L’Oréal’s Travel Retail appointments

Richard Cymberg has been appointed Clients Management Director for L’Oréal Group Travel Retail. This position is worldwide and covers all of the Divisions and Brands in the Group ranging from L’Oréal Paris to L’Oréal Luxe Division, from The Body shop to Vichy, La Roche-Posay and Kérastase.

Cymberg is a senior executive who has been with the L’Oréal Group for more than 30 years.

“In collaboration with our subsidiaries, [Cymberg] will continue to reinforce all the dimensions of our partnership with the retailers, to globalize our approach and our action plans, and to build with them the category captain or innovation projects in the channel,” say the company announcement.

In related news, John Mangan has been named General Manager Travel Retail Europe Middle East Africa India L’Oréal, in place of Anne Valentin.

Mangan was previously General Manager for the L’Oréal Luxe subsidiary in the UK, and in the L’Oréal Luxe EMEA local market, as well as an Area Manager at L’Oréal Travel Retail from 2000 to 2005. This appointment will be effective from Nov. 1, 2014.