Alexander & Co. is an executive search and consulting practice for creative leadership.
We place the people, and advise the brands, that shape how the world's most admired names look, feel and grow.
Founder-led, discreet and global.
Established 2009.
We work across consumer facing industries, representing leading brands and organisations for founders, investors and leadership teams that require a personal approach to executive search.
From Creative Directors to Brand, Marketing and General Management roles, we focus on leadership that strengthens and drives business outcomes. Our approach is strategic, global, bespoke and handled with discretion bringing the right role and the right individual together for long-term impact and career alignment.
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We help leadership teams and investors build commercial organisational structure, strengthen creative credibility, and deliver talent solutions sharpening authority, decision-making and execution so the organisation scales with efficiency and creative precision.
For more information or to discuss how we can help you please contact us.
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Overview
Lewis Alexander founded Alexander & Co. in 2009. He advises founders, CEOs, boards and investors across luxury, fashion, beauty and design on creative leadership and the organisation around it, with one aim: growth.
Experience
Over twenty years, Lewis has appointed Chief Creative Officers, Chief Design Officers, CMOs and Brand Directors at some of the world's most culturally significant brands, and designed the organisations that make those appointments perform. Clients have included Louis Vuitton, Bottega Veneta, Vitra, Haus Labs by Lady Gaga, Diesel, Byredo and Diptyque.
Results
Lewis's work is characterised by its commercial underpinning. Every appointment and every consulting engagement is structured to drive margin and growth, and the hires and organisational changes he has led have delivered revenue uplifts of between 20% and 160%. At Saint Laurent, he was part of the team that grew the business from €300M to €800M through a new creative organisation.
Expertise
Creative leadership search: CCO, CDO, CMO, Creative Director, Image Director
CEO–Creative Director structure and succession
Creative leadership strategy and new C-suite role definition
Organisational design and operating models
Writing
Contributor to The Business of Fashion and The Observer on creative leadership, neurodiversity in the workplace and the future of the luxury industry.
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