Foundation | Team | Board | Partners

Stéphanie Schleining

Following the completion of a master’s degree in art history and French literature at the University of Geneva, Stéphanie pursued further postgraduate studies in marketing and communications. Stéphanie brings with her 25 years of experience in the international art market having worked with Daniel Varenne, a distinguished art dealer in Geneva, and then for international auction houses such as Phillips and Sotheby’s. She spent over two decades at Sotheby’s holding key roles including Head of Sales in Switzerland and Senior Specialist in Swiss art. Since 2024 she is the director of Bonhams Switzerland.

Beyond her expertise in Swiss art, Stéphanie has extensive experience in business development, project and team management, as well as art advisory for private and corporate collectors in Europe and the United States. She played a pivotal role in promoting Swiss art internationally and, as an auctioneer, had the privilege of auctioning masterpieces, contributing to the establishment of record prices in the field.

Lionel Aeschlimann

Lionel Aeschlimann joined Mirabaud & Cie in 2010 as a member of the Executive Committee. He has been Managing Partner since January 2011 and has been CEO of Mirabaud Asset Management since its creation in 2012. Previously, he was a partner at the Swiss law firm Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva and Zurich, where he headed the firm’s banking and finance practice. Mr. Aeschlimann is also a member of the Swiss Takeover Board, as well as a member of the Board of the Fondation Avenir Suisse.

Yaniv Benhamou

Yaniv Benhamou is an associate professor of digital law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva specialized in data protection, intellectual property, Internet law and technologies (including Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Humanities). He is a member of the University’s Digital Law Center (DLC). Since 2015, he co-organizes with Prof. Jacques de Werra the WIPO-UNIGE Summer School on Intellectual Property, and the Digital Law Summer School. Since 2018, he has been mandated as an international expert by WIPO for copyright and museums issues, including author of the Report on Copyright Practices and Challenges of Museums, as well as for Big Data and Intellectual Property. He has also co-directed a research project on the Digitization of Museum Collections.

Gloria Gaggioli

Gloria Gaggioli is an international lawyer with more than 15 years academic and practical experience. She has researched and taught in several Universities in Switzerland, France, Denmark, Sweden and the US and has worked as legal adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross (Geneva). She is specialised in international humanitarian law and human rights law and has published extensively on international law. She is Associate Professor at the University of Geneva and Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. She is also member of the Board of Geneva Call and of the International Review of the Red Cross.

Sandrine Giroud

Sandrine Giroud is a partner with Geneva-based law firm LALIVE. She specialises in domestic and international litigation, private clients disputes, and art law. As an attorney, Sandrine advises art collectors, art market professionals and museums on art-related disputes and transactions. An avid art enthusiast, she sits on the foundation board of the Swiss National Museum and is a member of several art-related associations, including the Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (PAIAM) and the International Bar Association (IBA) Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee. Sandrine is also a regular speaker at international art law conferences and the author of many articles in this field. She holds a Master of Law from the University of Fribourg, an LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement from the University of Geneva, and an Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Frédéric Elsig

Born in 1972, Frédéric Elsig completed his doctorate at the University of Geneva in 2003; his dissertation was published as Jheronimus Bosch: la question de la chronologie (Droz, 2004). He taught at the university as a teaching assistant (1997–2003), a senior teaching assistant (2003–2009), and an assistant professor supported by the Fondation de Famille Sandoz (2009–2012), before taking up the chair of medieval art history. In May 2012, he was also a visiting professor at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris. His research focuses on artistic exchanges in Western Europe from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century—notably through the Peindre en France à la Renaissance programme, launched in 2010 and responsible for six published volumes—and on the history of the art market and collections. In the latter field, he regularly involves master’s and doctoral students in the material study of artworks and the publication of museum catalogues in Geneva, Lausanne and Lyon. He also founded the “Patrimoine genevois” series (Georg) in 2010 to explore Geneva’s heritage from a broad perspective.

Eveline de Proyart

Eveline de Proyart is Chairwoman of Christie’s Switzerland. Previously, she was Christie’s Vice President for Switzerland and Managing Director of its Geneva office, where she was responsible for developing Christie’s business in French-speaking Switzerland.

She joined Christie’s in 1994 as Director of Communications and Press Relations for Switzerland. Over the following seven years, she developed communications strategies, managed media relations and organised events throughout the country. In 2001, her role expanded to include developing relationships with collectors and professional advisers. She has headed the Geneva office since 2012.

Before joining Christie’s, Eveline de Proyart worked for two French luxury companies: Louis Vuitton for 12 years and Harel for four years.