Luxury executive search in London — advising boards, families and principals from the global capital of luxury.
London-based, founder-led retained search for Chairman, CEO, CFO, Creative Director and C-suite leadership. Serving luxury brands, UHNW families, private offices and private equity operating partners across seven global markets.
Why London
London is the intersection point for global luxury leadership. The headquarters of Burberry, Mulberry, Dunhill, Asprey and Liberty sit alongside the European operations of LVMH, Kering and Richemont houses. Sotheby’s and Christie’s are headquartered here. The world’s leading luxury PE firms — Permira, Bain Capital, L Catterton — maintain London offices. And the Gulf, Indian and Asian family offices that invest most actively in luxury businesses overwhelmingly route their European operations through London.
Luxury Executive operates from London because this is where the luxury ecosystem, the private equity ecosystem and the UHNW ecosystem converge. Our personal network spans the maisons of Paris, the ateliers of Milan, the trading floors of New York, the family offices of Geneva and Dubai — but London is the centre of gravity.
What we do from London
We conduct retained executive search for board and C-suite appointments across the global luxury sector. Our London base enables same-day access to FTSE-listed luxury groups, PE-backed portfolio companies, family-owned houses, UHNW private offices, sovereign wealth vehicles and international auction houses.
Board leadership: Chairman, Non-Executive Director, SID, Nominations Committee advisory.
C-suite: CEO, CFO, COO, CMO, CCO, CTO, CDO.
Luxury-specific: Creative Director, Chief Brand Officer, Chief Merchandising Officer, CHRO, General Counsel.
UHNW & family office: CEO for family-owned luxury brands, CIO/CFO for family offices, Managing Director for private investment vehicles, board composition for family governance structures.
Global delivery from a London base
We have completed placements in London, New York, Paris, Milan, Hong Kong, Taipei and Dubai. Our personal network spans the United Kingdom, United States, Continental Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We deliver globally without multi-office overhead or partner referral networks that dilute accountability.
A luxury CEO in Paris, a CFO for a PE-backed jewellery brand in Milan, a Chairman for a family-owned hospitality group in Dubai, a Creative Director for a fashion house in New York — every mandate is conducted personally by the founder from London, with direct access to candidates and clients in every market.
Why London-based clients choose us over the global firms
Spencer Stuart, Egon Zehnder, Russell Reynolds, Heidrick & Struggles and Korn Ferry all maintain large London offices. They are credible firms with strong infrastructure. The structural limitation is that luxury is a sub-practice within a consumer group, staffed by partners who rotate through sectors and associates who execute the work.
We offer founder-led delivery — no delegation, no off-limits conflicts, no rotation. Twenty years of exclusive luxury focus from a single London base. The partner who pitches is the partner who delivers. For UHNW families and principals, we offer something the global firms structurally cannot: a personal, discreet, founder-to-principal relationship that persists across mandates and across years.
The founder
Mohammed Mirza has spent two decades building the personal network that underpins every search. Named placements for Christian Dior Couture (LVMH), Georg Jensen (Fiskars Group), Chanel, Chopard, Harry Winston, Piaget (Richemont), Roberto Cavalli, Ralph Lauren, AMAN, DAMAS, David Morris and 111SKIN.
His advisory relationships extend beyond luxury brands to multi-billion dollar family conglomerates, Geneva-based private offices and industrial dynasties spanning India, Europe, the United Kingdom and the Gulf.
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