in 1987, she did her first internship for christie's in new york. when she came back to switzerland, she was hired by simon de pury to work at sotheby's where she worked for four years. afterwards, she worked with french art dealer daniel malingue on the opening of his gallery, and followed his co-director, simon studer, in the creation of an art curation business. then she joined the team of london's art dealer anthony d'offay.