Paul Walsh

With an annual export turnover of over US$1billion, 1500 staff, and an established 60 year history, Newtimes Development Ltd is one of the worlds oldest and largest privately held fashion apparel sourcing & design agencies, headquartered in Hong Kong with offices across 33 countries world wide, supplying to the North American, UK and European markets.

Edcon is the largest apparel & home retailer in South Africa with over 30% market share. Responsible for the direct sourcing of the Edcon Groups private label apparel, footwear & accessory portfolios across Asia, the India sub-continent and Sub-Sahara Africa into the South Africa retail market.

Managing the private label sourcing for apparel, footwear and hard-line categories across China and South East Asia covering over 17 adult and kidswear brands for export into US & EU markets.

Responsible for Product Development & Sourcing for both the Levis Strauss Signature & Dockers brands for the Asia Pacific market (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand) and India.

Established and managed the Indonesian Representative Office for apparel sports and fashion wear sourcing and exports into the US and European market.

Responsible for the placement, execution and management of Russell Athletic, Jerzees, and WoodBrook apparel offshore programmes from the Far East, Middle East and Eastern Europe for redistribution throughout the UK and Europe.