Jean L. Tardy-Vallernaud, Founder, Art and Wealth Consultant
Prior to Gainsborough Capital, Jean Tardy-Vallernaud’s 30-year career has included senior positions in New York, Paris, Brussels, London and California with major U.S. financial institutions and Swiss private banks – Bankers Trust Company, The Citibank Private Bank, First Interstate Bank Ltd., Bank Julius Baer, Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild. He focused on international finance, private banking, and art advisory. His clients’ profiles have ranged from governments to multinational corporations and wealthy individuals and families in the Americas, Europe and Southeast Asia.
He is the President of the Century City Arts Foundation, and Founding Chair of the Arts Council of The Century City Chamber of Commerce, created in 2009.
He is active in the domestic and international communities, and particularly well introduced among high-quality professionals who can complement the services offered by his practice. He serves as Secretary of the Los Angeles branch of the worldwide Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), was its co-founder in 2006, and has served as its Treasurer for 14 years. He is a member of the Board of the Century City Chamber of Commerce. He sits on the Investment Committee of the Board of Directors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He has served on the boards of Public Counsel Law Center and of the Los Angeles Library Foundation. He contributed to the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a member of its Touring Committee and Treasurer of its Business & Professional Committee.
A native of France, Jean is also a U.S. citizen. He was educated in France (Liberal Arts and Law), then in the US, with a BS from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School.
He has lived in Los Angeles since 1985.
Publications, Articles, Presentations:
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- April 2015 Century City News interview: http://westsidetoday.com/2015/04/07/meet-century-city-jean-tardy-vallernaud-gainsborough-capital/
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- June 2015, and May 2016: chair of the Art Panel at the annual STEP Conference in Southern California.
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- November 2017 article, Almost Half A Billion Dollars For One Painting — Why?: http://centurycity.news/almost-half-a-billion-dollars-for-one-painting-why-p1105-126.htm
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- February 2018: presentation on the art market at Fox Rothschild’s ‘Fiduciary Attorney Summit’ in Santa Barbara, California.
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- April 2018: presentation on art succession and the state of the art market to the Senior Club of the Corpus Christi parish, Pacific Palisades, California.
- May, 2018: chair of the art panel at the STEP annual Forum conference in Laguna Beach, California, with emphasis on the state of the art market, art succession and the ‘red flags’ for professional advisers and their collector clients.
- February 2019: “Picasso in Paris: 1900-1904 — L’Emergence du Grand Maitre du XXeme Siecle“, presentation to Le Salon Francais de Los Angeles.
- March 2019: co-presenter, “Estate Planning for Art,” STEP-Los Angeles program
- May 2019: chair of the art panel at the STEP-Los Angeles annual Forum, Laguna Beach — presentation on the state of the global art market and the outlook for 2019 and beyond
- September 2019 article, “An Art Treasure — L.A.’s Best-Kept Open Secret,” http://centurycity.news/an-art-treasure-las-bestkept-open-secret-p1549-176.htm