Alexander brings more than 25 years of leadership as a consultant, entrepreneur, and C-suite executive with category-leading global companies in hospitality, entertainment, technology, and transportation. As a management consultant, he worked on M&A and growth, advising CEOs, Heads of State and international organizations. He also spent years collaborating with scientists in Shell’s Game changer Program that generated $3 billion of new businesses addressing climate change. After consulting, he joined Starwood as head of Strategy, reporting to CEO/CFO, as well as leading brand turnarounds and corporate strategy for the board. Alexander Mirza, the global business leader subsequently became SVP of Operations at Hilton Worldwide and member of the senior operating team reporting to the CEO. At Hilton he revamped a $2 billion food and beverage business, integrated Hilton International and launched the Waldorf Astoria luxury brand and developed the first wellbeing division.

After Hilton, he joined Caesars Entertainment as Chief of Staff to the Chairman and was promoted to SVP of Hospitality. At Caesars, he spearheaded service improvements and new hotel, restaurant and nightlife developments including Gordon Ramsay, BR Guest, Nobu Hotel and branded non-gaming resorts. In 2012, Alexander Mirza co-founded Cachet Hotels in Shanghai and became among the first foreigners to successfully scale a hotel brand in China. Under his leadership as CEO, Cachet built China’s first Carbon neutral hotel and opened 10 lifestyle hotels, branded residences and celebrity-chef restaurants in Asia and the Americas. Cachet hotels also raised several rounds of capital from family offices, won design awards, and was recognized as “Asia’s Up and Coming Management Team.”

In 2018 he co-founded Mogul Hospitality, a venture-backed technology company that built the industry’s first AI-powered talent marketplace, implemented in over 800 hotels and developed an “AI hotel of the future” concept. The company has been ranked one of the top 30 global travel tech start-ups and top 10 hospitality tech start-ups by Harvard Rock Center, Phocuswright and Hotelmize. He has been ranked as a Top 100 Global Hospitality Executive and has published books on human capital, artificial intelligence and sustainability in travel and hospitality. He currently serves on the Advisory Boards of Cornell’s Center for Innovative Hospitality and Employment Relations (CIHLER).

Lately, he has also stepped into the transportation sector in addition to hospitality. Notably, In May 2025, Alexander Mirza was appointed CEO of Carey International, the world-renowned provider of premium chauffeured services and ground transportation. Entrusted with strategic, operational, and financial leadership, he is steering Carey through a bold reinvention. Under his leadership, the company is evolving from executive transportation into a luxury mobility platform designed for business leaders, leisure seekers, and next-generation travelers. Key initiatives include embedding AI across operations, rolling out next-generation booking tools, re-defining luxury through personalization and precision, and strengthening Carey’s presence in key international markets. Through this strategy, Mirza is positioning Carey to blend its heritage of refined service with a new standard of personalized mobility for today’s world.