Ron Elimelekh is the Co-Head of Sotheby’s Financial Services, serving as its Chief Operating Officer & Chief Capital Officer. Ron has led the modernization of the business through the development of a robust financial, operational, and technology infrastructure underlying the firm’s rapid and sustained growth. Ron is a financial-technology and capital markets industry veteran bringing years of seasoned perspective on organizational strategy and practical execution to enhance Sotheby’s position at the intersection of art, finance, and innovation.

Since joining Sotheby’s, Ron revamped SFS’s capital framework enabling billions in funding capacity by successfully introducing art and collectible backed loans, a nascent asset class, to the capital markets ecosystem. Notably, Ron led the launch of a first-of-its kind securitization program