Christie’s present international head of operations, Julien Pradels, will likely be promoted to the function of regional president of the Americas this spring, the public sale home introduced on Friday (14 March). His appointment will fill the function left by Bonnie Brennan, now the corporate’s chief govt.
Pradels has labored at Christie’s for 14 years and held management positions throughout the corporate’s places of work in Europe, Asia and the Americas. He additionally led international efforts to modernise the enterprise and was a significant participant within the launch of Christie’s first Shanghai public sale in 2013.
“I stay up for persevering with my work innovating, collaborating and bringing colleagues collectively, as I do know that’s one of the simplest ways for us to remain sturdy, develop and make constructive change,” Pradels mentioned in an announcement.
Pradels will likely be tasked with strategic path, enterprise progress and operations throughout North and South America, Christie’s says—and amid a difficult marketplace for public sale homes. Christie’s gross sales fell by 6% final yr, in keeping with estimates offered in December.
In January, Christie’s introduced that Guillaume Cerutti would step down as chief govt after eight years so as to take a job at Artémis, Christie’s holding firm, overseeing creative and cultural actions. This consists of main the Pinault Assortment—the artwork holdings of the corporate’s French billionaire proprietor, François Pinault.
