Georgina Adam 

Georgina Adam has spent many decades writing about the art market and the arts in general. She is editor-at-large for The Art Newspaper and a contributor to the Financial Times. She initially studied Islamic Art at the Ecole du Louvre and also lived for five years in Japan. She has written two books about the art market – Big Bucks (Lund Humphries, 2014) and Dark Side (Lund Humphries, 2018) and a third book, The Rise and Rise of Private Museums, came out in September 2021. She is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and The International Art Market Studies Association (TIAMSA). 

Mathieu Deldicque    

Mathieu Deldicque is Chief Curator and current Director of the Musée Condé and the Horse Museum at the Château de Chantilly. Prior to this, he worked at the French Ministry of Culture from 2013 to 2015 as curator in charge of national châteaux-museums. Since joining Chantilly in 2015, he has curated numerous exhibitions, has overseen major restoration projects and dedicated his efforts to make the castle accessible to more than 500,000 visitors per year. He is an alumnus of the École nationale des chartes and the Institut national du patrimoine and holds a PhD in art history. 

Carina Popovici  

Carina Popovici is a co-founder and CEO of Art Recognition, a Zurich based ArtTech startup which offers to the art world an AI Engine for art authentication and forgery detection. While being an art lover, she is also an experienced programmer, having developed in the past AI algorithms with applications in physics and finance. Carina received a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Germany and has continued her career a Research Fellow in Physics. She then moved on to work as a quantitative risk specialist in the Swiss banking industry, before founding Art Recognition. Now, Art Recognition is one of the few Swiss startups operating at the forefront of AI, entirely created by women.  

Laure Assumpçao  

Laure Assumpçao is a counsel at UGGC Avocats. She was trained in France and the United States and is a registered attorney in Paris and New York. She joined UGGC Avocats in 2015 and since then regularly represents and advises, alongside the members of the art law team, a wide range of domestic and international clients within the art sector. Laure has thus been working for almost ten years for museums, private collectors, art organization, galleries, auction houses and dealers. She frequently handles actions to void sales of inauthentic artworks, restitution cases or criminal cases in the illicit traffic in cultural goods. Laure is also involved in complex cross-border litigation and commercial arbitration cases.​ Over the years, Laure has acquired extensive knowledge and experience of the art market sector and its transactional and litigation issues. She has also been developing a practice in alternative dispute resolutions in the art sector. Prior to joining UGGC Avocats, Laure was a trainee in a French auction house registered at Drouot and then in the legal department of Sotheby’s France. These experiences have made her particularly aware of the concerns of the art law sectors and its actors. Laure regularly publishes articles related to the art law matters and gives several classes in art law for professionals and students. She is ranked Rising Star by The Legal 500 in Art Law.

Arthur Byng Nelson  

Arthur Byng Nelson is a partner and Head of Art & Heritage at Sherrards (London). He advises individuals and families on succession planning, wills, trusts, and the establishment of charities. He has particular experience advising collectors and owners of art and heritage assets on all related law and strategy matters including the special tax regimes that exist in the UK for “pre-eminent” items. Known to be empathetic and practical, Arthur provides tailored advice that balances legal precision with an understanding of particular factors, such as family dynamics, which may influence the best approach. He has a Masters in History of Art from Edinburgh University and with experience at Bonhams, Mallett and Derek Johns, Arthur combines deep industry insight with legal expertise.

Tetiana Bersheda  

Tetiana Bersheda is an internationally recognized legal practitioner registered as attorney in Switzerland with offices in Lausanne and London. She is passionate about providing strategic advice to her clients facing complex legal challenges and representing them in international litigation. Her practice includes the world of art and cultural property law and she has been on the board of several art-related foundations and associations. She has published extensively in the Swiss and European legal journals. Tetiana received her Ph.D. (summa cum laude) in law from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and her LL.M. from the University of Cambridge.

Violette Taquet  

Violette Taquet is the founder of Eunomart, a company dedicated to ensuring legal compliance in the art market. She launched this venture in 2021, driven by the complexities of anti-money laundering regulations in the sector.

Under her leadership, Eunomart developed a software aimed at simplifying the application of European directives on anti-money laundering for art professionals.
Violette continues to play a key role in the sector's evolution, guiding art market participants toward a better understanding and application of compliance standards.

Rena Neville is a qualified lawyer and art market AML specialist. She enjoyed a 30-year career at Sotheby's becoming their first Global Compliance Director, having previously served as their European General Counsel and Global Head of Litigation. She benefits from a unique combination of art world and international legal experience. Leading her own consultancy Corinth Consulting and the FCS Compliance Art Division, Rena assists many Art Market Participants providing them with the practical information and tools they need to ensure they and their firms are meeting their  AML compliance obligations.

Rachel Pownall    

Dr. Rachel Pownall is a Professor of Arts and Finance at Maastricht University, and Head of the Finance Department. Rachel is the founding co-director of the Executive Master in Cultural Leadership - a joint accredited degree programme with the Royal Academy of Arts in London.  

Rachel is a scholar in behavioural finance, and her work covers the areas of art-finance, emotional assets, risk management, and sustainability. She is a series book editor for Springer, for their 

Her work has been published in a number of leading international Journals, including the European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of International Money and Finance, the Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Alternative Assets, and the Journal of Portfolio Management.

Together with TEFAF this year she has launched the Curator’s Course for a select group of rising young curators.

Anders Petterson  

Anders Petterson is the founder and managing director of ArtTactic Ltd, a London-based art market research and analysis company. Anders began his career at JP Morgan and went on to set up ArtTactic in 2001. ArtTactic has become one of the leading art market research companies and a pioneer in using crowd-sourcing techniques for gathering and processing intelligence on the art market. ArtTactic produces a number of global art market reports in collaboration with partners such as the Deloitte Art & Finance Report, Hiscox Online Art Trade Report, JLT Next Gen Artist Report, TEFAF Art Dealer Financing and India Art & Philanthropy report in partnership with W/R/B Underwriting. Anders Petterson is regularly lecturing on the variety of art market topics for Sotheby’s Institute (London), Christie’s Education (London) and ESA (Beirut). Anders Petterson was a founding board member of Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (www.paiam.org) between 2011 and 2021.t hel

Jean-Baptiste Costa de Beauregard

Jean-Baptiste Costa de Beauregard is a partner at ArtNova, the 100m€ evergreen investment fund dedicated to the creative industries. ArtNova operates under ArtNova Capital (investment in startups and mature companies), ArtNova Patrimoine (investment in heritage real estate), fully owns Beaux Arts & Cie (the leading media and services group for the art world) and controls Art Market Minds (organizer of The Art Business Conference). Jean-Baptiste is also the deputy CEO of Beaux Arts & Cie since 2021, in charge of its media division.

  

Sophie Perceval 

Sophie Perceval is the co-founder and co-CEO of Wondeur, an AI fintech company providing insurance companies, wealth management firms and cultural institutions with intelligence on trillions of dollars of art assets. Wondeur is developed by a world-class research team of PhDs from University of Toronto, MIT & MIT Media Lab, working collaboratively with preeminent art specialists. A trained economist, Sophie brings to Wondeur 25 years of experience in the contemporary art world with a focus on artists development, research and innovation.

Adriano Picinati di Torcello 

Adriano Picinati di Torcello is Deloitte group's Global Art & Finance Coordinator, with 30 years of experience. A consultant in finance, art business, and culture, he has led the Art & Finance initiative at Deloitte Luxembourg since 2008. Adriano also launched the international Art & Finance conference and co-authored the Deloitte Private and ArtTactic Art & Finance report.

Arnaud Morand is an independent exhibition curator and artistic director, renowned for his expertise in contemporary art scenes across Europe and the Middle East. He is currently advising the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) to implement their cultural programming strategy and to develop their museums and cultural infrastructures. He is the co-curator of the prefiguration of Villa Hegra, a major art institution set to open in Saudi Arabia in 2027, as part of the global Villas network initiative (including Villa Medici, Villa Kujoyama, Villa Albertine, etc.). Morand is also advising the Jumeirah Group on its Arts & Creative Industries strategy and programmes worldwide.

Arnaud Morand has curated numerous exhibitions, the most recents of which, “Orbis Tertius”, brought together 20 artists and around 50 works exploring the theme of fiction in art, organized for Art Basel Paris 2024. He recently delivered the Hall Haus Design Days festival / exhibition at Lafayette Anticipations as part of Paris Design Week. In 2022, he co-curated Noor Riyadh, an annual city- wide festival celebrating light and art, featuring over 150 artists. He focused on curating local and regional artists for large-scale works and performances designed for public spaces. Arnaud has also overseen the development of several residency programs in visual arts, performance, design, and fashion. He continues to share his expertise as a member of advisory boards, juries, and as an independent curator for regional and international cultural initiatives.

In his previous role as the French Cultural Attaché in Abu Dhabi, Arnaud oversaw the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi and co-curated a two-year interdisciplinary program co- produced by the UAE Ministry of Culture and Youth and the Institut Français. This program explored themes such as contemporary creation, artificial intelligence, and public space performance, bringing together renowned artists and cultural institutions, including Mohammed Bourouissa, Zineb Sedira, Mourad Merzouki, Gauthier Capuçon, the Opéra National de Paris, the Institut du Monde Arabe, and the Sharjah Art Foundation. For the prefiguration of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, Arnaud designed and directed the TranceForm program in partnership with the École Supérieure d’Art Dramatique, providing young regional and international talents with a platform to develop their theatrical techniques. As part of this project, he also curated Co-Lab, a collective exhibition featuring visual artists from the MENA region in collaboration with prestigious French manufacturers such as Sèvres – Cité de la Céramique and the Mobilier National. Previously, he held the position of Strategic Development Officer at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and led partnerships at the Gaîté Lyrique, a cultural venue dedicated to digital and post-Internet cultures.

Arnaud holds a Master’s degree in Public Affairs and Cultural Project Management from Sciences Po Paris (France) and UC Berkeley (USA), as well as a Master’s degree in  Sociology. A skilled pianist, he earned a gold medal at the Grenoble Conservatory of Music and Dance, where he also studied classical and contemporary dance. In January 2021, he was named Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Republic.