Our People

We have a specialist team of over 350 flavour and fragrance experts around the world who, combined, bring 3,000 years of experience in service of our customers.

Our people are the secret to Natara’s success. Their superior product knowledge and experience, their commitment to quality and service, and their innovative approach are the reasons why so many customers choose Natara as long-term partners.

We are united as a team in our Vision, Purpose and Values.

Our Purpose

Our core reason for being

Our Purpose in life is very simple: it’s to help make the world taste and smell better, responsibly.

Our Vision

What we want to be in the future

As a newly independent company, our Vision is to be the leading global independent manufacturer of Natural Extracts and Aroma Chemicals – partner of choice to the flavour and fragrance industry.

Our Values

What we believe in and are passionate about

Be Customer-Focused

We put our customers at the heart of everything we do, giving them peace of mind through our quality, consistency, reliability and innovation.

Raise the Bar

We challenge and empower each other to find new, innovative ways to add real value for our customers and ourselves.

Think and Act As One Team

We are a winning team, who support and encourage each other to be the best, celebrating and rewarding success.

Do the Right Thing

We act with honesty, transparency and integrity, always striving to be responsible for our customers, people and the planet.

Executive Leadership Team

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Paul Forman

Chair

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Yoram Knoop

Chief Executive Officer

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Jonathan Lamont

Chief Finance Officer

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Jonathan Whitworth

Chief People Officer

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Arvind D'Cunha

Chief Marketing Officer

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Lori Sandusky

VP, Commercial, Americas

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Jen Atkinson

VP, Commercial, Europe

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Steven Jackson

VP, Operations & Supply Chain

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Gonny Oudijk

VP, Strategic Accounts

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Paul Forman

Chair

Paul is an experienced Chair, CEO and non-executive director. He has run a number of global industrial businesses (including B2B services, multi-site manufacturing, and logistics), with a focus on identifying and implementing strategic change, and portfolio management, creating high performing senior teams and engaged workforces.

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Yoram Knoop

Chief Executive Officer

As CEO, Yoram is responsible for ​​ensuring Natara delivers high-quality products and service for its customers whilst accelerating its pace and investment towards building a world-class organisation. Originally starting his career with GE, Yoram has held senior leadership roles with a number of organisations around the world, both publicly, privately and private equity-owned, including Owens Corning, Quest/Givaudan, Provimi and Cargill. He joined Natara in 2023 from ForFarmers, an international livestock feed company, where he was CEO from 2013.

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Jonathan Lamont

Chief Finance Officer

Jonathan joined Natara from the Saudi Agricultural Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), where he was CFO. Originally starting his career with Courage Ltd, Jonathan has held senior leadership roles with a number of organisations around the world, ranging from public to private equity and family-owned, including Hasbro, Mattel, Wrigley, Kraft Foods and Spearhead International.

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Jonathan Whitworth

Chief People Officer

Jonathan leads on all our people and communications activities, with particular focus on engagement, talent and culture. He joined Natara from Treatt plc, a global flavour and fragrance business where he was Group CPO. Originally starting his career in the construction industry, Jonathan has held senior leadership roles with a number of engineering and manufacturing organisations around the world, including BAE Systems, G4S and Babcock International.

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Arvind D'Cunha

Chief Marketing Officer

At Natara, Arvind focuses on new product development, market segmentation, product management, branding, customer analysis, and strategic marketing initiatives, all of which have the ultimate goal of driving growth. Arvind joined Natara from Bedoukian, where he was Chief Sales Officer. He started his career with Givaudan in India as a Sales Manager, soon moving to the United States, before progressing through the company into more senior roles, finally becoming Sales Director for Givaudan USA and Mexico.

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Lori Sandusky

VP, Commercial, Americas

In her role at Natara, Lori drives sales growth across North America. Lori has been in the flavour and fragrance industry for almost 30 years, having started out with ADM as an Account Manager. Lori joined the business in 2015.

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Jen Atkinson

VP, Commercial, Europe

Before FSI became Natara in 2023, Jen had been with FSI for 22 years, having started out in Quality Control and spent time in Customer Service and Buying, before moving into commercial roles. At Natara, Jen focuses on growing sales across Europe as well as handling key accounts.

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Steven Jackson

VP, Operations & Supply Chain

At Natara, Steven is responsible for Operations, Supply Chain and Project Management across all our global locations, and focuses on investment in facilities and infrastructure to drive efficiency and productivity. Steven started out as a scientist with Akzo Nobel, joining Oxford Chemicals in 2008 in R&D, before progressing into Technical & Operations leadership roles.

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Gonny Oudijk

VP, Strategic Accounts

Gonny is a business leader with a sales and general management background. She joined Natara from Cargill, where she was Commercial Director for Digital Solutions, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Gonny has held a number of senior roles with Cargill, including Strategic Marketing and Technology Director, Middle East and Africa, and Regional Director Sub-Saharan Africa. She has also lived and worked in South Africa and Russia.

Careers at Natara

We are a newly independent company with ambitious plans for the future and a growing number of career opportunities. As we continue to invest in our facilities and our team, we are looking for talented individuals who share our values and want to be part of creating the future. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

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