The team
The Foundation team is dedicated to the project and grows as the different spaces open.

César Giron
President
César Giron is a company head. He is the CEO of Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët.

Anne-Claire Duprat
Director
Anne-Claire Duprat is an art historian and specialist in cultural policy. She has 15 years of experience in the contemporary art world having worked within institutions such as the Palais de Tokyo, the Jeu de Paume, the Frac Ile-de- France and the French Institute. Before joining the Foundation, Anne-Claire worked in the cultural services of the French Embassy in the United States, where she directed the strategy for promoting the French arts scene at national level. She joined the Foundation as director in April 2022.

Maxime Heylens
Cultural development
& partnerships manager
Maxime Heylens is a project manager. He has a dual background in management of cultural institutions that he studied at Sciences Po Lille, and in art history after two years at the Ecole du Louvre and the Sorbonne. Maxime worked for 3 years for the Consortium, center of contemporary art in Dijon, mainly on international projects (Venice, Doha, Gwangju). He co-founded Less is More Factory in 2014 with Nathalie Viot and Philippe Bissières. He joined the Foundation in September 2017.

Juliette Nosland
Visits & Events
manager
Juliette Nosland is a cultural engineer. She has a double degree in History and Criticism of the Arts and in Information Communication at Rennes II University before studying the international art market at ICART Paris. Juliette has worked at the Tornabuoni Gallery (Paris), the Institut Français Culturel (Naples), the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice) and the Venice Biennale. She joined the Foundation in June 2018.

Elisabeth Ricard
Communications Director
Elisabeth Ricard is communications director of the Fondation d’entreprise Martell. A graduate of Edhec (business school) and a law degree from Lille University, she worked at EY before joining Pernod Ricard then Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët where she was in charge of communications followed by Social Media. She joined the Fondation in September 2020.

Julien Lefrançois
Head Registrar
Julien joined the Fondation d’entreprise Martell in April 2020.
Prior to that he held the same position at the Gagosian gallery.
BOARD
The permanent members

CésarGiron
CEO at Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouet

MélinaPy
Vice-President Cognac
Martell & Co

Axelle de Buffévent
Creative director at Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët

PhilippeGuettat
CEO at Pernod-Ricard Asia

ColetteBarbier
Director at Fondation d'entreprise Ricard

Nicolas Piketty
CFO at Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët

Cristina Germaneau
Winegrowers relationships at Martell&Co

Antoine Firino Martell
Direct descendent of Jean Martell
BOARD
The qualified members

María Inés Rodríguez
Contemporary art curator, Bordeaux

AricChen
Design & architecture curator, Hong-Kong & Shanghai

Alexandra Cunningham
Design curator, New York City

JanBoelen
Artistic director at Atelier LUMA, Arles