Olivier Rigaud

Chief Executive Officer / Chairman Board of Management and Executive Committee

Chief Executive Officer

Olivier Rigaud was appointed Chief Executive Officer at the extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in August 2019.

His current term of office runs from 2019 – 2023. 

He is also Chairman Board of Management and a member of the Executive Committee.

Olivier Rigaud was CEO of Naturex, a global natural specialty ingredients company for the Food & Beverage, Nutrition & Health and Personal Care industries. Before joining Corbion, Mr. Rigaud successfully finalized the sale of Naturex to Givaudan.

Prior to that, Mr. Rigaud worked for specialty ingredients company Tate & Lyle for 14 years, in Belgium, France and London.

Mr. Rigaud started his career at Amylum, a starch and sweetener company, where he held sales and marketing roles in France and Belgium.

Mr. Rigaud holds a Master's degree in Chemistry from the University of Marseille.

Olivier Rigaud holds the French nationality and was born in 1964.