Skip the Trial and Error by Learning from People Who’ve Done It

Our Executive Programme for Design Leaders is the only programme developed and taught fully by a
C-level faculty and business leaders who scaled companies, grew teams and have already solved the challenges you're dealing with now. They aren’t making guest appearances. They run in-depth workshops, providing you with frameworks they use, real case studies, personal advice and lots of time for discussions.


Most leaders never get access to this knowledge – you can’t simply Google or Chat GPT it. Which means you will return to work with capabilities very few people have, giving you a unique competitive advantage.

Our Faculty Includes


James Hilton, Co-Founder of AKQA

Founded and led AKQA for over twenty years, working with clients like Nike, BMW, XBOX, Coca-Cola, and Disney before WPP bought a majority stake in AKQA for 550 million.

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Bidisha Sinha, Associate Director at Zaha Hadid Architects

Leads international architectural projects across all stages — from design concept to completion.

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David Sheldon-Hicks, Co-Founder of Territory Studio

Founded and scaled Territory Studio to four global offices, creating futuristic products and interfaces for movies like ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘The Martian’ and ‘Bullet Train’.

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Ivy Ross, Chief Design Officer for Consumer Devices at Google

Ivy and her team created the design language for the Google hardware products that launched in 2017.

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Nicole Quinn, Advisor at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Scaled Lightspeed Venture Partners from $2bn to $30bn+ AUM and is the investor behind Lady Gaga, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jessica Alba's beauty companies.

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Kate Stanners, former Global Chief Creative Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi

Oversees Saatchi & Saatchi’s creative output, the creative talent of the network and global clients including Visa.

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Jim Prior, Former Global CEO of WPP agencies

Spent over 25 years as CEO of The Partners, Lambie-Nairn, and Superunion, which merged under his leadership to form Design Bridge & Partners.

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Adrian Talbot, Chief Financial Officer at Miroma Group

Highly commercial and versatile Finance Director/ CFO/ COO with over 20 years’ international experience named International CFO of the year at the FD's Excellence Awards.

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Paul Albert, Chief Revenue Officer at ReVAmp

Launched four multi-million-dollar businesses and scaled Zappi in Europe from £0 to £8M within four years.


Grow your Business and Career in Real Time
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We believe in active learning. All knowledge you get is actionable, and you can apply it right after the session to see the immediate results.

You’ll be in the same room with the CEOs, CFOs, Founders, Chief Design Officers and Investors and can bring the real challenges your team is facing right now and get direct advice from people who’ve solved these problems many times before. 

Whether it's building a detailed business strategy to expand your company to a new market, understanding pricing models to increase your revenue, making your team more accountable so you can delegate more, or building a case to a CEO to be promoted to a Chief Design Officer – our teachers will help you get there.

Become Peers with the C-suite
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Spending every day with C-level leaders shifts your mindset. Conversations that once felt intimidating after the programme will feel natural. You’ll learn how senior leaders think and what they expect from the people who work with them.

That insight changes how you show up in the boardrooms and communicate with leadership. You will earn their trust, influence decisions, and step into a new level of responsibility.


Private Access to the Industry’s Inner Circle
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To add to the hands-on approach, you will also be able to go behind-the-scenes of the most forward-thinking companies during the office visits. Our past cohorts spent time at IDEO, Pentagram, Zaha Hadid Architects, Google, JPMorgan Chase, and others learning from their leadership teams how they build products, teams, processes and culture. 

On top of that, you will have 1-on-1 advisory sessions with our faculty, which will build your relationships further. This can spark new collaborations, job prospects, and open doors to opportunities you didn’t know existed.

This is not your typical MBA programme. We care about every single detail of your learning journey to make sure you grow exponentially during and after the programme. So you graduate with tangible results, exclusive connections and tools to keep growing. 

Ready to invest in your next 10 years of growth?

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Take your career and leadership to the next level by expanding your network and learning from the C-level faculty. Apply for our Executive Programme for Design Leaders today.

  • Five in-person Modules spread across 1 year (9 weeks in total)
  • In London & California
  • Exclusive Global network
  • Next Cohort Starts: 12 July 2026
  • Cost: £45,000 (excl. VAT) for all learning sessions with the C-Level faculty, materials, coaching, 1-on-1 mentorships, and special cohort experiences

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