Opinion
IFF Appoints Frank Clyburn CEO
Worldwide Flavors & Fragrances has appointed Frank Clyburn chief government officer, efficient Feb. 14.
Clyburn joins IFF from Merck & Co., the place he works as government vp and president of human well being, with P&L duty for about 90 p.c of Merck’s $48 billion enterprise.
“That is an iconic firm and business chief with large alternative to ship excellent buyer expertise and long-term sustainable development,” Clyburn mentioned in a press release. “The aim and imaginative and prescient of IFF Could be very intently linked with accelerating international tendencies of vitamin, wellness and sustainability, which implies that collectively, colleagues all over the world can ship vital worth for each prospects and shareholders.”
With the transfer, Clyburn joins the small group of Black CEOs operating public firms.
He succeeds Andreas Fibig, who has been IFF’s CEO since 2014.
In a press release, IFF famous that Clyburn has an in-depth understanding of R&D and integration and M&A expertise. Through the years, IFF has made many acquisitions so as to add capabilities and serve smaller prospects.
“Frank is the most effective government to steer IFF into its subsequent chapter on the tempo we’d like. His robust working expertise plus his hands-on method and customer-centric perspective will speed up the execution of IFF’s strategic and working priorities,” mentioned Dale Morrison, director of IFF. On Feb. 14, Morrison will develop into non-executive chairman of IFF’s board of administrators.
IFF director Ed Breen added that “there are vital worth creation alternatives forward of us. We’re assured in [Clyburn’s] skill to unlock worthwhile development, seize synergies, maximize the [DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences] integration and optimize IFF’s portfolio.”
Earlier than his most up-to-date position at Merck, Clyburn was chief business officer for the corporate. Earlier than that, he served as Merck’s inaugural president for the worldwide oncology enterprise, the place he led the creation of that enterprise unit and international launch of immuno-oncology medication. At Merck, he’s additionally led the first care and ladies’s well being companies, in addition to pharmaceutical franchises.
Earlier than becoming a member of Merck, Clyburn was vp of the oncology and inside medication enterprise models at Sanofi Aventis, the place he helped to combine these two firms.
