Auction house Bonhams has appointed Jean Ghika, the Director of Jewellery for UK & Europe since 2007, as its Global Head of Jewellery. According to Gem Konnect, as part of her new role Ghika “will oversee sales in Bonhams global offices in London, New York, Hong Kong and Los Angeles”.
Matthew Girling, Global CEO and former Global Director of Jewellery at Bonhams, “will remain closely involved with the jewelry department and will now assume a ‘chairman emeritus’ role for fine jewelry”.
Girling remarked on the appointment: “I have worked with Jean for more than 21 years and I am delighted to hand over this global role to her. She has demonstrated excellent business acumen in her current role and has been instrumental in giving strategic direction to the UK and European Fine Jewellery teams”.
