Guillaume Cerutti
Guillaume Cerutti (born March 20, 1966 in La Ciotat, France) is a business executive, formerly a senior civil servant. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Christie's.
Guillaume Cerutti graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and then from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (1991).
His first civil service position was as a member of the Inspection Générale des Finances, the internal audit service of the French Ministry of Finance and the Economy. In March 1996 he was appointed Managing Director of the Centre Georges Pompidou, a position he occupied for five years. From 2002 to 2004 he served as Chief of Staff to Jean-Jacques Aillagon, French Minister for Culture and the Media. In this role he was directly responsible for preparing the law of August 1, 2003, that made the French legal regime relating to sponsorship and private foundations into one of the most attractive in Europe.
From 2004 to 2007, he was head of the Directorate for Competition and Consumer Protection (DGCCRF) at the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance. In this capacity, he also held the position of Vice-President of the International Competition Network (ICN), which brings together the leaders of the world's competition authorities.
In September 2007, Guillaume Cerutti joined Sotheby's, the international auction house, as CEO of Sotheby's France. In September 2011, he was appointed deputy chairman of Sotheby's Europe, with responsibilities extended to cover France, Benelux, Monaco and Italy. During his tenure, Sotheby's became a leader on the French art market, in particular thanks to several prestigious French art collections sold in Paris, London, or New York. (Note: Artnet, https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-london-poaches-rainmaker-guillaume-cerutti-sothebys-france-322547)
In July 2015, he left Sotheby's to join Christie's, as president for Europe, Middle East, Russia and India (EMERI). In December 2016, he has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Christie's, with effect from the 1st of January 2017.(Note : Wall Street Journal, Christie’s Hires New CEO : http://www.wsj.com/articles/christies-hires-new-ceo-1481736539)
Mr Cerutti is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Flamel, a French-American specialty pharmaceutical company.
He served as Chairman of the Institut pour le Financement du Cinéma et des Industries Culturelles (2010-2016), a specialised financing institution for the creative industries in France.
He has served as Chairman of the boards of several non-profit organisations in the cultural field, including the Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques (FNAGP, since 2015), the Accentus Chamber Choir (from 2007 to 2012) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles (2009-2010).
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