About
Alexandra (Alex) Reed Lajoux, Ph.D., M.B.A., is the founding principal of Capital Expert Services, LLC (CapEx), which is dedicated to provide sophisticated economic analysis, valuation expertise, and expert witness support for complex business litigation. Dr. Lajoux has extensive experience in M&A valuation, corporate governance, and economic impact assessment and is trusted by law firms and organizations for navigating high-stakes disputes and transactions.
Additionally, Dr. Lajoux also serves the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) as chief knowledge officer emeritus. She recently ran for local public office on a sustainability platform.
With forty years’ experience in industry, she is regarded as a trusted source of useful insights and introductions in the field of corporate governance and M&A as well as the professional disciplines that underlie them. Dr. Lajoux is the founding principal of Capital Expert Services, LLC, offering expert witness search and related services. She is Series Editor for De Gruyter Publishing.
Dr. Lajoux served as editor-in-chief of NACD’s Director’s Monthly for more than 15 years, and helped NACD develop the world’s largest library of director-centric thought leadership publications. In addition, Dr. Lajoux has conceptualized and authored/coauthored all nine titles in the McGraw-Hill Art of M&A series (1989-2024), as well as books on valuation with Robert A. G. Monks (Wiley, 2010); on money with Peet van Biljon (De Gruyter 2020); and on municipal sustainability (De Gruyter 2021). Her articles have appeared in Financier Worldwide, Risk & Compliance, and Capital Insights, and her works are cited in more than 950 academic studies.
Dr. Lajoux is secretary of the board for Voices for Children of Florida, Inc., as well as the advisory boards of Campaigns & Elections magazine and the Caux Round Table. She is a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, an emeritus member of the Board of M&A Standards, an associate member of the American Bar Association, and a past member of a governance forum at the ACCA, IEEE, and the Recording Academy. She is a Life Member and past trustee of the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni, past VP of her HOA, and past member of her city's Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee. At Loyola University (Maryland) she supports the Jenkins Society with the Bernard and Alexandra Lajoux Scholarship.
She holds a competent communicator certificate from Toastmasters International and has a certificate for audio engineering. She is a member of Conserve Nassau and the Amelia Island Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revoluution as well as Federated Republican Women of Nassau, and volunteers with the supports Coalition for the Homeless of Nassau County while supporting various local nonprofits. A 7th grade catechist at St. Michael Catholic Church, she is certified as a volunteer Guardian ad Litem (court appointed special advocate) for children in Nassau County, Florida. She was named to the NACD Directorship 100 in December 2024.