Global consulting firm AlixPartners has announced that David Garfield and Rob Hornby have been appointed to serve as Co-Chief Executive Officers, effective Feb. 1, 2025. The new Co-Chief Executives, both of whom are currently in senior leadership roles at AlixPartners, were selected following an extensive process, which considered a range of internal and external candidates.
Garfield and Hornby succeed Simon Freakley, who has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2015. Freakley has become the Executive Chairman of AlixPartners.
“As proud as I am of our firm’s achievements over the past nine years, I am equally energized about what lies ahead," said Simon Freakley, Executive Chairman. "As our clients regularly tell us, AlixPartners is uniquely qualified to help them capitalize on the opportunities and mitigate the challenges, arising from an increasingly disrupted business environment. I am delighted that David and Rob have taken on this role and I look forward to working with them as they lead the firm to even greater success.
At AlixPartners, Garfield has held a range of senior leadership positions. Most recently, he served as the firm’s Global Head of Industries, responsible for all the firm’s commercial activity by sector, where the firm has grown both revenues and profitability significantly. Prior to this role, Garfield served as the Leader of the Americas and Asia Regions. Garfield is based in the AlixPartners Chicago Office.
“It’s an immense privilege to have been selected to lead our firm," Garfield commented. "AlixPartners is a special business, made up of brilliant people, who come together to deliver outstanding outcomes for our clients. Our firm’s success has always been built on combining respect, expertise and trust in everything that we do in pursuit of the best possible outcomes for our clients, and this is exactly how Rob and I will work together as we take on our new role.”
A veteran of startups, large corporate environments and consulting organizations, Hornby has deep and multifaceted expertise in delivering digital transformations across numerous sectors gained as both a senior executive and a hands-on external advisor.
In his AlixPartners career to date, Hornby has held several senior leadership positions, including head of the firm’s Digital practice and, over the past four years, EMEA Regional Leader, during which time he oversaw a doubling of the region’s revenues. Hornby is based in the AlixPartners London Office.
“David and I are inheriting an incredible platform for growth and innovation at an exciting time for both our firm and the industry we are a part of," said Hornby. "It’s a sector in which we know we already stand out, but there is even more opportunity to do so ahead of us as we blend technological precision with best-in-class human insight. I’m very excited about what the next leg of the AlixPartners journey looks like and am honored to have been chosen to play my part in leading it.”
SOURCE: AlixPartners
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