International executive search
Global executive search for luxury and premium businesses.
We advise on board, CEO, C-suite and senior leadership appointments for luxury, premium and consumer businesses across the United States, the UK, Europe, the GCC and Asia. Searches are led from London and shaped around the market, the role and the business.
A single standard of search, across every market
Luxury is a global business conducted through deeply local relationships. A maison headquartered in Paris recruits in Shanghai; a Gulf-based group appoints leadership trained in Geneva; an American luxury brand seeks a creative director from Milan. The strongest appointments are sourced wherever the right leader exists — not within the borders of a single market.
We conduct board, CEO and C-suite search across the world’s principal luxury markets, bringing the same rigour, discretion and senior-led attention to every mandate, in every geography.
The markets we operate across
From a London base, we run mandates across the key hubs of the global luxury economy — each with its own dynamics, talent pools and cultural context.
- London & the United Kingdom — the European gateway and a global luxury capital
- Europe — the maisons of Paris and Milan, Swiss watchmaking, the DACH consumer market
- The Middle East & GCC — sovereign-backed groups, family conglomerates and private offices
- The United States — American luxury, premium consumer and the New York market
- Asia & APAC — Greater China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, each with distinct luxury and leadership markets
Cross-border, cross-sector sourcing
The expanded luxury economy — goods, hospitality, experiences, residences, wellness — means the strongest candidate for a role is increasingly found in an adjacent sector or a different geography. A leader who built a major hospitality operation in the Gulf may be exactly right for a European house; a digital leader from American consumer may transform a heritage brand.
Searching globally and across sectors produces a richer field and, often, a better appointment — but it demands a firm that genuinely understands the whole economy and can assess how leadership translates from one market to another.
Local fluency, global reach
Operating globally is not the same as searching from a distance. Each market has its own leadership culture, compensation norms and networks. Mandates are led from London. We agree the relevant research markets, language requirements and stakeholder arrangements at the outset, and assess candidates against the local operating context.
The brief and the evidence
This practice coordinates cross-border executive search: defining the role, selecting relevant research markets and agreeing how candidates and stakeholders will be assessed across locations. Sector and ownership context remain central.
Frequently asked questions
How is a cross-border search coordinated?
A named senior lead agrees the research geography, stakeholder access, language requirements and communication arrangements with the client. These are defined for each mandate.
Can the candidate market differ from the hiring location?
Yes. Research may cover leaders in several countries. Mobility, local requirements and the ability to operate in the destination market are assessed for the role.
Does global coverage mean an international office network?
No. Luxury Executive is headquartered in London. Country and city pages describe search contexts and coverage, not local offices.
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