The Only MBAย equivalent for designers
EXPONENTIAL
DESIGN
LEADERS
We create a new breed of design leaders who can sit alongside your C-level team and help your company grow, innovate, ย thrive from within and create an impact beyond short-term profit.
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DLX standard is issued to graduates of the Design Leaders Programme. The ONLY programme that has 100+ C-level professionals and founders from leading companies including Dropbox, Pentagram, Wolff Olins, Superunion, AKQA, WPP, Oddbox, Saatch & Saatchi, Microsoft, Salesforce, and TravelPerk sharing their practical industry knowledge, case studies and insights in-person with our delegates.
Notable Alumni

OLGA
HANONO
Founder of Olga Hanono Studio
๐ฒ๐ฝ


Priyah
Pillay
Special Projects Manager
at Design Inbada
๐ฟ๐ฆ


Konrad
Billetz
Founding Partner of Outliant, Founder of Hardsider
๐บ๐ธ


Jade
Tan
Group Design Lead
at Wise
๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฒ๐พ


Nicole
Nissola
Product & Art Director
at Product Madness
๐ฌ๐ง ๐ง๐ท


David
Tjahjadi
Founder/Lead Explorer
at Tomo Indonesia
๐ฎ๐ฉ


Mohit
Yadav
Founder & Chief Design Officer at Wolffkraft
๐ฎ๐ณ


Carlo
Tarquinio
Group & Brand Innovation Adviser at Reece Group
๐ฆ๐บ


Josรฉ
Ramirez
Founder & Strategist at Sol Agency, Co-Founder of BrandZen
๐บ๐ธ


Kirill
Kuzyaev
Enterpreuner and Creative Advisor

Sandra
Merino
Director of Product Design Mobile at CNN
๐บ๐ธ ๐จ๐ด


Eugen
Boico
General Director at NRG / Publicis Moldova
๐ฒ๐ฉ


Marin
Finerty
Founder at
House of Apex
๐บ๐ธ


Charl Laubscher
Founder + Managing Director at Love + Money
๐ฆ๐บ

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Louise
Helliwell
Experience Design Director at Folk
๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ง


Danah
Karam
Strategic Creative Director at The Innovation Boutique
๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ผ


Michel DeAscentiis
Consultant, Creative Direction & Strategy at studio stipa
๐บ๐ธ


Regina
Bueno Ros
Founder at AIDO STUDIO
๐ฒ๐ฝ


RIZ
WALKER
Founder at SCALA
๐บ๐ธ


Amin
Qazi
Principal at AMASS

Amelia
Bauerly
Senior Product Designer
at GitLab, Inc.
๐บ๐ธ


Diana
Lรผtgehetmann
Design Consultant
๐ต๐น๐จ๐ญ


Ricardo
Sato
Co-Founder at Porfin
๐ง๐ท


Lizi
Hamer
Executive Creative Director at No2andPlace
๐ฌ๐ง


Bruno
Vidal
Lead Design at frog part of Capgemini Invent
๐ซ๐ท


Sarah
Salter
Global Head of Innovation & Platforms at Wavemaker
๐บ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ง


CHANDRAย
RINK
Fractional Chief Product Officer
๐จ๐ฆ


Birgit
Kroeger
Product Director at ECCO Leather Goods
๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ช


Kathy
Toney
Digital Solutions Research and CX Design Manager at Mercedes-Benz AG
๐บ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ช


Melissa
Wakefield
Discipline Manager, Architecture at EXP
๐จ๐ฆ


Tyson
Stenglein
Co-Founder & Managing Director at Space Between Creative
๐ฆ๐บ


Abdullah
Al turk
Creative Director
at ADD Enterprise
๐ธ๐ฆ


Heather
Schoell
Creative AI Strategist,
Sr. Art Director, Curator
at NVIDIA
๐บ๐ธ


Ankur
Srivastava
Head of Design & Creative Visual Merchandising at Max Fashion MENA & SEA
๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ช


Ghaith
Beshri
Founder / Creative Director at BeStudio
๐ธ๐ฆ


Nourah
Alfaisal
Founder & CDO
at ADHLAL, CEO at Art of Heritage
๐ธ๐ฆ


Afra
Alsammahi
Founder of Zan Agency
๐ธ๐ฆ


Alexander
Toporov
Design System Lead
at Yara International
๐ธ๐ฌ


Bader
Al Awadhi
Head of Digital Marketing and Production at Dubai Future Foundation
๐ฆ๐ช


Noor
Alwazzan
Founder at CIRCUSBC
๐ฐ๐ผ


JT
JOHNSON
Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder of The League
๐บ๐ธ


PATRICE
SPEED
VP Executive Creative Director at OC Sports & Entertainment
๐บ๐ธ

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