Ana Paula Mendonça

Ana Paula Mendonça has served as IFF’s Senior Vice President, Commercial Excellence since December 2022, where she oversees the company’s Center for Commercial Excellence. She leads IFF’s sales excellence program, global marketing function, commercial analytics platform, and digital enablement initiative, empowering IFF to better serve its commercial teams and customers through various innovative platforms. Since joining IFF more than 30 years ago, Ms. Mendonça has served as President, Fragrance Ingredients; VP, Regional General Manager, North America, Consumer Fragrances; and VP, President Global Ingredients & Regional General Manager North America. Her broad experience expands across Category Management (Fine Fragrance, Home, Fabric, and Beauty), Global Marketing, and Product Innovation.

Ms. Mendonça completed a Master in Business Agility Program and Leadership Excellence Through Awareness and Practice at INSEAD and received a degree from the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University.