Steve Copstone
Senior Vice President, Planning and Supply Chain, Merchandising

Steve is responsible for DFS’ merchandise planning and inventory investment strategies. He provides strategic direction for the Supply Chain function to create the vision for our future-state logistics network and oversees transformation projects to increase efficiency, technology and automation.

He joined DFS in 2019 as Vice President, Global Demand and Supply Planning. In 2020, he took on the additional responsibility of Vice President, Planning, Watches and Jewelry. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, Planning and Supply Chain in 2023. His role was elevated to be part of DFS’ Senior Leadership Team in 2025. Prior to DFS, he had a nine-year career with Burberry where he gained a wealth of experience across merchandise planning and supply chain management. Before that, he spent three years within a retail consultancy after starting his career as a planner.