Dr Rachel Campbell completed her PhD on Risk Management in International Financial Markets at Erasmus University, Rotterdam in 2001. She currently works at both Tilburg University and the University of Maastricht as an Assistant Professor of Finance. Her work has been published in a number of leading Journals, including the Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Risk, and Derivatives Weekly.
Rachel has taught for Tias-Nimbas Business School and for Euromoney Financial Training and has lectured at Christie's and Sotheby’s on their Executive Education programs for Art Investment. Currently Rachel is the economics & econometrics consultant to Emotional Assets Management & Research.
James Hyman is a specialist in Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art and Photography. He received his doctorate from the Courtauld Institute, where he also taught, and is a respected art historian as well as art dealer.
He previously worked for the Saatchi Collection, Christies and Helly Nahmad Gallery before opening his own gallery in 2002, specializing in twentieth century British art, contemporary art and photography. He represents a select group of artists and artists' estates as well as privately dealing and advising clients around the world.
Rabih Hage Design Consultant to EAMR Rabih Hage is an Architect, Designer, Curator and owner of Rabih Hage Gallery and Design Studio. Rabih has dedicated himself to discovering new talents, creative people and pioneering design and design-art.
With a reputation for identifying cutting-edge designers early in their career, Rabih Hage showcases first time designers and fine art talent, marking generations and attracting new markets, representing them and their work as assets of the future. As an authority on collectible design, Rabih Hage also acts as an advisor to collectors and has established a new online design think tank for information and exchange - www.detnk.com
Born in Beirut, Lebanon and raised in Paris, France, Rabih Hage graduated from École des Beaux Arts in Paris, 1991, with a masters in architecture and a DPLG architect’s diploma delivered by the French Government. He was appointed as an expert in architecture at the Société Nationale des Experts Conseils in 1993.
David Feldman established a business trading in stampsas a young schoolboy in his native Dublin.As the business evolved, David became the premier dealer in Irish philately culminating in his authorship of the seminal work "Handbook of Irish Philately" which made him famous internationally. This unique handbookwas published in 1968, the same year that David graduated from Trinity College, Dublin with honour degrees in Business and Philosophy.
Expanding the business internationally, David moved to Geneva, Switzerland where he set up home and family with his Swiss wife and became Director of Robson Lowe International which had close associations with Christie's. David Feldman SA was established as an international auction company in the philately field in 1975 and grew to become a world leader in the field over the next decade.
In 1987 Dr. Géza von Habsburg, ex President of Christie's Europe, joined together with David to form the boutique auction house Habsburg Feldman SA which specialised in Paintings (Old Masters and Modern), Watches (under the Antiquorum name with Osvaldo Patrizzi), Jewellery, Art Deco & Nouveau and of course Philately. The Company with established bases and offices in New York, London, Paris and Hong Kong held regular sales all over the world and under David's direction as CEO, quickly became the world's third most important auction house after Christie's and Sotheby's. Wishing to maintain the boutique image, David returned exclusively to his philately business in 1990.
The following years witnessed the company's top achievements in the high end sector of the rare stamp market. They sold the famous Mauritius Bordeaux cover for over six million swiss francs in 1993 (highest price ever realised for a philatelic item) and three years later sold the Treskilling Yellow stamp for 2'875'000 swiss francs (highest price ever realised for a stamp). The company prides itself today in having auctioned more Grand Prix and Gold Medal collections than any company in the history of the field and is more than ever considered as the world's leader in the top sector of the rare stamp market.
Jonathan Chippindale is a founder partner of the Plouton Consultancy, a boutique business development consultancy, delivering intelligence, strategy and marketing to major clients within the diamond industry.
Previously he worked for the De Beers Group as a Marketing Director, where much of his focus was spent directing the rapidly growing consumer market of the Gulf. During his tenure this market doubled in value to over $2bn, making it the third largest market for diamond jewellery in the world. The last three years of the ten he was in charge of the Gulf market were spent living in Dubai.
From London, Jonathan headed up De Beers teams working on a variety of global sales and marketing projects. As a result Jonathan has a healthy working knowledge of diamond and consumer markets around the world, including North America, Europe, India and throughout Asia.
Jonathan joined De Beers from a strong background in luxury retail, having previously spent a further ten years working as a retail marketer for various blue-chip companies such as Mappin & Webb, Asprey and Garrard where he was Head of Marketing.
Jonathan currently lives in London, and is married with two young children.
William Rohr is the Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of Antiquorum Auctioneers, the world’s leading horological auction house, established in Switzerland in 1974.
A passionate collector of watches from an early age, William has been an active participant in the world of horology both as a collector and as a dealer. While working for a major European Investment Bank and later founding a Real Estate Investment and Consulting firm, William was an important participant on TimeZone.com. He took an active role in the management of the site, which contributed to its becoming the largest watch discussion forum on the Internet.
William holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from New York University Stern School of Business. His horological activities came to the forefront with the opening of two watch boutiques –in Miami in 1999, and in New York in 2002, with a focus on modern watches with exotic complications.
William has served as a consultant to luxury department stores, advising clients such as Barney’s New York on the purchase of vintage watches for their clients. William specializes in Patek Philippe wristwatches, military timepieces, and modern watches.
Although there has historically been a demand for Emotional Assets that exceeds supply, causing substantial increases in value, there is no guarantee that this will be the case in the future. Demand for Emotional Assets of a particular area, sector or category may be affected by regional or world trends and tastes.
