Lewis L. Bird, III

Overview

Mr. Bird, 44, joined NIKE in July 2006 as President, Affiliates, which currently includes the businesses of Cole Haan, Converse, Hurley, and Umbro. Prior to joining NIKE, he held a number of management positions within multinational companies with diverse brand portfolios. He was Executive Vice President of New Business Development for Gap Inc. from September 2005 to March 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Bird served as Chief Operating Officer of Gap Inc."s North American division from March 2003 to September 2005, Chief Financial Officer of Gap Inc."s Old Navy division from 2001 to 2003, Vice President Finance & Operations of Gateway, Inc. from 1999 to 2001, Director of Business Analysis & Planning at AlliedSignal Inc. from 1998 to 1999, and prior to that held financial management positions with AlliedSignal, Ford Motor Company and BayBanks, Inc.