UBS On-Air: Conversations

Join us for a conversation with Lenore Champagne Beirne, Founder & Managing Partner at Bright Ventures and Betina Dowdell, Senior Strategist in the UBS Multicultural Client Segment. Lenore and Betina discuss what led Lenore to create a venture capital fund that invests in inclusively-led companies, and how community and well-being are tied to success.

On site at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023, Matthew Newton, UBS Art Advisory Specialist, is joined in conversation by artist Jeffrey Gibson, curator Kathleen Ash-Milby, and collector Becky Gochman. Centered on Gibson’s multidisciplinary practice, the group offers perspectives on how the curatorial and collecting roles contribute to the overall preservation and enrichment of indigenous culture. Gibson, a member of the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations, will represent the United States at the Venice Biennale in 2024 and his work was featured this year in the UBS Art Collection presentation in the UBS Lounge. Kathleen Ash-Milby is Curator of Native American Art, Portland Art Museum and co-commissioner of the U.S Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Becky Gochman is a prominent private collector of contemporary indigenous art.

On site at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023, Matthew Newton, UBS Art Advisory Specialist, is joined in conversation by Mexico City-based artist Gabriel de la Mora, who is best known for constructing technically complex artworks from found, discarded, and obsolete objects. Alongside de la Mora, Matthew is joined by author and private collector, Dani Levinas, as well as Magali Arriola, Director of Museo Tamayo in Mexico City and Curator of the Meridians section at Art Basel Miami Beach. Through the lens of Gabriel’s work, the group explore the connectivity between artist, curator, and collector.

Mark Tepsich, Family Office Design and Governance Strategist sits down with MaryAnn Bell, Partner at Wingspan Legacy Partners to discuss how non-family member employees and executives navigate their role in family offices and family business, in short, how non-family members in a family enterprise navigate family dynamics.

As the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference ‘COP28’ has come to a close, Glen and Amantia spend time reflecting on what this year’s conference delivered and what to expect in the months and years ahead in the way of progress. Featured are Amantia Muhedini, Sustainable & Impact Investing Strategist Americas, UBS Chief Investment Office, and Glen Yelton, Global Head of ESG at Invesco. Host: Daniel Cassidy

UBS Art Advisory Specialist, Matthew Newton, is joined by Sarah Douglas, Editor-in-chief of ARTnews, to discuss the 2023 Top 200 Collectors List, which was released this past September. The Top 200 Collectors List has been around since its first issue back in 1990 and has become a definitive source on some of the world’s most active and important collectors since. In addition to identifying the top collectors globally, the list dives into their collecting habits and provides a view into some of the artworks they have been adding to their collections.

Leora Zach of Family Office Solutions sat down with Mark Tepsich, Family Office Design and Governance Strategist here at UBS to discuss how family office executives that are new in the role can better understand the family environment in which they are navigating. Families with significant wealth have the luxury of making decisions that are not purely financial, but can often be based on values. Understanding this dynamic will help family office executives better understand the family they serve, as well as that part of their role is to help advance that family’s values as well.

Our conversation spotlights the landscape for climate-related lawsuits, including recent developments within California and across the globe. Featured is Amantia Muhedini, Sustainable & Impact Investing Strategist Americas, UBS Chief Investment Office, and Jonathan Bailey, Global Head of ESG & Impact Investing at Neuberger Berman. Host: Daniel Cassidy

Mark Tepsich, UBS’s Family Office Design and Governance Strategist for Family Office Solutions, will sit down with Founder and Chief Technology Officer of InfoGrate, Dr. Tania Neild, to discuss family office technology architecture, build and design strategies.

Join us for a conversation with Matthew Newton, Art Advisory Specialist, UBS Family Office Solutions and Melinda Hightower, Head of the UBS Multicultural Client Segment. Matthew shares highlights from the recent UBS publication Art and collecting on the art market, hallmarks of great collections, and how to get started on your collecting journey.