Our Team
Symposium brings together top collectibles experts with decades of experience and proven market-beating results.
General Partners
Morgan Miller
Chief Executive Officer & General Partner
Morgan Miller has been investing successfully in collectibles as assets for over 20 years. His track record shows a deep understanding of the diligence, focus and tenacity required for repeated success.
Growing up in a family that invested in art, antiques and auction houses he was able to learn how these industries work at a granular level.
He became a highly accomplished and lauded photographer and director and founded his own New York City based studio and production company. Having spent his early years in branding and events, and then as a photographer and director, he found ways to improve and resolve the substantial inefficiencies and barriers within the various digital channels required for success today. Understanding the value of cohesion, digital /web presence , messaging and curated exposure, he has been able to achieve exceptional results for his clients in a range of industries.
Morgan previously operated as Chief Executive Officer at Honest Media, a bespoke digital agency with headquarters in New York City, and satellites in London, Tokyo, and South Korea.
Yule Georgieva
Chief Operating Officer & General Partner
Yule Georgieva is an experienced business executive whose career has spanned government, aviation, technology, and wine.
With a background in military history, obtained at Stanford and McGill, she originally pursued an academic career before landing in government, working as a key advisor and main speechwriter to the Premier of the Yukon, where she is from. Realizing her passion for business, she switched to the private sector, becoming an internal consultant to the C-Suite of an airline, where she learned all aspects of senior leadership. While formalizing her financial acumen with an MBA from the University of Toronto, from which she graduated at the top of her class, she dove deeper into her passion for wine investment, developing a model to track the financialization trajectory of different wines. She spent the next four years building a wine cellar management startup as COO, developing the company’s business model, establishing internal processes, and managing a wide portfolio, including marketing, partnerships, and finance.
Outside of her role at Symposium, she created Inter Legere Consulting, a boutique consultancy through which she offers strategic and operational project support, with a particular focus on critical thinking training for executive teams.
Quantitative Team
Dr. Roman Kräussl
Art Investment
Dr. Roman Kräussl is Professor of Finance at Bayes Business School, Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and Research Fellow at the Center for Financial Studies (CFS).
He studied Economics at the University of Bielefeld and completed his PhD in Financial Economics at the Center for Financial Studies (CFS) at Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main. As Head of Quantitative Research at Cognitrend GmbH, a spin-off from Deutsche Bank specializing in Behavioral Finance, he was closely involved with the financial industry.
His academic research focuses on Alternative Investments, notably art. He has developed proprietary models dealing with valuation of artworks and construction of art market indices, and is a frequent speaker and consultant on the topic. His work has been published in the leading economic journals such as Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, and Management Science, and has been featured in WSJ, FT, Economist, and on CNBC.
Dr. Philippe Masset
Wine Investment
Dr Philippe Masset holds a Ph.D. from the University of Fribourg. He has published extensively on Wine Economics and Wine Investment. He has been visiting professor at the University of Bordeaux and he is member of several academic associations including the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE), Bordeaux Wine Economics (BWE), and a member of the Board of the European Association of Wine Economists (EuAWE).
He is a founding member of the Alliance for Research on Wine and Hospitality Management (ARWHM). He has published several papers in international journals and received substantial coverage in the media (e.g., Bloomberg, Reuters, Radio Télévision Suisse, Bilan, The Times, The Daily Telegraph).
He has taught courses in finance at several academic institutions. He is also a member of the Investment Committee of Hotela, the President of the Foundation Council of Prévotel pension fund, and a member of the RCSO Economie & Management (HES-SO).
Tech/AI Team
Jackson Wittenberg
Head of Development & AI
Jackson Wittenberg is the Head of Development & AI, Jackson is a solution architect and technologist with a strong foundation in analytics, application design, and modern cloud infrastructure. Holding a Master’s degree in Business Analytics, he brings together the disciplines of data science, engineering, and strategy to build scalable systems that turn complex information into actionable insight.
Over the past several years, he has specialized in designing and deploying enterprise-grade solutions on the Google Cloud Platform, leading initiatives across data architecture, machine learning, and application development. His work spans database design, analytics automation, and AI integration—helping organizations modernize their operations and leverage data as a strategic asset.
His expertise reflects both technical depth and a forward-looking curiosity about where artificial intelligence fits within real-world decision-making. His passion lies in building tools and applications that bridge the gap between technology and business value, advancing how analytics informs innovation and investment. In his current role, he enables the fund to capitalize on emerging AI and analytics practices as part of its investment strategy—developing systems that analyze markets, surface inefficiencies, and enhance portfolio intelligence through data-driven insight.
Art Team
Evlyne Laurin
Art Professional / Appraiser
Evlyne Laurin founded Assemblage, a boutique firm providing a range of fine arts services (curation, appraisal, creative strategy and legacy services), amplifying purposes, and ensuring financially sound, intentional collection management. She works closely with collectors, artists, corporations, and cultural institutions to help them preserve, enhance, and share their legacies.
She holds a Master’s degree (Merit) in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London, a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (Distinction) from Concordia University in Montréal. She is an Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers.
Evlyne’s client portfolio is a testament to her versatility and expertise, including private collectors, estate custodians, artists, and prestigious institutions in Canada and internationally. She also draws on an extensive network of professionals in the commercial and academic sectors, ensuring access to cutting-edge expertise and collaborative opportunities that enhance the value of her services.
Zachary Frisch
Private Dealer
Zachary Frisch is an advisor and private dealer based in New York City. He is the founder of Sixth Sense Advisory, through which he offers bespoke collection curation and acquisition services to private clients.He works with private clients, AD100 interior design firms and a few Artnews Top 200 collections, as well as a family office, tailoring his services to each to meet their unique needs and preferences.
He has loaned works on behalf of his clients to both public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. Zachary is a graduate of George Washington University with a BA of Fine Arts. He lives and works in New York City.
Wine Team
Jonathan Katz
Wine Consultant
Jonathan Katz is a New York–based wine consultant focused on sourcing high-potential,investment-grade bottles from both established and emerging regions. His obsession with collecting started early in life, thanks to a family background in the art world—and it quickly turned into a way of seeing the world through texture, story, and place.
Jonathan got his start in the beverage world writing about craft beer, rare spirits, and other cult beverages for Food Republic from 2012 to 2015, chasing down what was new and on the rise in an emerging high-end beverage market. Following a 15-year career raising millions for national and international nonprofits in the arts and social justice, he transitioned full-time into wine sales and consulting in 2022—turning a long-held passion into a profession.
Since then, he’s worked with private collectors, wine shops, and hospitality professionals to source bottles that are as exciting to drink as they are to hold onto. He is equally dedicated to providing clients with the advice they need for events and wine programming, as he is building out private cellars for investment and enjoyment.
Comic Book Team
Joey Vazquez
Midtown Comics / It’s Alive Comics
Joey has been immersed in the world of comics since 1992 when he and his brother were given boxes of comics for Christmas, and he immediately became enamored with the art.
By 2010 he would be working the retail side of the industry and eventually become the Social Media Manager for a comic book store in Charleston, South Carolina.
Moving to New York City in 2019 to pursue his dream of working in the center of the comic book industry, he started his own company, It's Alive Comics, through which he focused on helping clients source rare, vintage books.
As his reputation for success grew, he was approached by Midtown Comics to come on board as their head of Vintage Acquisitions. He then jump started and rebuilt the entire platform for the company, securing preferential partnerships with Heritage Auctions and CGC Grading, while building new products for the company.
Sergio Zenteno
Midtown Comics
Sergio started his comic book journey in 1986 after receiving a copy of X-men from a classmate. That one book would change his life and become the focus of his entire career.
A graduate of Wesleyan University with a BA in History, he has used this background to develop a keen eye and encyclopedic knowledge that spans from the Golden Age of Comics (40's-50's), Silver Age and into the modern day, making him a highly regarded expert in the field.
In 2005 he began to focus on the retail level working for the largest comic books retailer in the world, Midtown Comics. He progressed within the company to become assistant manager at the Grand Central location, while consulting to other shops, and helmed their warehouse operations.
He is now Supervisor to the back-issue department, one of their top graders, and as of 2022 Assistant Back Issue Buyer for the company, which sees him traveling frequently to close high-level deals.
Advisors
Karl Egbert
Legal Counsel | Global Co-Chair of Investment Funds at Baker McKenzie
Karl Paulson Egbert is the global co-chair of the Investment Funds and Derivatives groups and a member of the firm’s Global Financial Services Regulation steering committee.
Karl oversees Baker McKenzie’s U.S. open-end funds and derivatives practices and combines the expertise of various Baker McKenzie groups into his practice. He has significant experience in advising global investment managers with respect to fund formation and negotiation with strategic investors across a variety of strategies and asset classes, including long-short strategies, quantitative trading, carbon, and a variety of real assets. He also assists international financial institutions and fund managers on a wide variety of regulatory issues, including SEC adviser registration and exemptions, global expansion (including into China) and strategic advice in response to crises and anticipation of regulatory initiatives, such as the SEC Private Fund Adviser Rule, Stock Connect and OTC derivatives reforms.
Karl has been recognized as a leading investment funds lawyer by Chambers Global, which stated: “sources value him as a one-stop shop for assistance or direction and, further praise his willingness to think outside conventional parameters.” He has also been listed in Chambers Asia, The Legal 500 (US), The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for alternative investments and regulatory work. He is regularly quoted in media outlets, such as the Financial Times, Bloomberg, the South China Morning Post, and Reuters