Director and Principal

Elizabeth Herridge

Elizabeth Herridge specialises in museum management, marketing, fundraising and development. She shares her expertise as an art advisor with individuals and institutions and, as a specialist in Late Qing Dynasty jewellery and related materials, provides consulting services to private dealers and other interested parties.

Elizabeth is a graduate of Wellesley College (B.A. French) and has an M.A. in Art and Archaeology (Asian Art) from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, U.K., as well as an M.A. in Connoisseurship and the Art and Auction Market from Christie's Education, New York. She is also a graduate of the Getty Leadership Institute's Museum Leadership Program (MLI) and is fluent in French.

As a Managing Director in Fixed Income Compliance at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. New York, she concluded a 17 year career on Wall Street as an internal auditor and later as a compliance director and supervisory principal specialising in regulatory compliance and internal control issues. Subsequently moving into museum administration, Elizabeth served as Managing Director of the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas from 2003 to 2008 before serving as Managing Director of the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, a newly built $235m Platinum LEED certified cultural and educational attraction designed to teach sustainable living.

She is the author of the book BRINGING HEAVEN TO EARTH: Chinese silver jewellery and ornament in the late Qing Dynasty, Ianthe Press: London 2016 and was previously a contributor to The Art Book and Cassone magazines.

Elizabeth divides her time between London and Las Vegas and serves as a Trustee of The London Library.

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