International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. announced that Dr. Gregory Yep, Chief R&D and Sustainability Officer, has resigned effective September 1 to pursue a new opportunity in his professional journey. Yep will be succeeded by Dr. Casper Vroemen?Vice President of R&D, Health & Biosciences?who has dedicated his career to the advancement and commercialization of biotechnology. Vroemen will be based in Union Beach, New Jersey, and will become part of IFF?s Executive Leadership Team.

Vroemen joined the Company in 2004 as a scientist and project leader. Over the past two decades, he has assumed roles of increasing responsibility in research and development in Europe and the U.S., and has played a major role in establishing IFF as a bioscience powerhouse. During his tenure, he oversaw the company?s leading position in the protein engineering of industrial enzymes, contributed to the commercialization of multiple new technological advancements, and is a prolific inventor named on many patents.

As Chief R&D and Sustainability Officer, Vroemen will further IFF?s efforts in innovation, leading the company?s global R&D strategy, technological development, innovation pipeline and external collaborations. Vroemen holds a Master?s of Science in Molecular Life Sciences and a doctorate in Molecular Biology, both from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.