Our Team,
Advisory Board & Ambassadors

Gérard Basset OBE MW MS – Dearly Departed Co-Founder

Lewis Chester DipWSET – Co-Founder & CEO

Alexander A. Lushnikov – Co-Founder & COO

Nina Basset FIH – Co-Founding Trustee & Chairwoman, Gérard Basset Foundation

Romané Basset – Co-Founding Trustee, Gérard Basset Foundation

Olivia Woodhouse – Event Director
Clément Robert MS – Fine Wine Director

Sefton Woodhouse – The Golden Vines® Artist & Talent Ambassador

Shantell Martin MBE – The Golden Vines® Artistic Director

Jamie Ritchie – Chief Strategy Advisor

Arif Babayev - The Golden Vines® Advisory Board Member

Roberto De Jesús - The Golden Vines® Advisory Board Member

Scott Pressly - The Golden Vines® Advisory Board Member

Melanie Wong - The Golden Vines® Advisory Board Member

Giorgio Veroni – The Golden Vines® Global Ambassador

Diego Bivero-Volpe – The Golden Vines® Ambassador

Marc Almert – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Switzerland

Andrés Aragón – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Australia

Di Dubourdieu Sun Duadist – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Bordeaux & Burgundy

Diego Arrebola – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Brazil

Jena Domingue – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, California

Lin Liu MW – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, China

Pierre Cavin – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, France

James Finkel - The Golden Vines® & Gérard Basset Foundation Ambassador, USA

Akos Forczek – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Germany & Eastern Europe

Konstantinos Lazarakis MW – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Greece

Jeannie Cho Lee MW – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Hong Kong

Ido Lewinsohn MW – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Israel

Gabriele Gorelli MW – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Italy

María Laura Ortiz – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Latin America

Higgo Jacobs – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, South Africa

Ferran Centelles – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, Spain

Kodjo Adovor – The Golden Vines® Ambassador, West Africa
