Emmanuel Goulin, Managing Director of L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific has been appointed Deputy Country General Manager of L’Oréal Italy in charge of Luxe Division succeeding Luca Guillot Boschetti.

 

Goulin joined L’Oréal twenty years ago in 2000 with Lancôme, United Kingdom before joining the marketing team of Biotherm International.

 

In 2005, he joined Travel Retail Europe and became Division Manager for Travel Retail Asia Pacific from 2008 to 2010.

 

He was then posted to Japan as Deputy General Manager of shu uemura International for almost two years, and became General Manager, Fragrance Division France for four years. In 2016, he was appointed Managing Director at L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific.

 

DIGITALISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

L’Oréal recognises Goulin as a ‘strong and modern leader’, who has successfully orchestrated ‘spectacular business growth’ over the last five years through the building of an agile, high-performing, and customer-centric organisation.

 

“In the past eighteen months, he further accelerated transformational initiatives, such as a swift acceleration on digitalisation and sustainability,” added the beauty giant.

 

To succeed Emmanuel Goulin, Tao Zhang has been appointed Managing Director at L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific. Zhang also began her career in 2000 for L’Oréal Luxe China, where she successfully moved from Management Trainee to Brand General Manager of Helena Rubinstein and Giorgio Armani China.

 

She then moved to Paris at Lancôme International in charge of the brand’s international retail and business development for two years prior to become Deputy General Manager for YSL.

 

ZHANG ‘STRONG AND CHARISMATIC’

Zhang then joined L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific five years ago as Lancôme General Manager. One year ago, she was promoted to the role of Managing Director at L’Oréal Luxe Travel Retail Asia Pacific.

 

“Zhang is a strong and charismatic business leader who has shown an outstanding resilience, incredible energy, and a very high level of ambition and agility,” said the company.

 

“With her solid business success, brands in travel retail have elevated greatly on retail excellence standards and have pioneered consumer-centric activations both online and offline. The capacity of Tao to understand and connect with the travellers’ world in Asia Pacific, her truly international background will be key assets to continue the growth of the Travel Retail Asia Pacific business.”

 

Vincent Boinay, L’Oréal Travel Retail Managing Director added: “I would like to thank Emmanuel Goulin and express my gratitude for his courage, trust, and professionalism during the recent Covid crisis.

 

“Over the past five years, his unparalleled fighting spirit and his leadership have largely contributed to L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific growth during all these years. I wish him great success in his new role.

 

“I am very pleased to welcome Tao Zhang as Managing Director at L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific. This change reflects a spirit of great continuity, and I am confident that Tao will bring her high level of expertise, professional and personal qualities, deep knowledge of the Travel Retail business and Asian customers.

 

“She will, with her talented team, keep on elevating our mission: “beauty for all travellers” with our undisputed and strong portfolio of brands.”