We selected Chicago, our country’s candy capital, as our regional headquarters with the goal of becoming a leader in the North American market. Over the past 15 years, we have not only achieved becoming North America’s number 1 chocolate manufacturer, but we also have seen huge success in volume growth and innovations. Barry Callebaut is leading the way for the chocolate industry, and I can only imagine what we’ll accomplish with a continued growth-mindset and people-focused strategy.

We’ve come a long way from our small but mighty team in 2007 to the much larger and diverse team of people we have today. Many changes have occurred within the last 15 years, and this year we’re seeing one of the biggest changes with the launch of our FleX! Work policy, designed to offer our employees a flexible hybrid working environment that still allows for in-office collaboration.