IFRA's ultimate decision-making body is its Board, which brings together a representative of each Regular Member as well as regional representatives of the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America regions.
The Board meets approximately three times each year, led by the IFRA Chairman.
The President is responsible for the management of the Association and leads a team of professionals based in various locations around the world.
Hans Holger Gliewe
Chair
Maurizio Volpi (Givaudan)
Vice-Chair
Thilo Bischoff (BASF)
Treasurer
Jörn Andreas (Symrise)
Hisaya Fujiwara (Takasago)
Catherine Gadras (Robertet)
Simon Herriott (IFF)
Emmanuel Butstraen (Firmenich)
Takamasa Hirai (T-Hasegawa)
Asia-Pacific
Philippe Massé (Prodarom - IFRA’s French national association)
Europe
Miguel Zavala (Bell)
Latin America
Bob Bedoukian (Bedoukian Research)
North America
Bhuvana Nageshwaran (Ultra International)
Observer - India
Hans Holger is the Chairman of the IFRA Board. He took up the role on 1 April 2020.
A German national, Hans Holger Gliewe has worked in the fragrance and flavor industries for forty years. He first joined Haarmann & Reimer GmbH, which later became part of Symrise, in 1980.
After holding several regional and global management positions he was appointed as a member of Symrise’s Global Executive Boards in 2009 as President of the Flavor & Nutrition Division. He later became Chief Sustainability Officer, based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Hans Holger was Chairman of the International Organization of the Flavor Industry (IOFI) from 2014 to 2016.
Martina became President of IFRA in June 2016. She has a passion for bringing together science and society, drawing from her multinational and multicultural experiences working across the chemical, agricultural, biotech, food, health
Martina has been educated at Louisiana State University, US; the Universities of Trier, Germany; the University of London,
She began her career at Monsanto and worked at Dow as Vice-President for EU Government Affairs & Public Policy and global advocacy lead for chemicals and health.
Until she joined IFRA, she was Vice-Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Environment and Energy Commission and Chair of ICC’s Green Economy Task Force. She also was a business delegate to inter-governmental bodies such as the OECD and served on several boards.
Dr Matthias Vey
Vice-President, Scientific Affairs
Cristina Arregui
Regulatory Affairs Director
Charles de Lusignan
Global Communications Director
Dr Jennifer Dorts
Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Manager
Dana Dvorakova
Senior Regulatory and International Affairs Manager
Dr Amaia Irizar
Senior Toxicology Associate
Marta Varela
Events and Communications Manager
Sophie Varlet
Budget and HR Manager
Lei Samekto
Executive Assistant to the President
Asia Pacific region
VACANT
Regional Director APAC
Europe region
Aurélie Perrichet
Regional Director Europe
Chaima Elyahmadi
Regional Public Affairs and Sustainability Manager Europe
Latin America region
Maria Eugênia Saldanha
Regional Director LATAM
Eduardo Valle
Regional Issues Manager LATAM
India
Sandeep Srivastava
Honorary advisor