
David has spent the last 25 years in CEO and Managing Director positions at both Country and Regional levels in the UK, France, Australia, Middle East, Japan and the Asia Pacific.
Several re-organizations, successful turnarounds, new market openings and subsidiary start-ups all give David a unique Multi-cultural and International experience in leading and developing teams and transforming businesses.
The beginning of his career started at Yves Saint Laurent Parfums in France and UK before joining the prestige division of Coty as Managing Director for the UK and later Australia before moving to Paris to work in the Coty HQ setting up and leading the Global Trade Marketing team.
Following his keen interest in Japan and Asia, he joined Georg Jensen and led their business initially in Japan and later the whole Asia Pacific region.
His Japan journey was interrupted for 18 months by a posting to Dubai leading the Saks Fifth Avenue business leading their existing operations and building and opening a new Department Store in Bahrain before eventually returning to Japan to head up Folli Follie and Links of London for Japan and of Asia.
More recently he led the turnaround of the Le Creuset business in Asia making a considerable impact on their profitability in re-organizing the distribution with a much sharper focus and priority on digital commerce….relaunching the direct EC business completely on a new platform aligned across the region.
His diverse multi-cultural management experience has been driven by developing and leading teams in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia and UAE.
A dynamic and high-energy leader with a passion and skill to connect with and bring together teams and enable them to drive extraordinary results well beyond expectations.
When not travelling, David resides in Cascais, Portugal with his wife and daughter.