Food Accademia has appointed well-known travel retail exeutive Eric Carlier as Head of Sales as the Italian food and wine specialist targets further development in the travel channel.
Based in Paris, Carlier has over 25 years’ experience in the business. He was Travel & Retail Director for Valrhona for more than nine years and most recently held the position of International Commercial Director at Saveurs & Nature.
Food Accademia Founder Fabrizio Canal said: “I have known Eric since our first participation at TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore in 2016. I have great respect for his passion for the channel and his incredible product knowledge in the fine food industry.
“We are very happy to have Eric join us, and we are confident that his arrival will bring new energy and experience to Food Accademia and its brand partners. He joins our team as the driving force to boost Food Accademia’s development in the travel retail industry.”
Carlier commented: “I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with Fabrizio and his team at Food Accademia to more broadly support the many Italian brands of excellence that Food Accademia represents and distributes. We share the same goal and that is to build brands in travel retail.” 
