Nactarome Welcomes Ricarda Maywald as Group Chief Commercial Officer

Effective March 2, 2026, we welcomed Ricarda Maywald to the newly created role of Group Chief Commercial Officer, reporting to Nactarome Group CEO, Luigi Del Monaco. In this role, she will play a key part in driving Group top-line growth and advancing our organizational transformation. Ricarda will focus on sales development and go-to-market strategy, as well as Group Marketing, while fostering cross-functional collaboration and advancing commercial excellence across the organization.

Over the past years, Nactarome has built a strong and diversified platform through strategic development and expansion. In her role, Ricarda will further drive the realization of synergies across the Group, supporting to better leverage our capabilities and deliver integrated, value-adding solutions to our customers.

Ricarda joins Nactarome’s Executive Team, bringing over 30 years of international experience across the flavour and food ingredients industry. Originally from northern Germany, she began her career at Haarmann & Reimer (part of Bayer and now Symrise), holding a variety of roles in Germany, the United States, and Brazil. She later moved to Vienna to lead Firmenich’s Central & Eastern Europe business, where she spent two decades driving growth and transformation, including nine years as VP Savory Business Unit Europe. Most recently, she returned to Symrise in 2022 as VP Category & Marketing EMEA, leading a large-scale regional transformation and organizational redesign.

We are pleased to have Ricarda’s extensive experience across Savoury, Sweet Goods, Beverages, and Nutrition now on board with us, and are confident that her leadership will make a strong contribution to our continued development. Please join us in warmly welcoming her to the Nactarome team.