Deckers (DECK) Taps Converse (NKE) Exec David Powers as President of DTC Unit

June 11, 2012 8:05 AM EDT
Deckers Outdoor Corporation (Nasdaq: DECK) announced that David Powers will join the Company as President of Direct to Consumer, effective mid-August. In this newly created role, Mr. Powers will lead Deckers’ retail and e-commerce businesses and report directly to Angel Martinez, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors.

Powers joins Deckers from Converse, a division of Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE), where he was Vice President of Global Direct to Consumer and Licensed Retail since 2008, during which time he successfully guided the expansion of the Converse brand into Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia and developed relationships with key license partners resulting in over 1900 partner stores. He also served on the Nike Senior Leadership team and as a member of the Converse Executive Leadership team. He brings to Deckers over 20 years of experience in the retail business and has developed merchandising, product, and store concepts at some of the industry’s top retailers.


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