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Global auctioneers Christie’s has appointed Dr Dirk Boll as president for Europe, Middle East, Russia and India. He takes over from Guillaume Cerutti, chief executive, who previously held the president role.

Dr Boll joined Christie’s in 1998 in London before moving to Germany to head its Stuttgart office. In 2004, he transferred to Zurich to become managing director of the region before being promoted in 2011 to MD, Continental Europe, relocating to London. In this role he has run all the offices in the region including in the Middle East, Russia and India.

He studied law and art management at the universities of Göttingen and Freiburg im Breisgau. He is professor for art management at the University of Hamburg. He publishes regularly in various daily papers and international magazines. His book Art for Sale – a Candid View of the Art Market (HatjeCantz) combines his background in law with his current professional area, analysing the legal and economic basis for the art market. In 2015, he launched a publication on the development of art auctions: Auctioneers who made Art History (HatjeCantz).

Dr Boll is also a board member of the Swiss Friends of the Israel Museum, a member of the advisory board of University of Zürich and a board member of the Deusser Foundation, Zürich/Bad Zurzach.