Dhruva Jyoti Sanyal

A true businessman and entrepreneur at heart, this year’s recipient focusses on building business basics and creating a solid customer partnership across businesses together with his team. Despite the pandemic repercussions on the Indian subcontinent, he continues to drive business growth at scale.

Angela Gubser

The second Value Award for entrepreneurship is one of our most distinctive values and this year’s winner is always one step ahead. Unlocking a new sourcing market, being deeply involved in our Farm of the Future, and setting up the supply chain for new product Cabosse Natural were just some of her achievements, alongside opening the most modern buying, cleaning, and drying station in Ecuador. A triple start up to be proud of.

Bruno Scarpa

This year’s winner of the award for Passion has our passion for chocolate and cocoa in his blood. Building deep connections with customers, he knows that when it comes to chocolate versus competition, the passion of Barry Callebaut is our key difference. He has also achieved amazing growth of the Gourmet business in South Latam.

EMEA Wieze Recovery Team

Creating an environment where we can share ideas, work together, and bring out our best selves is at the basis of this award. Having been confronted with our largest crisis in our 26 years history, the Wieze factory team came together to get the factory up and running again after detecting a salmonella positive production lot. Now known as #HeroesofWieze, the team gradually ramped up production after a shutdown to deal with the crisis.

Victoria Gazzo

A strong moral compass for guidance and speaking honestly and with respect in her daily interactions and activities as well as by ensuring people data integrity with 100% digital HR, this year’s Integrity recipient lives our corporate value integrity, and contributes greatly to making Barry Callebaut a better workplace. An open minded, trustworthy member of our global team, she integrates integrity into everything that she does.

Jerry Hagedorn

There was one additional category to this year’s awards – Lifetime Achievement. This value award celebrates a colleague who has been with the company for 30 years and who will soon be enjoying well deserved retirement.

Having started at Brach’s confections, which was taken over by Barry Callebaut in 2003, he has negotiated and/or been part of every outsourcing, acquisition, and partnership agreement that shaped the Americas Region to where it is at today. He also played a pivotal role in the National Confectioners Association (NCA), representing Barry Callebaut in many policy and legal debates. Under his leadership, the confectionary industry reached a settlement on Prop 65, concerning lead and cadmium levels in chocolate. He was inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame in 2019.