
Azelis has appointed Pierre-Jean Hellivan, DBA, as Group Platform Leader, Flavors and Fragrances. In this role, Hellivan will lead Azelis’s Global Flavors and Fragrances Platform, reinforcing the company’s strategic focus on coordinated growth, customer experience, and global account alignment across the flavor and fragrance value chain.
The Global Flavors and Fragrances Platform connects Azelis’s local F&F businesses through a unified operating and commercial model. The platform is designed to enable consistent engagement with global key accounts and principals, while preserving the local agility and application expertise required to serve flavor and fragrance compound manufacturers in diverse regional markets.
Hellivan brings more than 25 years of experience spanning food, flavors and fragrances. Since joining Vigon in 2011, and following its acquisition by Azelis in 2021, he has played a central role in global key account management and in strengthening cross-regional collaboration across the Azelis network. His leadership has helped align commercial strategies and deepen partnerships with multinational customers and principals.
He holds a Doctorate in Business Administration, with a research focus on B2B customer experience, underscoring his data-driven approach to value creation and long-term relationship building. In addition to his role at Azelis, Hellivan serves as Chairman of the Chemical Sources Association.










