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Marco Lim
Marco has over a decade of experience in technology, supply chain and retail. As the Commercial Director APAC for Cegid, he helps large specialty retailers solve complex retail challenges ranging from O2O execution, staff enablement, country compliance, to China expansion. Today Cegid powers 85,000 stores for 1,000 brands globally, with a leading cloud POS and unified commerce platform.
Maria Mascaraque, Yang Hu, and Kemo Zhou
Maria Mascaraque is the Head of Food and Nutrition at Euromonitor International. María is the Industry Manager for dairy products and alternatives and cooking ingredients and meals. She provides global expertise and forward-thinking insights, identifying the latest product developments and key market trends within these industries. She has a particular interest in health and wellness trends and plant-based dairy alternatives.
Yang Hu is the Insight Manager, Health and Beauty, Asia, at Euromonitor International. Yang provides regional cross-industry insights on health and beauty across Asia, working with local analysts to deliver high-quality market analyses.
Kemo Zhou, is a Consultant, Health and Beauty at Euromonitor International. Kemo helps identify industry strategies, consumer trends and key new product developments, with industry experience focussed on consumer health, sportswear, and beauty and personal care.
Martin Machinandiarena
Martin Machinandiarena is the Managing Director of Global Sales at Pinterest. With over 8 years of experience in Pinterest, he is responsible for driving advertising sales across 48 markets including the Greater China Region, Southeast Asia, Korea, India, the Middle East, Africa and Central & Eastern Europe, and Emerging LATAM markets. Prior to joining Pinterest, he also led sales at Twitter and Facebook.
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