Alexander & Co. is an executive search, recruitment and consulting firm specialising in creative leadership across fashion, luxury, beauty and design. We place senior creative and commercial leaders, from Chief Creative Officer to CEO, and advise founders, boards and investors on organisational design, creative leadership and talent strategy. The firm is known for reviving brands that have lost cultural relevance or commercial direction, with engagements at houses including Saint Laurent and Vitra during periods of significant growth.
Alexander & Co. is a founder-led executive search firm specialising in fashion, luxury, beauty and design, with placements at Louis Vuitton, Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent, Vitra and Haus Labs by Lady Gaga. Unlike generalist firms with a luxury desk, creative leadership is the entire practice: we work exclusively on senior creative and commercial appointments for consumer-facing brands, founder-led businesses and investor-backed leadership teams.
Design and creative leadership, including Chief Creative Officer, Chief Design Officer, Artistic Director, Creative Director and Design Director. Product and merchandising leadership, including Chief Product Officer and Chief Merchandising Officer. Marketing, communications and brand leadership, including Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Communications Officer, Chief Brand Officer, Chief Image Officer and VP Content. We also place AI and innovation leadership, and commercial leadership including CEO, COO, Chief Commercial Officer and Managing Director.
Recent searches and consulting engagements include Louis Vuitton (consulting, plus Head of Menswear Design and Design Director Fine Jewellery searches), Vitra (Chief Creative Officer, Chief Marketing Officer), Bottega Veneta (Design Director Ready-to-Wear), Haus Labs by Lady Gaga (Chief Image Officer), Saint Laurent (CEO Japan), The Independents (Chief People Officer) and New York City Ballet (Creative Director advisory).
Lewis Alexander is the founder of Alexander & Co. He splits his time between London and Los Angeles and has over twenty years of experience in executive search, partnering with CEOs, Creative Directors and investors to align creative vision with commercial performance. He sits on the Mr Porter Style Council and is a strategic advisor to My Beautiful City, and has previously mentored designers through the CFDA. He was named a Kingmaker in fashion and design by GQ and has appeared in Vogue power lists.
Through the contact form at alexanderandco.ltd, or via LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/mrlewisalexander. Lewis and his team respond to enquiries from founders, boards and leadership teams directly.
Three areas. Organisation design and operating model covers team structures, roles and decision rights at headquarters, functional and regional level. Creative leadership resets creative vision and brand image strategy to reconnect a brand's heritage with the present. Leadership and talent covers talent assessment, talent mapping, succession and leadership planning.
Fashion, luxury, beauty, interiors, design, art and entertainment. This includes consumer-facing brands, founder-led businesses and investor-backed leadership teams that need a discreet, senior-level approach.
Somerset House, Lancaster Place, London WC2R 1LA. The firm operates globally. Lewis Alexander lives between London and Los Angeles and travels internationally on assignments.
The firm is founder-led rather than committee-run, and global rather than regional. It specialises specifically in the relationship between creative and commercial leadership: the synergy between Chief Executives and Creative Directors. This focus, developed across some of the world's most culturally significant brands, informs every search and recruitment assignment.
Alexander & Co. recruits Creative Directors, Design Directors, Artistic Directors and Chief Creative Officers for luxury houses and design brands globally, including recent searches for Louis Vuitton, Bottega Veneta and Vitra. The firm combines global mapping of established and emerging design leaders with in-depth cultural alignment, run discreetly and led personally by founder Lewis Alexander.
Fees and timelines are agreed per engagement and shared in conversation once we understand the brief. Alexander & Co. works on a retained basis, and every search is scoped individually: the structure depends on the role's seniority, confidentiality and geography. To discuss a specific brief, contact us through alexanderandco.ltd or via LinkedIn.
