Givaudan CEO: The Art of Perfumery, Creating Iconic Scents and Building a Caring Culture

Hi everyone, I'm Nicola 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 Gilles Henrier, who has been the CEO for 20 years and Warm welcome. Thank you and warm welcome to Switzerland and to Givodin and here in Kempton. 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 Givedin in brief? What do they do? What do you do?

Um I can say 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 expand beyond just the world of fragrances and flavors. So the way we express what we do and what we are meant to do is to make consumers happier and healthier, which gives us a broader perspective on what we could do for them beyond the taste and smell.

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