Alexis Cepeda Maule

Alexis Cepeda Maule advises the CEO of Christy’s, the 174-year-old British homeware brand and is Interim CEO Advisor at The Board. Formerly Managing Director for Sustainable Women’s Brand Reformation in the UK and Europe, she led operations, international expansion, and established their UK office. Alexis serves on the Advisory Board of ReboundWear and The Nold and is an Ambassador for Retail Week’s Future Leaders program. Recognized as “Most Sustainable Women’s Clothing & Accessories Managing Director (London)” in 2022 and 2023, she was also a Black British Business Awards finalist and a speaker for Vogue Business on sustainability.

Previously, Alexis was Ad Interim Luxury Division Lead at NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER in New York, managing €500m in global sales. At YOOX NET-A-PORTER (YNAP) GROUP, she oversaw strategy, marketing, and executive committee operations. Selected for the Financial Times 125 Senior Executive Forum, she joined YNAP after earning her MBA from Stanford, where she interned at Amazon and worked at an e-commerce startup in Shanghai.

Her earlier roles include Assistant Vice President at Credit Suisse, a White House Social Secretary intern, and analyst roles at Morgan Stanley. Alexis holds a BA from Harvard and was published in Drapers, Porter Magazine, and Oxford University Press, among others.