The strongest ingredients leaders connect commercial growth with product innovation and portfolio strategy.
Sahil Sarvaiya has joined DöhlerGroup as Head of Business Unit, Natural Performance Ingredients and Taste Solutions, Indian Subcontinent, bringing 20+ years across food ingredients, flavours, nutrition, and B2B sales. His career spans BHAKTI CHEMICALS PVT LTD,Keva - Fragrances, Flavours & Aroma Ingredients, Kerry, and Barry Callebaut Group, progressing from sales and strategic key accounts to New Product Development (NPD), portfolio leadership, and P&L ownership.
At Keva, he led Flavour Creation, Applications, Evaluations, and NPD, bridging customer requirements, product innovation, pricing, and category growth. At Kerry and Barry Callebaut, he drove global key account growth, innovation-led customer propositions, and commercial negotiations. At DöhlerGroup, he leads business unit strategy, portfolio roadmaps, pricing, and innovation across natural ingredients, flavours, colours, health, and texturants. His edge is the combination of commercial leadership, technical NPD expertise, global account management, and portfolio strategy.
At Boardroom CXO, we're seeing ingredient companies prioritise leaders who translate innovation into customer adoption and profitable growth.
For food and ingredient leaders: What's harder, converting innovation into customer launches or protecting margins across global accounts?
First published on the Boardroom CXO LinkedIn page on 17 October 2026. To correct or remove it, write to [email protected].
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