Ms.Lanita Layton has nearly 3 decades of experience in the luxury retail sector in North America and Europe. She is a trusted non-executive advisor to Noksha Capital.

Ms. Layton is a prominent Senior Executive and Luxury Brand Consultant renowned for her pivotal role in driving business transformation, amplifying sales, and fostering revenue growth for emerging and established luxury brands. Demonstrating strategic prowess, she adeptly builds strong teams and strategically repositions businesses for lasting success.

Renowned for her distinguished integrity and collaborative leadership style, Ms. Layton possesses a unique ability to harness creativity and translate it into tangible, measurable, and sustainable commercial results. Her extensive global network of industry partners underscores her influence on an international scale and her skillful storytelling empowers and inspires a wide array of clients, cross-functional partners, and her dedicated teams.

Ms. Layton’s career featuresleadership roles at Hugo Boss as Managing Director, Birks as the Chief OmniChannel Sales and Marketing Officer, and Holt Renfrew (Selfridges Group) asVice President & General Merchandise Manager for Menswear. As a consultant,Lanita blends creativity and strategic-thinking, with integrity and anoutcome-orientation helping brands including Bottega Veneta, Baccarat, BrunelloCuccinelli and start-up Stylepulse accelerate growth.

In addition to her corporateroles, she serves as an advisor at Goodszilla and as Chair Patron for theMasters in Management in Retailing at McGill University. Lanita also sits onthe Board of Governors for OCAD University of Art & Design,and was named Board Chair in 2024.

From the outset of her career,Lanita has demonstrated an unwavering passion for Luxury and Premium brands,coupled with a profound understanding of the significance of delivering anexceptional customer experience. Her authentic and collaborative leadershipapproach has consistently inspired her teams to exceed expectations and fosterinnovative thinking, leading to sustained success within the industry.

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