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Based in London since 1991, he will assume his duties at the helm of the Paris office from January 4, 2016.

Above: Mario Tavella who has been appointed président directeur général of Sotheby’s France.

Sotheby’s have also named Dennis M Weibling as their interim chief financial officer. Weibling, a member of Sotheby’s Board of Directors since 2006, and the current chair of the Board’s Audit Committee, succeeds Patrick S McClymont, who has been in the position since October 2013.