The team
The team

Sébastien Borda
President
Sébastien Borda is Vice President of Global Marketing for Prestige Brands at the Pernod Ricard Group.

Anne-Claire Duprat
Director
Anne-Claire Duprat is an art historian specializing in cultural policy. She has been working in the field of contemporary art for 15 years, at institutions such as the Palais de Tokyo, the Jeu de Paume, the FRAC Île-de-France, and the Institut Français. Before joining the Foundation, Anne-Claire worked in the cultural affairs department of the French Embassy in the United States, where she was responsible for the strategy to promote the French art scene in the U.S. She took over as director of the Martell Corporate Foundation in April 2022.

Maxime Heylens
General Secretary
Maxime Heylens is a cultural project manager. He holds dual degrees in cultural institution management from Sciences Po Lille and in art history from the École du Louvre and the Sorbonne. Maxime began his career at the City of Paris’s Department of Cultural Affairs and then spent several years at the Consortium Museum, a contemporary art center in Dijon, working on international projects (Venice, Doha, Gwangju). He co-founded Less is More Factory in 2014 with Nathalie Viot and Philippe Bissières. He joined the Martell Corporate Foundation in September 2017.

Juliette Nosland
Audience and Events manager
Juliette Nosland is a cultural engineer. She pursued a dual degree in Art History and Criticism and Information and Communication at the University of Rennes II before studying the international art market at ICART Paris. Juliette has worked at the Tornabuoni Gallery (Paris), the French Cultural Institute (Naples), the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice), and the Venice Biennale. She joined the Martell Corporate Foundation in June 2018.

Elisabeth Ricard
Directrice de la Communication
Elisabeth Ricard is the Director of Communications for the Martell Corporate Foundation. A graduate of EDHEC Business School with a bachelor’s degree in law, she worked at EY before joining Pernod Ricard and then Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët, where she was in charge of communications and later social media development. She joined the Foundation in September 2020.

Julien Lefrançois
Project Production Manager
Julien Lefrancois is the Production Manager for the Foundation’s projects.
He holds a Master 2 degree in Arts Management from the University of Picardie Jules Verne and gained his expertise at the Cité de l’Architecture and the Gagosian International Gallery.
Specializing in project production, he has collaborated with artists’ studios, international designers, and world-renowned cultural institutions.
He joined the Martell Foundation in 2020.

Michel Sedack
Coordinateur des ateliers et résidences
Michel Sédack is the coordinator of workshops and residencies at the Martell Corporate Foundation. An engineering graduate with an MBA from Henley Management College, he has gained extensive experience at major international companies such as Shell, Carrefour, and Pernod Ricard, where he held positions in IT, production, finance, and logistics. He joined the Foundation in 2021. Passionate about theater, he also directs plays as an amateur.
