Advisory Board

An Advisory Board of distinguished artists and practitioners, chaired by Rolex CEO Patrck Heiniger, suggests and endorses potential mentors.

Patrick Heiniger

Advisory Board Chairman and CEO, Rolex SA


Pina Bausch

choreographer and dancer

Tahar Ben Jelloun

novelist, poet, essayist

Trisha Brown

choreographer and dancer

Peter Carey

author

Carolyn Carlson

choreographer and dancer

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

visual artists

Alain Coblence

attorney and philanthropist

María de Corral

curator and critic of visual arts

Alfonso Cuarón

film-maker

Guy Darmet

cultural producer, dance

Ariel Dorfman

author

Martin Engstroem

cultural producer, music

William Forsythe

choreographer

Jane Friedman

publisher

Jonathan Galassi

publisher, translator, poet

Frank Gehry

architect

Amitav Ghosh

novelist and essayist

the late Paul Gottlieb

editor and publisher

Gary Graffman

pianist and educator

Cynthia Gregory

prima ballerina

Agnes Gund

collector and philanthropist

Sir Peter Hall

theatre and opera director

Geraldine James

film, television and stage actress

Joseph Kalichstein

pianist

Anish Kapoor

visual artist

Alex Katz

visual artist

Harvey Lichtenstein

cultural producer, performing arts

Cho-Liang Lin

violinist

Sir Neville Marriner

conductor

Joseph V. Melillo

cultural producer

Anthony Minghella

film director, producer and writer

Yoko Morishita

prima ballerina

the late Elizabeth Murray

painter

Ivan Nabokov

publisher

Mira Nair

film-maker

Cees Nooteboom

novelist and poet

Jessye Norman

soprano

Michael Ondaatje

novelist and poet

Gabriel Orozco

visual artist

Giuseppe Penone

visual artist

Julia Peyton-Jones

curator

Aidan Quinn

film, television and stage actor

Lynn Redgrave

film, television and stage actress

Eve Ruggieri

cultural producer, music

Carlos Saura

writer and film director

Peter Sellars

theatre and opera director

Anna Deavere Smith

theatre artist

Valerie Solti

author and philanthropist

Wole Soyinka

author

Alistair Spalding

cultural producer, dance

Julie Taymor

theatre, film and opera director

José van Dam

bass-baritone

Robert Wilson

theatre artist