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Director NOAM Innovation @ Bühler; Angel Investor; Retired Senior Innov Exec and Chief Technology Officer Givaudan and P and G; Founder of CurioCT LLC

Givaudan is the global leader in the fragrance and flavour industry, offering its products to global, regional and local food, beverage, consumer goods and fragrance companies. Headquartered in Vernier Switzerland, Givaudan holds a 25% market share in an industry which is valued overall at around CHF 17 billion.

Senior R&D, Innovation and Consumer Products executive with extensive technical and program leadership experience in fast moving consumer goods and commercial branded products, technology development, flavour innovation and supplier relationship building. o Demonstrated track record of developing and executing winning strategies in R&D and Innovation and commercializing consumer prefered products. o Experience in organizing, leading and motivating R&D to deliver technical and business solutions against company objectives, and contributing to business building against aggressive timelines. o Restructuring and building/coaching international R&D organizations for alignment and performance o Establishing open innovation (connect & develop) and 'company without walls' modalities o Experience in due diligence, licensing and acquisitions, connect & develop. o Intellectual property and patent