Peter Lew’s Brandbank Group, the name behind popular kids skincare brand Allkinds and Seed womenswear, is on the hunt for a new chief executive after retail veteran Peter Halkett left less than a year in the top job.

Brandbank’s chairman and founder Mr Lew is the son of billionaire retailer Solomon Lew, who controls ASX-listed Premier Investments, the owner of Peter Alexander and Smiggle. Now, both Peter Lew and his father are without CEOs for their respective fashion empires.