William Gambrell
Senior Executive Advisor
Since January 2015 Bill Gambrell has been a Senior Executive Advisor to Brookside Equity Partners specializing in the flavor and fragrance industries, the broadly based ingredients business targeting the food and beverage industries, and the food industry in general. Bill began his F&F industry career with International Flavors and Fragrances and Naarden, and then became a partner in Food Specialties Ltd., after which he returned to the F&F industry with the founding of Quest International under Unilever management. After years at Quest followed by years at Bell Flavors & Fragrances and many acquisitions, Bill co-founded Teawolf LLC in NJ, a specialty natural ingredients manufacturer (sold to Dohler in 2016). During this same period Bill co-founded SciTech Ingredients LLC in NJ, a company that to this day specializes in natural replacement of sugar and salt. Also during this period, Bill began to serve on the Advisory Board of Kancor Ingredients (specializing in spice oils and oleoresins) in Cochin, India, and became an advisor to ChemCom (specializing in taste and olfactory receptor technology) in Belgium. Bill was born in South Carolina, resides in Toronto, attended Clemson University, and graduated from McGill University in Montreal.