Dr. Alexandra Reed Lajoux
District of Columbia, United States
52+ Years Experience
Provides expert economic analysis and valuation support in complex business litigation, with deep expertise in M&A, corporate governance, and economic impact assessment.
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Alexandra (Alex) Reed Lajoux, Ph.D., M.B.A., is the founding principal of Capital Expert Services, LLC (CapEx), which 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, she 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 in 2020.
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. She is Series Editor for De Gruyter Publishing.
She 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.
She 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.
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