Luxury auction firm Christie’s has promoted Kimberly Miller to the role of global managing director for luxury.

Miller succeeds Emmanuel Danan, who left the company last year.

A luxury veteran, the newly appointed global director previously served as regional managing director for luxury Americas, where she led business strategy, sales expansion, and financial performance across the jewelry, watches, wine, and handbags departments.

Her leadership played a crucial role in the integration of Gooding as part of Christie’s acquisition and oversaw the relaunch of wine auctions in New York with The Cellar of William I. Koch last year.

Prior to joining luxury at Christie’s, Kimberly held management roles in 20th century design, after beginning her career in the wine department at Christie’s in 2010.

In her new role, Miller will continue to be based in New York and will oversee all aspects of the firm’s luxury business across both live and online auctions and private sales, and will work across the specialist Christie’s departments in Geneva, Hong Kong, London, New York, and Paris.

The appointment comes 12 months after Christie’s named a new chief executive officer, as part of a wider shake-up in the management of the auction house.