Ben Gore

COO at Christie's

Main Board Director responsible for corporate management of the firm, with a specific focus on Finance and Commercial Management, Information Technology and worldwide Operations.

Additional divisional responsibilities include Christie’s Art Finance, a specialized asset-backed lending operation, as well as Christie’s Ventures, our early-stage investment vehicle focused on tangential opportunities to our core businesses.

Co-Chair of Executive Management Group, directing and leading our key global initiatives. These range from strategic objectives for our business and our people strategic objectives to more tactical business decision making for both art divisions and regions.

Chair of the Group’s Operating Committee, encompassing all Regional Presidents, Art Cluster Managing Directors and Heads of Infrastructure.

Co-Chair of our Significant Business Forum, directing commercial decisions of all major consignment transactions and playing a key role strategizing for the firm’s largest and most profitable sales. Continuing to build a culture of objective consignment risk/reward assessments and processes along with robust performance analytics.

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  • COO

    September, 2014 - present