2024 Spring Investor Conference

Givaudan’s 2024 Spring Investor Conference took place on 11 April combining in-person and virtual attendance. 

It was a pleasure to welcome over 50 attendees at our Kemptthal site, along with around 100 investors and analysts joining through the live streaming.

CEO Gilles Andrier began the conference by presenting the sales figures for the first quarter of 2024. 

Givaudan achieved excellent growth across all markets and segments, with CHF 1,822 million in sales, representing a 12.6% increase on a like-for-like basis¹ compared to the same period last year.

“Our strong growth has been achieved across all markets and segments and highlights once again the unique position of Givaudan in supporting the growth of our customers around the world with innovative high value-added products and solutions.” 

Gilles Andrier, CEO

The conference also featured guest speaker Stéphane Dupuits, Head of Customer Excellence in Taste & Wellbeing, who focused on how Givaudan is constantly working to exceed customer expectations and create unforgettable food experiences. He discussed the three main customer challenges of inspiration, creation, and validation, and highlighted Givaudan’s technological capabilities, such as Customer Foresight and flavour profiling tools, that enable us to understand and meet our customers’ needs. Stéphane also demonstrated that while a leader in flavour and taste, Givaudan has selectively expanded into high valued-added natural ingredients.

“With an expanded portfolio of products across flavours and taste, but also with differentiating natural ingredients such as colours, preservation, texture and nutritional solutions, Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing collaborates with customers and partners to develop game-changing innovations in food and beverages. I was happy to take our visitors on a tour of our future-facing capabilities and to showcase how we can co-create with our customers to craft unforgettable food experiences.”

Stéphane Dupuits, Head of Customer Excellence, Taste & Wellbeing

After the presentations, participants had the opportunity to take part in an immersive experience tour. This included a captivating presentation by Igor Parshin, Global Marketing Manager Savoury Taste, showcasing Givaudan’s vision for the future of food experiences. Participants also had the chance to co-create with our specialists the ‘Spring Investor Conference drink’ of the future and participate in the validation phase of these creations. This hands-on experience allowed participants to fully immerse themselves in the three phases of addressing customer challenges.

Givaudan’s 2024 Spring Investor Conference was a truly engaging event, highlighting our commitment to creating tomorrow’s food experiences and our dedication to meeting the evolving needs of our customers.

1. Like-for-like is defined as: (a) sales calculated using the invoicing exchange rates of the prior year, and (b) excluding sales of businesses acquired from.
    
    

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