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Budgetary and strategic oversight of all 24 picture departments worldwide representing one quarter of Bonhams sales and revenues. Built the nascent departments of Contempary and Modern Art into the fastest growing Fine Art sector at Bonhams.

Responsible with Co-CEO for management of Bonhams business worldwide. Based in New York with a global remit to grow Bonhams’s sales, profits and brand awareness. Navigated the company through a a downsizing and realignment and back to sustained profitability.

Streamlined the organisation and added sale categories and key hires, resulting in growth from break even to EBITDA of $11 million. Opened a saleroom in New York in 2004 adding new sale categories and experts, resulting in 15+% year on year growth.

Hired by eBay’s CEO, Meg Whitman as President of Butterfields, their newly acquired auction house. With 3 sale locations and 230 employees, I integrated a traditional “Bricks and Mortar” auction business into the eBay sales platform, creating one of the first scalable Fine Art and Collectable digital sale platforms, “ Great Collections”, to sell thousands of verified and expert authenticated works of art.

During my 9 years at Christie’s I held a number of specialist and management positions. Joining as a general valuer/ appraiser from the UK, I worked with the Trusts & Estates department and the 19th Century European paintings department, as a specialist. In 1995 I became Deputy Managing Director at Christie’s East and President Christie’s East in 1996. In 1997 I moved to the new Christie’s location at Rockefeller Center as Senior Vice President for the Decorative Arts Depts.

Managed a small saleroom for Holloway’s in Oxford and ran the Nottingham office for Henry Spencer. Auctioneer and General Valuer of Fine Arts, Furniture and Collectables.