HK27: Francis Belin – Lifelong love for beautiful objects to elite global business career

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

“𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 (22 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠) 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜. 𝑇𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛. 𝐼𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑦𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑦, 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑦.”

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:
“𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 [𝐾𝑖𝑘𝑘𝑖.𝐾] 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎, 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡… 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑. 𝐼𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡. 𝐼𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.”

“𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑛… 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑡… 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠.  𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.”

“𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒.”

“𝐵𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑢𝑥𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒… 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑦. 𝐵𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑚.”

“𝐴𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠.”

“𝑀𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠. 𝐼 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓. 𝐼 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼𝑓 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘.”

𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞:
Francis Belin is President of Christie’s, a highly-reputed elite global auction house selling art, luxury goods, furniture and real estate. Before joining Christie’s, Francis held leading positions with several finest brands in luxury goods industry like Swarovski and Richemont in France, Japan and Hong Kong.  Francis started his career with McKinsey & Company as a strategy consultant.

Francis is active in a variety of organizations, serving in advising and leadership positions at Enzo Jewelry, Kinds Earth Fund and House of AnLi.  Francis speaks French, English, Japanese, German and Bahasa Indonesia.