---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-030788"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IFF"
cik: "0000051253"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T09:49:30.965584+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IFF: Health & Biosciences president Simon Herriott leaves; Leticia Goncalves Lourenço appointed

## Summary
- Simon Herriott, President of Health & Biosciences, departs IFF on March 31, 2025.
- Leticia Goncalves Lourenço appointed as President of Health & Biosciences, effective March 1, 2025.
- Herriott's departure qualifies for benefits under IFF's executive severance policy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-030788
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IFF
- cik: 0000051253
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312525030788/0001193125-25-030788-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312525030788/d920008d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-030788.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Leticia Goncalves Lourenço was appointed as President, Health & Biosciences at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
  - Action: will join
  - Role: President, Health & Biosciences
  source text: Effective March 1, 2025, Leticia Goncalves Lourenço will join IFF as President of the Company’s Health & Biosciences division.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312525030788/0001193125-25-030788-index.htm
- Executive change
  Simon Herriott departed as President, Health & Biosciences at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: President, Health & Biosciences
  source text: Simon Herriott, who is currently President, Health & Biosciences, will be leaving IFF on March 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000119312525030788/0001193125-25-030788-index.htm

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