About

Appointed as the first general counsel of L’Oréal Malaysia in 2014, Melissa Chia is now part of the company’s senior management committee, and significantly increased the scope of her role In January 2018 when she added legal responsibilities for L’Oréal Singapore. She has been marked as one to watch among Southeast Asia in-house counsel for some time, having achieved a great deal at a young age. Among other achievements, Chia was the legal director of Carrefour Malaysia and Singapore and was the youngest executive committee appointed then. Chia has been involved in implementing high value strategic legal work since taking on her role and was key in setting up the company’s legal structures, and is highly regarded as a strategic business partner in the company as a result. Compliance has also been a major focus, and her putting in place of legal compliance processes and documents to ensure that the business operates in accordance with L’Oréal ethical principles have been highly successful.