About

Lynette Lim has had a profound effect on the legal department that she has taken over since joining hotel giant Hilton over a decade ago: ‘When I joined Hilton in 2006, the then Asia Pacific legal team was only three-person strong. Since then, I have grown the department from strength to strength, both in terms of size and our internal branding. By 2019, the Hilton Asia Pacific legal team will be made up of 18 lawyers and legal professionals. The size of our legal team grows in tandem with the reputation and respect that the legal department enjoy within the Hilton organisation. Our involvement and strategic counselling are highly sought after by our business units, as we are seen to be critical to their success and our phenomenal business growth’. Lim’s time with the company has seen her being responsible for Hilton’s legal affairs around the globe, notably at its Middle East Africa headquarters in Dubai and at the global headquarters in the US – where she took charge of the Americas development and real estate division of Hilton legal department, and being responsible for a headcount of over 40 people. Currently based in Singapore as head of legal for the entirety of Asia Pacific, a key market for the company, Lim also takes on significant global and strategic responsibilities, being part of the Hilton global senior leadership group and the Hilton Asia Pacific executive committee.