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312523014228/0001193125-23-014228-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312523014228/d444086d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-014228.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dawn C. Willoughby was appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On January 18, 2023, Dawn C. Willoughby was appointed to serve as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of International Flavors and Fragrances Inc. (“IFF”), effective February 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312523014228/0001193125-23-014228-index.htm

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