Serving the auction trade since 1971, today we facilitate £2bn of online transactions, reach 12 verticals through our 4 online marketplaces, including: Consumer goods, industrial machinery, plant machinery and agriculture, cars and commercial vehicles, commercial surplus and insolvency as well as fine art, decorative arts, jewellery and collectables.
We support more than 1,500 auctioneers in their businesses globally, bringing the online buying community 7.5m lots each year within a secure, fast and reliable online infrastructure.
The Antiques Trade Gazette was founded in 1971 to provide the art and antiques community with insight and key information around the UK’s specialist auctions and auctioneers.
Building on this expertise and our name as the industry authority, we launched our first live sale on the-saleroom.com establishing the direction of the industry for the next decade. We continue to guide and shape the industry today having, in 2007, pioneered online auctions for the Industrial and Commercial sectors.
With less than 10% of auctions closed online today but with online growing at +20% annually, ATG is focused on continued investment in the technology to make our auctioneers successful in the digital future.
We are steadily expanding our unparalleled stock globally and are actively developing the bidder base pursuing that stock. As we enhance our product and work with our auctioneers on the user experience, we expect our growth to be exponential.
Online sales represent less than 10% of global auction sales today, but the number is growing by double digits annually and I don’t think anyone believes the trend will reverse. We are here to lead this evolution.
John-Paul Savant, CEO, Auction Technology Group
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With experience across the digital, financial, media and retail sectors our core executive team works together closely to raise the bar with passion, drive and integrity.
John-Paul Joined Auction Technology Group from Think Finance having previously spent 10 years as Group Head of Product & Experience for PayPal Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
Richard Lewis
Richard joined the Auction Technology Group executive team in January 2010 after ten years in senior management positions in international publishing and event management. From 2001 - 2009 he was a Senior Vice President with dmgworldmedia, with responsibility for their art and antiques fairs and publishing business in the USA. Admitted to the Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars in November 2017.
Alastair Upton
Alastair joined Auction Technology Group in July 2015 and has worked in the software industry since 1985. Prior to joining ATG he worked at Gazprom Marketing and Trading as both Global Software Development Manager and Head of Engineering, Build and Infrastructure.
Tom Hargreaves
Tom joined Auction Technology Group in January 2018. He has over 10 years experience as a CFO at both Yell and Vodafone Group plc. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant having trained with Arthur Andersen.
Denise Hollway
Denise joined Auction Technology Group after 20 years holding senior HR roles across the professional services and media industries, including ITN, Al Jazeera and News UK.
She is responsible for all Global HR disciplines including learning and development, resourcing, talent management, employee relations, reward and recognition, organisation design and change management.
Colin Tenwick
Colin Tenwick has spent over thirty years working with some of the most successful and recognisable international technology companies in the past serving as senior VP in Sybase, Redhat and CEO of Internet companies and marketplaces StepStone and Livebookings. Currently he serves as Non Executive and Chairman in Public, and PE backed companies including Addison Lee, AVG and Picsolve.
Tom Wrenn
Tom is Head of ECI’s TMT sector team. Since joining ECI in 2006, he has worked with TMT investments, including IT Lab, ATG, CliniSys, Kelvin Hughes, XLN, CarTrawler and Avantia. He is currently on the board of ATG and IT Lab. Previously, he worked at Close Brothers, where he advised a wide range of private equity and corporate clients on acquisitions and disposals. Tom initially trained as a chartered accountant with Deloitte and has a degree in physics from Oxford University.
Anne Somers
CEO of Auction Technology Group between 2008 and 2016 Anne now sits on the board as Deputy Chairman. She takes an active interest in the industry and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Past Mistress and Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars, Freeman of the City of London, and Member of the Institute of Directors.
Ed Wass
Ed acts as a non-executive director at a number of Mobeus investee companies, providing support with business planning and growth.
Previously Chief Investment Officer at Catapult Ventures, Ed has more than 15 years’ experience of helping SMEs to create and realise shareholder value. He started his career with PwC and has held a number of Finance Director roles including being part of an MBO team himself.
Over the past 15 years Simon has dedicated his time to strengthening the relationships between Auction Technology Group and its core customers playing a key role in driving the industry towards its digital future.
Simon is an honorary member of the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers (SoFAA), an Honorary Fellow of the National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers (NAVA)and has recently been admitted to the Company of Arts Scholars.