GYLPHÉ Claire

Claire Gylphe is the Director of Development at Tate. Claire has spent 20 years in fundraising, working in the cultural sector in France, USA, and UK.  

 

Claire is originally from Paris, where she graduated from L’Ecole du Louvre and the Sorbonne. Claire gained her initial experience at the Guimet National Museum of Asian Art; her career officially began at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.  

 

Claire spent 8 years as the first appointed Head of Collection Development at Tate, collaborating with the Directors of the Collection to create a new fundraising strategy that successfully extended Tate’s Collection and its global international network of supporters while working on the capital campaign for Tate Modern. Before her present role, Claire was Head of Philanthropy at the Natural History Museum in London, where she established the philanthropy fundraising team. 

 

Claire was appointed Trustee of the Greenwich Foundation in March 2024.