CISO search — the leader who protects the brand, the client and the trust between them.
For a luxury house, a breach is a breach of trust as much as of data. Our retained CISO search is for luxury houses, consumer businesses, private-equity investors and family offices appointing security leadership that protects client confidence as carefully as it protects systems.
Why this appointment matters
For a luxury or UHNW-facing business, security is not an IT function — it is brand protection. A breach of client data, of a high-net-worth clientele’s privacy, or of a maison’s intellectual property is an existential reputational event. The Chief Information Security Officer is the leader accountable for ensuring it does not happen.
As businesses digitise clienteling, e-commerce and AI, and as regulation tightens, the CISO has moved from a technical role to a board-level one — the executive who safeguards the trust on which a premium brand depends.
Why generalist firms struggle with this search
The strongest security leaders combine technical depth with the communication and judgement to operate at board level — a rare and contested combination. They are frequently sourced from financial services, technology and regulated industries rather than from luxury itself.
Assessing who can genuinely protect a business, who will move, and who can translate risk into language a board and a principal will act on requires both technical understanding and senior relationships.
What we look for
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Chief Security Officer, Head of Information Security and equivalent leadership. Leaders fluent in cyber risk, data protection, privacy, governance and the emerging risks introduced by AI.
We place security and trust leadership for luxury and consumer brands, investor-backed businesses and family offices protecting both enterprise and private interests.
Our approach
Founder-led, retained and discreet. We define what the security mandate must protect before approaching anyone, and bring a cross-sector network to find leadership the hiring sector could not reach on its own.