Dominic Baldwin-Weir Portfolio & profile

Dominic
Baldwin-Weir

Luxury industry executive, focused on brand transformation and digital innovation.

Portrait of Dominic Baldwin-Weir

Twenty-seven years in the luxury industry, working across brand strategy, commercial transformation and digital innovation, mostly building and running e-commerce and digital businesses for watch and jewellery brands.

Comfortable moving between technology and product, with a focus on keeping the customer experience at the centre of both. Has led global business units, cross-functional ExCo strategies and multi-million CHF P&L operations across luxury e-commerce.

Core competencies

Strategic leadership

Global brand transformation, P&L ownership, joint venture governance, M&A integration.

Commercial & digital innovation

Omni-channel retail, global e-commerce, marketplace strategy across EMEA and APAC.

Operational excellence

Data science and customer insights, global contact centre networks, CRM architecture.

Product & brand equity

Product design for fine timepieces and luxury accessories, ecosystem trust and authentication.

Professional experience

Digital Luxury Group2025 – Ongoing

Strategy Director

Geneva, Switzerland
  • Lead client strategy for luxury and premium brands across watches, beauty and hospitality, translating market intelligence into positioning, growth and go-to-market recommendations.
  • Direct DLG's LuxuryIQ product development, from data pipeline and QC methodology through to the skills ecosystem and client deployments.
  • Run competitive and market intelligence analysis across the secondary market, search demand, social and paid media.
  • Own thought leadership on AI adoption in the luxury sector, including internal enablement and methodology.
Richemont2023 – 2025

Business Development Director, Transformation Office

Geneva, Switzerland
  • Enquirus.com: Spearheaded strategy, global marketing and business development for the industry-leading stolen luxury goods database, establishing a trusted ecosystem linking clients, police forces, insurers and luxury houses.
  • Baume & Mercier: Partnered directly with the CEO and ExCo to architect and execute a comprehensive brand turnaround across commercial, digital and marketing workstreams.
  • Global digital marketplaces: Evaluated, designed and launched digital marketplace initiatives in Asia and the Middle East; negotiated commercial relationships and mapped end-to-end CRM and business processes.
Yoox Net-A-Porter Group2021 – 2023

Managing Director, Fine Jewellery & Watches

Milan / London / Shanghai
  • Held full global P&L responsibility for the Fine Jewellery and Watch business units across the entire portfolio: Net-A-Porter, Mr Porter, The Outnet and Yoox.
  • Directed cross-functional divisions including global product curation, specialised personal shopping, operations, customer service and international sales.
  • Governed commercial synergy and growth strategy for the Net-A-Porter China operation via the Alibaba & Richemont joint venture.
IWC Schaffhausen2016 – 2021

Chief Digital Officer & Member of the Executive Board

Schaffhausen, Switzerland
  • Managed full e-commerce P&L and directed global digital architecture, media buying, advertising, content strategy and customer insights.
  • Pioneered data science, marketing automation and new retail initiatives to institutionalise a modern, customer-centric culture across the global brand.
IWC Schaffhausen2010 – 2016

Associate Director, E-commerce, Digital Marketing & Offline Advertising

Schaffhausen, Switzerland
  • Led global advertising, performance marketing, media strategy and CRM integration, scaling the brand's digital footprint via localised e-commerce websites and social channels.
Richemont2005 – 2010

E-business Director

Geneva, Switzerland
  • Architected and deployed Richemont's first global Contact Center Network and corporate web infrastructures, including the global Investor Relations platform.
  • Developed group-wide frameworks for analytics, digital marketing performance and emerging technologies focused on anti-counterfeiting and grey-market mitigation.
Richemont2000 – 2005

Head of Internet

Geneva, Switzerland
  • Formed and led the multi-disciplinary team that launched the first operational e-commerce businesses within the Richemont Group, breaking through legacy institutional resistance.
  • Designed and rolled out cross-functional corporate intranet and extranet ecosystems for HR, IT and global communications.
Alfred Dunhill Ltd.1997 – 2000

Product Design & Development

London, UK
  • Managed end-to-end industrial design and technical development of leather goods, timepieces, writing instruments and hard luxury accessories.
  • Collaborated closely with manufacturing, sourcing and marketing teams to bring high-profile joint ventures to market, including partnerships with Nokia, Hewlett Packard and Visionaire.

Education & professional development

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Professional Education, Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation
2024
IMD Business School
Richemont Digital Leadership Program
2015
Brunel University London
MSc, E-Business & E-commerce
2002 – 2004
University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins
BA (Hons), Product Design
1993 – 1996

Selected work

Project detail lives elsewhere on the site.

See Career highlights for selected projects across Richemont, IWC Schaffhausen and YNAP, or the Design portfolio for product and design work.