Tom Young is a Head of Design - Women’s and Men’s at George at Asda. He possess expertise in trend, fashion, fashion design, trend analysis, apparel. Colleagues describe him as "I had the pleasure of working with Tom in many different capacities over a time span of 10+ years. This was not by accident, as I jumped at every opportunity to work with Tom and hope to have the opportunity to work with him again in the future. Tom is an extremely gifted Senior Design Director who is not only able to identify key trends at the exact right time but also turns them into huge commercial success. Over the years, I’ve witnessed him do this time and time again. Tom has a unique ability and vision in building new brands, maintaining relevancy in existing brands, and resurrecting declining brands. Because of this, he was tapped to lead many different initiatives and special projects. During Tom's tenure as Senior Design Director, Young Contemporary Brands, we achieved YOY double-digit increases in sales volume, significant reduction in markdowns, all-time high gross margin and profit, and streamlined our design and development process resulting in 8 weeks calendar lead time reduction. " and "Tom is hands downs the most intuitive, commercially viable Sr. Design Director I have ever worked with. He digests what's happening at a global level and designs into relevant product laser focused on the customer at hand. His keen ability to pick the right item at the right time is genius. His attention to detail, color, print and overall style direction is impeccable. The years I worked with Tom were some of my most cherished years at Nordstrom."