DFS Group Names David Smith Vice President, GMM, Oceania.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 1999-- DFS (Distributed File System) An enhancement to Windows NT/2000 and 95/98 that allows files scattered across multiple servers to be treated as a single group. With Dfs, a network administrator can build a hierarchical file system that spans the organization's LANs and Group Limited, the world's leading retailer to the international traveler, today announced that David Smith has been named Vice President, General Merchandise Manager of the Oceania Region. Mr. Smith is currently the Head of Duty Free Business, Head of New and Developing Markets and Head of European Wholesale at Bally International. His appointment at the DFS Group is effective September 13, 1999. Mr. Smith will be a member of the Oceania Region's management committee and will report to Julian Levy, President, Oceania. "In his fifteen year tenure in the international luxury, fashion and leather goods industry, David Smith has achieved a proven track record in both revenue generation and business unit management," said Mr. Levy. "As one of the pioneers in the duty-free arena, David will bring to the DFS Group an impressive level of expertise that we are confident will translate into greater success and profitability for the Oceania Division." In his current position with Bally International, Mr. Smith has managed three sales divisions covering seven countries and helped lead a significant organizational restructuring. He was promoted from Head of Duty Free Business to his current position in 1998. Prior to joining Bally International, Mr. Smith was Duty Free, Tourist Business Manager for Aquascutum of London where he was responsible for the global duty free business and key London accounts. Mr. Smith began his career at Bally United Kingdom in 1984. Based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , DFS Group Limited is majority-owned by Paris-based LVMH LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (upscale retailer) Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton The Louis Vuitton Company (more commonly known simply as Louis Vuitton) is a luxury French fashion and leather goods brand and company, headquartered in Paris, France. It is a division of the French holding company, LVMH Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy S.A. , the world's leading luxury products group. A part of LVMH's Selective Distribution Group, DFS operates more than 150 duty-free and general merchandise stores throughout Asia, the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. , and the West Coast of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . |
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