Nestlé Indochina’s 3,400 employees take their cue from their charismatic Chairman and CEO, Victor Seah, who was appointed in May 2018. Based in Bangkok, Singaporean Seah has overall responsibility for Nestlé’s diverse manufacturing, commercial, distribution and export operations in Thailand and oversees the development of high-potential markets of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. “Nearly 90 percent of what we sell is manufactured locally in the region, which gives us a competitive edge compared to companies that import products. It also lets us adapt to the needs of local consumers, shoppers, and customers. We believe there is no such a thing as a global consumer – all consumers are local. Nestlé has global R&D and product technological centers that work with local application groups to adapt our products that are manufactured in different countries to meet local preferences for taste. We sell our portfolio of products to the 140 million consumers in Indochina through a wide-ranging network of 500,000 retail partners in the Thai, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar (TCLM) markets,” says Seah, who joined the consumer giant in 2006 as Country Business Manager for Nestlé Professional in Singapore.