Governance Symrise AG

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DE000SYM9999

Specialty Chemicals

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01-13	German DAX Index Subdued; Symrise Shares Shine	MT
01-13	Frankfurt Stocks Close: DAX Runs Out of Steam After Seventh Record High	DP

Executive Committee: Symrise AG

Manager

Positions heldSince

Jean-Yves Parisot

61 year

Chief Executive Officer

31/03/2024

Stephanie Coßmann

52 year

Human Resources Officer	31/01/2023
General Counsel	-

Jakob Ley

58 year

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

31/12/2005

Olaf Klinger

60 year

Director of Finance/CFO

31/12/2015

Tobias Erfurth

Investor Relations Contact

31/12/2010

Composition of the Board of Directors: Symrise AG

Director

CommitteesSince

Michael König

61 year

Audit Committee
HR Committee Chair	17/06/2020
Nominating Committee Chair
Compensation Committee	08/02/2022

Jan Zijderveld

60 year

Audit Committee	24/11/2021
Compensation Committee	10/03/2021
Finance Committee
HR Committee

Andrea Püttcher

48 year

Audit Committee	31/08/2018
HR Committee	31/08/2018
Nominating Committee	31/08/2018

Harald Feist

63 year

Audit Committee	30/06/2013
HR Committee	30/06/2013

Andrea Pfeifer

68 year

HR Committee	30/04/2011
Nominating Committee	30/04/2011

Ursula Buck

64 year

Audit Committee

31/12/2015

Jakob Ley

58 year

HR Committee

30/04/2021

Jeannette Chiarlitti

43 year

HR Committee

Bernd Hirsch

55 year

Audit Committee Chair

30/04/2018

Andre Kirchhoff

60 year

Director/Board Member	30/06/2016
Independent Dir/Board Member	30/06/2016

Peter Vanacker

59 year

Director/Board Member	17/06/2020
Independent Dir/Board Member	17/06/2020

Latest Appointments: Symrise AG

27/08/25	Fragrance maker Givaudan names new CEO, unveils 2030 growth strategy	RE
27/08/25	Fragrance maker Givaudan names new CEO, unveils 2030 growth strategy	RE
30/07/25	Symrise AG Announces Appointed of Michael Friede as Board Member and President Scent & Care	CI
05/11/24	Former head of Symrise division becomes Chief Financial Officer of KWS Saat	DP
23/07/24	Symrise competitor Givaudan keeps up pace of growth under its own steam	DP
06/03/24	Symrise wants to increase operating margin - share in demand	DP
29/02/24	Symrise Names New CEO to Start March 31	MT

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Former Officers and Directors: Symrise AG

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Jörn Andreas

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2010

29/09/2024

Heinz-Jürgen Bertram

Chief Executive Officer	08/07/2009	30/03/2024
President	31/12/2002	-

Peter Winkelmann

Director/Board Member

13/05/2014

30/05/2023

Winfried Steeger

Director/Board Member	14/06/2012	06/08/2019
Chairman	07/08/2019	17/06/2020
Independent Dir/Board Member	-	06/08/2019

Thomas Hermann Rabe

Director/Board Member	06/08/2019	30/12/2019
Chairman	21/04/2009	06/08/2019
Independent Dir/Board Member	-	30/12/2019

Michael Becker

Director/Board Member

30/04/2011

15/05/2018

Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Schaper

Corporate Officer/Principal

30/09/2016

Christiane Jarke

Director/Board Member	31/12/2004	10/05/2016
Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/2004	10/05/2016

Jeannette Härtling

Director/Board Member	10/05/2016	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	-	-

Arnaud Bellon

Corporate Officer/Principal

10/01/2016

Ludwig Tumbrink

Director/Board Member

31/12/2015

Hans Holger Gliewe

Corporate Officer/Principal	04/11/2009	30/12/2014
Corporate Officer/Principal	30/09/2016	-

Béatrice Mouleyre

Corporate Officer/Principal

18/06/2012

Hans-Heinrich Gürtler

Director/Board Member

19/08/2009

31/12/2011

Regina Hufnagel

Director/Board Member	31/07/2013	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/03/2012	13/03/2013

Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae

Director/Board Member

30/09/2007

30/04/2011

Andreas G. Schmid

Chairman

12/12/2007

Helmut Tacke

Director/Board Member

31/10/2010

Dominique Yates

Director of Finance/CFO

30/09/2007

30/12/2009

Gerold Linzbach

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/2004

21/10/2009

Rainer Grimm

Director of Finance/CFO

30/09/2007

Andrea Rolvering

Investor Relations Contact	31/12/2006	-
Public Communications Contact	19/08/2009	-

Achim Daub

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/10/2006

Daniel Edward Stebbins

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/01/2002

29/02/2004

Bernhard Kott

Public Communications Contact

01/07/2010

Kerstin Brandt

Public Communications Contact

Clemens Tenge

Public Communications Contact

Heike Werner

Public Communications Contact

René Weinberg

Public Communications Contact

Gerd Lösing

Director/Board Member	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

Francesco Grioli

Director/Board Member

19/08/2009

Iñigo Natzel

Human Resources Officer

Helmut Frieden

Compliance Officer	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

Karl-Heinz Huchthausen

Director/Board Member	19/08/2009	-
Chairman	-	13/03/2013

Bjørn Høi Jensen

Director/Board Member

Peter Grafoner

Director/Board Member

19/08/2009

Horst-Otto Gerberding

Director/Board Member

Göran Lundberg

Chairman

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	15
Female	3

Of which Executive Committee

Male	5
Female	0

Of which Directors

Male	9
Female	2

Revisions

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Révisions CA 4 mois

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Révisions BNA 1 an

Révisions BNA 4 mois

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Symrise AG is one of the world's leaders in developing, producing and marketing scents, flavors and functional ingredients. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - nutritional ingredients (61.8%): for use in the manufacture of food products (beverages, candies, chocolates, cereals, dairy products, snacks, sauces, instant noodles, etc.) and in the manufacture of animal and fish feed; - perfumes and flavours (38.2%): perfumes, menthols, aromatic ingredients and chemicals for personal care products, oral care products, cleaning products, cosmetics, etc. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe/Middle East/Africa (39.9%), North America (25.5%), Asia/Pacific (20.7%) and Latin America (13.9%).

Employees

12,984

Sector

Specialty Chemicals

Calendar

03-04 - Q4 2025 Earnings Release

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