Executive Search for the Global Luxury Economy.
Leadership for founders, families, boards and the institutions behind the world’s leading luxury businesses.
Luxury Executive is a founder-led retained executive search and leadership advisory firm. We are retained for board, chair, chief executive and C-suite appointments across luxury, consumer and private wealth, where the right leader matters more than the longest list.
The leadership searches we conduct.
Board and C-suite appointments across the disciplines a luxury business relies on, from commercial and brand leadership to finance, retail, product and operations. Each is run as a retained search, led personally.
Board, Chair & Non-Executive Search
02CEO, President & Managing Director Search
03C-Suite & General Management Search
04Finance, CFO & Investor Leadership
05Commercial, Revenue & Growth Search
06Marketing, Brand & Communications Search
07Digital, Ecommerce, CRM & AI Leadership
08Technology, Data & Security Leadership
09Retail, Client Experience & Omnichannel Leadership
10Buying, Merchandising & Product Leadership
11Creative, Design & Brand Direction
12People, Culture & Transformation Leadership
13Operations, Supply Chain & Strategy Leadership
14Legal, Risk, Governance & Compliance Leadership
Sector Expertise
The expanded luxury economy, covered in depth.
We work across the houses and categories that make up the luxury economy: fashion and high jewellery, wines and spirits, beauty, hospitality, design, collecting, mobility, and the private wealth that sits alongside them. Different sectors, one standard of leadership.
Luxury Fashion, Leather Goods & Accessories
Jewellery, Watches & High Jewellery
Wines, Spirits & Fine Champagne
Beauty, Fragrance & Wellness
Luxury Retail, Clienteling & Omnichannel
Hospitality, Travel & Art de Vivre
Interiors, Home & Design
Art, Auctions & Collectibles
Superyacht, Marine & Private Aviation
Automotive, Mobility & Luxury Collectibles
Luxury Real Estate & Branded Residences
Premium Consumer & Lifestyle
Private Wealth, Family Office & UHNW
Digital Luxury, Ecommerce, CRM & AI
A retained search, conducted with discipline.
Every search is handled the same way: a carefully calibrated brief, a discreet approach to the market, and direct involvement from first conversation to appointment.
Mandate definition
We begin with the business, the board and the decision — not the candidates. The brief is the foundation everything else rests on.
Market mapping
A structured, confidential picture of the credible leaders in the relevant sector, function and market.
Targeted approach
Discreet, personal approaches to leaders who are rarely on the market and never see an advertisement.
Assessment & calibration
Careful assessment against the brief — capability, judgement, and fit with a luxury or founder-led culture.
Shortlist & advisory
A considered shortlist, presented with honest counsel — not a stack of CVs.
Appointment & integration
Support through offer, negotiation and onboarding, so the appointment succeeds well beyond day one.
Judgement, informed by structured market insight.
A good search is as much about judgement as reach. We map the market carefully, then weigh who is genuinely credible for the role, not simply who is available to move.
Tools and data continue to change. What decides a senior appointment does not: discretion, access, a real understanding of the market, and the judgement to read a person against a brief.
A retained search practice for leadership decisions that cannot be undone quietly.
Rooted in luxury. Relevant across the economy around it.
Our clients are the people who carry these decisions personally: chairs and boards, founders and families, principals and their private offices, and the investors behind portfolio businesses. We are retained when an appointment matters too much to leave to a database.
Luxury Houses & Lifestyle Groups
The maisons, brands and groups at the heart of the practice, and the work it was built on.
Family Offices, Private Offices & UHNW Principals
Single- and multi-family offices, and the principals who own them.
Founder-Led & Privately Owned Brands
Businesses where leadership must earn the trust of a founder or family.
Investors, Private Equity & Portfolio Companies
Value-creation leadership that protects brand equity, not just margin.
Premium Consumer & Hospitality Groups
Experiences, branded residences, wellness and premium consumer.
Digital, Technology & AI-Led Luxury Businesses
Leaders building luxury commerce, CRM and client intelligence.
19 years
Founder experience in luxury recruitment and leadership hiring
London
Headquartered in London, operating globally
Board & C-suite
Retained mandates at the most senior level
Founder-led
Senior searches conducted personally, with discretion
Retained Executive Search
The discipline behind every mandate. →
Global Luxury Executive Search
Search across every key market. →
Board & CEO Search
The appointments that define the business. →
C-Suite Search
The full executive team, built to lead. →
Leadership Advisory
Counsel beyond the search. →
Selected Mandates
Anonymised proof of the work. →
Perspectives on leadership, for the few who shape it.
Occasional notes on board, chief executive and C-suite leadership across the luxury economy — what is moving, and what it means. A few times a year, never more. No mass newsletter, no list-sharing, and you can unsubscribe at any time.