NEW YORK, July 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sotheby's (NYSE:
BID) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jill Bright as Executive Vice President of Human
Resources and Administration, reporting to Tad Smith, the Company's President and Chief
Executive Officer. Ms. Bright will be based in New York and begins in early September.
Ms. Bright joins Sotheby's after more than 20 years at Condé
Nast where she led the Human Resources group for many years until
her appointment as Chief Administrative Officer in 2010.
Prior to joining Condé Nast, Ms. Bright held senior human resources
roles at American Express and Macy's.
"Jill is a terrific executive with over 30 years of professional
human resources experience," commented Tad
Smith, Sotheby's President and Chief Executive
Officer. "The combination of her depth of expertise in talent
acquisition, development and management, with her extensive
administrative experience, is outstanding and I am thrilled to have
her join our senior executive team."
Ms. Bright currently serves on the National Board of Girls Inc.
and the Board of Cumulus Media. In 2015, she was appointed by Mayor
de Blasio to the Quadrennial Advisory Commission to study, evaluate
and make recommendations regarding compensation levels of elected
City Officials and in 2017 she was appointed as the Mayor's
Representative to the Board of the New York Public Library. Bright
received her bachelor's degree from Marymount
Manhattan College, where she is a member of the Board of
Trustees, and her MBA from New York
University's Stern School of Business.
About Sotheby's
Sotheby's has been uniting collectors with world-class works of
art since 1744. Sotheby's became the first international auction
house when it expanded from London
to New York (1955), the first to
conduct sales in Hong Kong (1973),
India (1992) and France (2001), and the first international
fine art auction house in China
(2012). Today, Sotheby's presents auctions in 10 different
salesrooms, including New York,
London, Hong Kong and Paris, and Sotheby's BidNow program allows
visitors to view all auctions live online and place bids from
anywhere in the world. Sotheby's offers collectors the resources of
Sotheby's Financial Services, the world's only full-service
art financing company, as well as the collection advisory services
of its subsidiary, Art Agency, Partners. Sotheby's
presents private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories,
including S|2, the gallery arm of Sotheby's Global Fine Art
Division, and two retail businesses, Sotheby's Diamonds and
Sotheby's Wine. Sotheby's has a global network of 80 offices in 40
countries and is the oldest company listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (BID).
New York | +1 212 606 7176 |
Lauren Gioia |
Lauren.Gioia@Sothebys.com | Dan
Abernethy | Dan.Abernethy@Sothebys.com
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