---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-099267"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IFF"
cik: "0000051253"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T03:21:46.187189+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IFF Chair Dale F. Morrison passes away; Roger W. Ferguson Jr. appointed Chair effective April 12, 2023

## Summary
- Dale F. Morrison, Chair of the Board, passed away on April 8, 2023; planned retirement at 2023 annual meeting.
- Roger W. Ferguson Jr., previously appointed to succeed Morrison after the annual meeting, named Chair effective immediately.
- Ferguson continues as Chair pending re-election at the 2023 annual meeting; he also chairs the Human Capital & Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-099267
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IFF
- cik: 0000051253
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312523099267/0001193125-23-099267-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312523099267/d444897d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. was appointed as Chair of the Board at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: the Company has appointed Mr. Ferguson, who is currently a director of the Board, Chair of the Human Capital & Compensation Committee and a member of the Governance & Corporate Responsibility Committee, to serve as Chair of the Board, effective April 12, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312523099267/0001193125-23-099267-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dale F. Morrison departed as Chair of the Board at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: Dale F. Morrison, a director and the Chair of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, passed away on April 8, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312523099267/0001193125-23-099267-index.htm

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