AAK USA WELCOMES NURANI UDDIN AS SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR PERSONAL CARE TEAM

(March 18, 2025) Edison, NJ – AAK, one of the world’s leading ingredient suppliers specializing in value-adding specialty fats and oils, recently announced Nurani Uddin has joined AAK USA as Senior Account Manager for the Personal Care team. In this role, Uddin will leverage nearly a decade of B2B sales experience within the cosmetics and personal care industry to support AAK’s global growth with a special focus on customers in the USA.

“We are thrilled to welcome Nurani Uddin to AAK’s Personal Care team as our new Senior Account Manager,” said Vito Cataldo, Senior Manager, Personal Care, AAK USA, Inc. “Her unique background as a cosmetic chemist and her creative approach to sales and marketing make her an ideal addition to our team. She has a proven ability to align technical innovation with customer needs, bridging the gap between R&D and market demands. And her dedication to collaboration—both internally and externally—perfectly aligns with AAK’s vision of building interdependency and Making Better Happen™ for AAK and our customers.”

As Senior Account Manager, Nurani Uddin is based in Edison, NJ, and responsible for growing and managing AAK’s Personal Care business. She will identify customer- and territory-specific business opportunities, working in close collaboration with the global and regional account teams, to set objectives and drive development and implementation of customer- and territory-specific strategies and actions to create impactful relationships and drive customer success.

Nurani Uddin brings a passion for consultative selling, emphasizing partnerships, listening and delivering tailored solutions that drive real results for customers in the decade she has dedicated to B2B sales within the cosmetics and personal care industry. She has previously served as Key Account Manager at Ashland, was an Account Manager and Cosmetic Chemist at EMD Performance Materials, and has worked with Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Inc. Uddin holds a Bachelor of Science in Life Science from Pennsylvania State University and studied Biological Science at Arcadia University.

To learn more about how AAK’s innovative solutions can accelerate your path to market, visit www.betterwithaak.com.

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About AAK

Everything AAK does is about Making Better Happen™. We specialize in plant-based oils that are the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier and more sustainable. At the heart of AAK’s offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and a deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 4,100 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 16 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers and with the support of more than 20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen for 150 years.