Kenny Lim Email & Phone Number

Sales & Marketing Leader | Luxury & Hospitality | Expert in Ambition, Resilience and Ethical Leadership | Storyteller • Top commercial director in APAC for Club Med – Established the market’s recognition of Club Med as the top all-inclusive holiday brand, delivering annual growth of 12% between ‘08 & ’11 in Singapore, & drove growth of 30% every season (6-monthly) in China from ‘11 to ‘14. • Architected & obtained unallocated Moneylending license in Malaysia for Sea Ltd.• Managed 19 sets of P&L throughout career. • Deep understanding of luxury FMCG market; recognized as ‘Most Admired Distributor’ and ‘Most Valuable Business Partner’ in Asia I grew up in comfortable circumstances. My father built the largest seafood processing company in Singapore & supplied seafood to all of the largest supermarkets in the country.We lived in a big house, had a few cars, & took regular holidays.But my parents never gave me more money than was necessary for school. I started working for my own discretionary spending when I was 12 years old & never stopped. Before I was 18, I had been a restaurant & catering waiter, KFC-cook, security officer, sales promoter, & convention sales lead.In my first year in university in Australia, my father's company failed, he was declared a bankrupt, & I had to make my own money for 3 years to survive as a foreign student in the expensive tourist city of Gold Coast.I know what business failure does to people & their families. Over 2 decades, I did what I had to, learnt from challenges that came my way, & experienced racism, loneliness, betrayal, failures, & extreme uncertainty of the future.Today, I derive joy & fulfilment from building partnership ecosystems, advising & driving team performance, structuring complex deals, & managing stakeholder dynamics.With 24 years of experience in sales & marketing leadership, general management, & entrepreneurship, I bring a realist's practical & effective perspectives to businesses & strategic projects, to grow channels, market shares, & teams in the hospitality & luxury industries within Southeast-Asia and China.I have a wealth of multicultural exposure across Asia, having worked & lived in Australia, Taiwan, HK, Macau, Shanghai, Guangzhou, & other mainland Chinese cities, & am effectively bilingual in Chinese and English.Hit me up if you have strategic pains in Asia that need fixing.

Listed skills include Marketing Communications, Marketing Strategy, Partnerships, Event Management, and 13 others.

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  Griffith University

  High Distinction For 19 Modules. Distinction For 5 Modules.