Ambassadors

At Der Greif Studio, we believe that meaningful art experiences are built through collaboration, dialogue and shared vision.

To support this, we have brought together a carefully chosen circle of Ambassadors: respected voices from hospitality, design, culture and contemporary art, alongside senior business leaders with deep experience in strategy and long-term value creation. Their work actively shapes today’s creative landscapes — from hospitality innovation and design strategy to cultural programming and visual arts education — and their perspectives help us stay attuned to emerging opportunities, global markets and new ways of thinking.

Together, we exchange ideas, share insights and open doors to collaborations that reflect Der Greif Studio’s mission: to craft engaging visual storytelling through contemporary photography within hospitality, workspaces and the built environment.

Julia Faulhaber (Founder and Managing Director Faulhaber Marketing GmbH) has many years of experience in sales and marketing and deep hospitality industry expertise, she combines strategic brand leadership with hands-on execution. She works for leading properties in the DACH region—including CERVO Mountain Resort, The Chedi Andermatt, and the Lanserhof Group, and stands for clear positioning, strong storylines, and measurable visibility.

“I’m collaborating with Der Greif Studio because I believe in the power of good stories – and in the idea that hospitality only becomes relevant when it touches people, inspires them, and creates cultural impact. Der Greif Studio creates exactly that space, and I’m excited to help shape it.”

Niels Meyer-Jures (Head of Commercial, Soeder) ia half German, half French, He has been living over the last twenty-five years between Zurich, Paris and Geneva and has served in in different management board roles at Swiss lifestyle brands and sustainability pioneers such as Freitag, Qwestion or Soeder.

“Der Greif is to me a federator of young artists with a very unique and progressive identity.”

Prof. Ann-Christin Bertrand (Curator, Lecturer & Writer), currently heading the BA Camera Arts programme at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. During her almost ten years as a permanent curator at C/O Berlin Foundation, she built a large international network and conceived programme formats exploring the profound changes in photography since digitization. She has also regularly lectured at universities including Aalto University Helsinki, HfbK Hamburg and Folkwang University Essen, and since 2016 has been a lecturer in the Master Photography programme at ECAL Lausanne.

“I've known DER GREIF for many years and always felt that the approach to visual culture celebrated here is exactly what is often missing in the institutional scene - flexible, future-oriented, always at the top of new tendencies, featuring upcoming as well as renowned visual artists and bringing unusual visual dialogues into the field, while being a social hub with a huge love for the medium and a strong belief in our visual culture today. A platform of one of a kind that’s filling an important gap in the cultural landscape.”

Timo Albiez (Deputy Director of SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern, Director of SHL Business Areas AG) is a training and conception specialist who feels at home in the hospitality world and inspires young people as well as numerous companies with his philosophies for a future-orientated hospitality attitude.

“Art is emotion – art is life – art is inspiration. The hotel industry offers space and is the right place to allow confrontation with art objects. This goes hand in hand and offers space for synergies. Der Greif Studio closes a gap and provides bold and accentuated support.”