World Monuments Fund

Meet the team behind our new office in Italy 🇮🇹

Fiorella Ballabio is Executive Director of World Monuments Fund (WMF) in Italy, leading the launch of its new Milan headquarters, with an international background spanning London, Italy, and the United States, and a career at the intersection of art, cultural philanthropy, and luxury.

After fifteen years at Sotheby's in London, she has remained actively engaged in the cultural sector through her advisory work with her company Cultural Connections and collaborations with institutions including The National Gallery in London and Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d'Arte.

Silvia Beltrametti Krehbiel is a global trustee of World Monuments Fund and Chair of the Advisory Board for its new Italian chapter. Beltrametti is a Milan-based lawyer and art law scholar whose work centers on cultural heritage as a shared global legacy.

A new generation of heritage professionals is shaping the future of Angkor.

Last week, 41 Cambodian heritage technicians and foremen were officially certified through a groundbreaking training program developed by World Monuments Fund and APSARA National Authority. Supported by the State Department's Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh and Park Hyatt Siem Reap, the program standardizes conservation skills and strengthens long-term stewardship at Angkor Archaeological Park.

For decades, WMF’s work at Angkor has centered on building local expertise—equipping technicians with the knowledge and leadership skills needed to guide conservation efforts and safeguard these monuments for generations to come.

📸 courtesy of Antony Holvoet.
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World Monuments Fund's work at Angkor Archaeological Park has been made possible, in part, by support from the U.S. Department of State; the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh; The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust; The Ralph E. Ogden Foundation; The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.; The Estate of Margo Leavin; The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston; American Express; The DM Foundation; The Starr Foundation; International Music and Art Foundation; Mrs. Betty Wold Johnson and Mr. Douglas Bushnell; Wendy and Robert Brandow; Eleanor Briggs; Christopher and Priscilla Brewer; Samuel C. Miller and Rosetta A. Miller; The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation; Denise Gwyn Ferguson; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America/Mr. and Mrs. Peter Norton; Donald I. Perry; Peter W. Davidson and Drew McGhee; Selma Ertegün; Tianaderrah Foundation / Nellie and Robert Gipson; Virginia James; The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts; The Estate of John Dennis; Pamela and David B. Ford; Gillian Fuller; Nora McNeely Hurley and Manitou Fund; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; and Peter Spry-Leverton.