CJ Foods, a business unit of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang, announced that it has appointed Dr. Gregory Yep, former head of the R&D center at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), as the new CTO of its global food R&D division.
Yep comes to CJ Foods with an extensive 30+ year career in R&D. He began his career at McCormick in 1993 after earning his doctorate in organic chemistry from Johns Hopkins University. Over the past three decades, he served in various R&D roles at several well-established F&B companies, such as PepsiCo and IFF.