David Westhead

Passionate about building brands, David has held senior leadership positions across the world in sports, fashion, and lifestyle sectors. He is the Managing Director at MarkaLAB, disrupting supply chains and providing innovative end-to-end operations to serve customers globally.

He was formerly the Managing Director of Birkenstock Southeast Asia. David also created The Social Foot, a leading sneaker retail experience in Asia and MENA.

With extensive expertise in wholesale, retail, distribution, licensing, and franchising, he’s worked with notable brands including Hanes, Calvin Klein, and Lee Cooper. David has lived in Europe and Asia and travelled across EMEA and APAC. As a result, he has a great understanding of the culture, way of life and style of doing business in these regions.