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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · 2026-02-20 · 10 min · 1,759 words

HIGHLIGHTS: Gilles Andrier - CEO of Givaudan

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Hi everybody, tune in to this short version of the podcast, which we do every Friday. For the long version, tune in on Wednesdays. Hi everyone, I'm Nikolai Tangen, the CEO of the Norwegian Sovern Wealth Fund, and today I'm in Switzerland and in really, really good company. because I am at Givaudin, the world leader in flavors and tastes and smells and all these fantastic things which surround us. And I'm here with uh Gilles Andrier, who has been the CEO for 20 years, and warm welcome.

Thank you and warm welcome to Switzerland and to Givaudin and here in Kental. Wonderful. And it's kind of incredible to be here at your R<unk>D center, the center of the world's smell and taste. So uh let's kick off. What is uh what is Givda in brief, what do they do?

What do you do? Um I can see it in different ways. Uh, you know, yeah, we make uh the world taste and smell very good. Um, you know, but we actually we we we really thought about our our purpose a little while ago and we wanted to explain expand beyond just the world of fragrances and flavors.

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