Albert Lim

Biography

Albert is a Singaporean with over 30 years of General Management, Sales and Marketing, Business Development and Operations experience across the IT, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices industries.  He joins Menarini with a wealth of experience in driving growth in emerging markets and especially the Greater China markets.  Prior to Sonova, Albert has worked outside Singapore for 20 years with a broad based pharmaceuticals and medical devices career spanning 18 years in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China; honing his skills in General Management, Business Development, Sales and Marketing within Abbott, MSD, Novartis and Medtronic.  At Medtronic, he was Managing Director Taiwan and Vice-President of Business Operations for Greater China based in Shanghai, responsible for 6 different business and operational functions.  He was President Director of Novartis Indonesia for 2 years from 2006 to 2008 where he led the pharmaceutical arm and had corporate oversight responsibility for Sandoz Indonesia and Cibavision Indonesia comprising more than 1000 employees, 3 manufacturing plants and 3 local sales operations.  Albert spent the first 10 years of his career in Information Technology.  

Research Interest

Albert's last appointment was as Senior Vice-President Asia-Pacific for Sonova Holdings, a Swiss based leading provider of innovative hearing care solutions, where he has been since 2013.  He established the regional organization from scratch and steered the business from a transactional business model into a demand driven business model.  He also set up a Technology Innovation Centre in Shanghai and Audiology Training Centre in Suzhou, China.  Asia-Pacific was the fastest growing region for Sonova in the financial year 2015/2016.