Ricola has named Ann Nee Lim as Senior Account Manager Europe Travel Retail.
Lim brings over two decades of international travel retail and FMCG experience to the role. She held a range of strategic and operational roles in Singapore, including Country Brand Manager for Elizabeth Arden in the domestic market and Business Development Manager for the brand’s Asia Pacific travel retail operations.
She later joined Nestlé International Travel Retail as Regional Business Manager for Asia Pacific and Oceania. During her three-year tenure, Lim played a key role in steering strategic negotiations, accelerating commercial performance and broadening Nestlé’s regional travel retail footprint.
Her most recent role was Business Development Director at Revlon’s global headquarters in Geneva where she was tasked with driving European travel retail growth, embedding sustainable practices and managing cross-market initiatives. After eight years in the position, Lim relocated to Spain for personal reasons.
In her new role at Ricola, Lim will draw on her deep industry knowledge to support the brand’s growth strategy in European travel retail.
Ricola Head of Global Travel Retail Andreas Reckart commented, “It is an absolute pleasure to welcome Ann to Ricola. Her wealth of experience in travel retail makes her a vital addition to our team and I have no doubt that she will see great success in further developing Ricola’s European travel retail business.”
“I am excited to be joining the fabulous team at Ricola and starting a new chapter in my travel retail career,” said Lim. “The travel retail industry holds a special place in my heart and I am delighted to be back in the thick of it, reconnecting with past connections and making new ones.” ✈
