An alumnus of Sciences Po Paris and the French National School of Administration (ENA), Hervé Digne has always worked in culture.
He began as a senior manager for Hachette magazines and then for Lagardère’s media activities. A former adviser to the French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, he played an active role in the roll-out of digital TV services and the launch of the France 24 network.
He then led various media projects for consulting groups (Arthur D Little, Kurt Salmon, Post’Advisors) and oversaw joint ventures in the cultural and creative industries as the chairman of Postmedia Finance, which he founded in 2003.
He has been involved in the film industry as a board member of EuropaCorp and chairman of Cofiloisirs, a film financing institution (2012-19), and has been a member of UGC’s Board of Directors since 2014. He served as the President of the Avignon Forum and also held the presidency of the Lambert Collection. As the honorary president of the Circle of the Odéon-Theatre of Europe, which he founded and presided over for ten years, a former administrator of FRAC Île-de-France, and a member of several artistic juries, Hervé also currently serves as the chairman of the board of the National School of Decorative Arts.
In 2015, he co-founded Manifesto with Laure Confavreux-Colliex, and in 2021, he founded ADLCA (Association for the Development of Artist Creation Spaces), of which he is the president, and which carries the POUSH project.
Hervé has been awarded the titles of Officer of the Order of Arts and of Merit, as well as Knight of the Legion of Honor.

After graduating with an MBA from France’s prestigious business school ESSEC and a Master’s degree in arts and media from the Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Laure organized a film and music festival and an exhibition for the St Petersburg Tercentenary in Paris in 2003 and worked for France’s national museum association (known as RMN) and the Metropolitan Museum in New York (2001). She managed the European entity of the Lord Cultural Resources Group, an international leader in museum consulting and planning, for 10 years and became the Group’s Executive Vice President in 2011. She has contributed to a wide range of complex and multicultural projects, including the Cité du Vin in Bordeaux, the Musée du Quai Branly, the Louvre-Lens Museum, Hermès’ Conservatory of Creations, the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) and the Musée des Civilisations in Réunion, and worked on the development of major international projects, including the Heydar Aliyev Center (Baku, Azerbaijan), the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Dharan, Saudi Arabia), the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (Geneva, Switzerland), the Jeongok Prehistory Museum (South Korea), M Avenue (Marrakesh, Morocco) and the Olympic Museum (Lausanne, Switzerland). She developed Forward +50, the first “serious game” to raise awareness of climate issues for UNEP, presented at the Rio+20 Earth Summit.
Laure contributed to the development of the Magnum Photos endowment fund; she became a board member of this fund and Lab’Bel, the Bel Group’s endowment fund for contemporary art. She is a board member of EDMUS (a foundation which works to fight multiple sclerosis) and takes an active role in SINGA, an international citizens’ movement that offers innovative solutions to societal integration.
After teaching cultural entrepreneurship at ESSEC, she regularly lectures at Paris-Dauphine, the Sorbonne and Science Po, where she is a professor in the Public Policy Master's program and the European Affairs Master's program. In 2015, she co-founded Manifesto with Hervé Digne and is the company’s Executive Director. She works on all strategic projects in France and around the world. In 2021, they co-founded ADLCA (Association for the Development of Artists’ Creative Spaces), which she co-chairs and provides support for POUSH. Laure has been awarded the title of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.

With a degree from the prestigious grande école ENS at Fontenay-Saint Cloud, holder of the agrégé academic rank and a maitrise (pre-PHD dissertation) on Francis Bacon’s work, Alexandre Colliex began his career working for the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade before leading the cultural department of the French Consulate in Toronto and the international department of the Pays de la Loire region. In these roles, he managed international projects both within the diplomatic network and alongside local elected representatives. From 2008 to 2014, he was in charge of strategy and major international projects at the Centre Pompidou. He developed a global network of museums, major private collections and institutions. Alexandre joined the Giacometti Foundation as Development Director, where he was responsible for global strategy, international exhibitions and the opening of new headquarters in Paris. In this role, he developed relationships with international art galleries and auction houses, including Gagosian, Christie’s and Kamel Mennour. He developed and piloted the CTF Art Museum, the first contemporary art museum in Hong Kong. He is regularly asked to give lectures and work on contemporary art exhibitions.
He founded Manifesto Expo in 2019, managing the international touring of exhibitions and collections around the world. During his career, he has supervised the touring and production of more than 50 exhibitions, ranging from Old Masters to contemporary artists, including Impressionists, Picasso and Matisse. Alexandre was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters

Mae Woolworth holds French and American citizenship and studied international economics at the University of Paris 2 - Panthéon-Assas and the Sorbonne and cultural management at ESCP Europe.
Mae’s career began at Culturespaces, where she managed signage and museography projects for historic monuments and heritage sites. In this role, she oversaw the development of commercial spaces ahead of the opening of the Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence. She then worked for Ralph Lauren in London, focusing on strategic studies and organizing artistic events.
She joined Manifesto in 2017 and manages cultural engineering projects to create and run cultural facilities and artists’ residencies in France and around the world. She contributed to Manifesto Expo’s development and POUSH’s installation in Clichy. In particular, she piloted the development and management of the first artists’ residency in AlUla, Saudi Arabia (2021). She also manages strategic consulting projects for corporate and art foundations (including the Société Générale Morocco Foundation, the Giacometti Foundation and Pernod Ricard).

Brazilian-Japanese, Mariana Seiko Sakurada graduated from the University of São Paulo with a degree in architecture and urban development.
She began her career working for architectural firms. At Solé Associados, she managed projects for cultural facilities: Théâtre Unimed, Théâtre Opus in São Paulo and SESC Cultural Center JK in Belo Horizonte. She subsequently began to focus on scenography for artistic projects and events.
She specialized in project management at ENSA Paris-Belleville, where she carried out a study on artists’ studios for La Condition Publique in Roubaix.
At Manifesto, she has managed several large-scale projects, such as the Eiffel Tower site for the City of Paris. As part of the team appointed by Gustafson Porter+Bowman, she coordinated experts and partners to create an educational trail to showcase the site’s heritage.
She also works to develop international projects, including in Saudi Arabia, focusing on artistic commissions, art residencies and strategic consultancy.

Italian, Clarissa Pelino is an urban planner and consultant specialized in cultural and participatory projects and in heritage reconversion. She studied urban planning, political science, and geography at SciencesPo Paris and UCLA. Between 2015 and 2016, in Mumbai, she worked within the heritage architecture firm Abha Narain Lambah Associates on several rehabilitation projects, while conducting independent research on the metropolitan heritage policies of the city. Her research on Art Deco and industrial buildings was the subject of a publication. At Manifesto, between 2017 and 2022, she was responsible for several complex urban and heritage projects, for both public and private clients. Among other initiatives, she led the reopening of the Citadelle Miollis in Ajaccio, the permanent public art program within the future Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, and the cultural engineering component of the ministerial program “Réinventer le patrimoine” (Reinventing Heritage). As an independent consultant, she collaborates with several organizations on projects combining participatory urban planning, artistic creation, and reconversion sites. She works with Manifesto on urban and heritage projects. She was selected as a laureate of the first European Heritage Youth Residency in 2023, and since 2018 she teaches the course “Art and Culture in Urban Projects” at Paris VIII.

Patrice Chazottes has dedicated his entire career to imagining new forms of encounters between the public and contemporary creation. After studying history and cultural mediation, he joined the cultural heritage department of the Conseil Général de Lot-et-Garonne, where he co-created "Le permis de musée" (The Museum Permit) with Jean François-Poncet, which was awarded the Prix Territoria. In 2002, the Centre Pompidou the Centre Pompidou appointed him Head of the Children’s Workshop (L’Atelier des enfants). Together with his team, Patrice Chazottes developed projects that became benchmarks in the field of audience development and mediation (Studio 13.16, opening the Workshop to contemporary artists).

From 2010 to 2012, he joined the Musée du Quai Branly as Head of the Mediation Department (Les Siestes Électroniques, Les Ateliers Nomades). Returning to the Centre Pompidou in 2013 as Director of Audiences, Patrice Chazottes focused on developing mediation projects throughout France in response to contemporary challenges (Mille Formes in Clermont-Ferrand, L’École Pro...). Alongside these responsibilities, he developed numerous international projects (Centre Pompidou Malaga and Shanghai) and edited the collective work: "La médiation culturelle, cinquième roue du carrosse ?" (2016, L’Harmattan).

Patrice Chazottes was chosen by Olivier Bianchi, Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand and President of Clermont Auvergne Métropole, to lead the association for the region's bid for European Capital of Culture 2028. He was responsible for coordinating the cultural and artistic programming of the bid and served as artistic director of the application file from 2021 to 2028. This bid was built around several key pillars: cultural cooperation between rural and urban areas, project itinerancy, and audience mobility.

He is also the founder of chazArt associés, a consultancy agency for cultural mediation and education that supports innovative projects, offers tailor-made training, and provides publishing in all forms (digital, print...) to make projects visible to a wide audience. Patrice was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in October 2021.

Today, Patrice Chazottes serves as the Artistic Director of the JAD – Jardin des métiers d’Art et du Design in Sèvres. As part of the mission entrusted to Manifesto by the Hauts-de-Seine Department, he implements an exacting and innovative program aimed at establishing this ecosystem as a reference point for dialogue between fine crafts, design, and the public.

Chairman of Manifesto Middle East, Ahmed has more than 14 years of experience in investment banking, financial and strategic advisory.
He previously served as advisor to Minister of Investment and worked at the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority as Managing Director – Investment Development and Attraction where he led the development, approval and operations of a USD 1.3 billion fund that was mandated by a Royal Decree. Prior to that, Ahmed led the investment teams covering the tourism, culture, sports and entertainment sectors.
Ahmed started his career at HSBC’s Global Banking and Markets unit where he spent around 8 years advising clients including regional and international companies, government entities and family groups to raise more than USD 70 billion of capital (equity and debt). At HSBC, he served at different product groups (Project and Export Finance, Capital Markets and Leverage Acquisition Finance) and originated and executed high profile transactions in the energy and infrastructure, power and utilities, healthcare, real estate, telecom, media and technology sectors. He led investment roadshows for issuers raising capital regionally and in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Ahmed sits on the boards of Joa Capital, Sada, Fluge and Baseline.

Born in Italy, Giulia Perlasca graduated with a Master’s degree in the history of photography from the University of Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgium), after completing a degree in art history from the University of Padua (Italy). She began her career as a cultural events officer at the Italian Embassy in Paris.
After working as an editorial assistant at the Journal des Arts, she joined an international photography gallery, where she was responsible for collector relations. She completed four years of training in organizing exhibitions at the Parisian agency rentingART.
Having joined the Manifesto Expo team in 2018, she is now responsible for touring exhibitions. She oversees projects, from prospecting to financial negotiations and legal support and even logistical implementation; she also coordinates with the various service providers involved in the projects. She played a key role in the touring of the Bemberg collection in the United States and coordinated the European touring of two other exhibitions from French collections in 2021 and 2022.

Mary Linkins has a Master’s degree in museum studies with a double major in ancient history and liberal arts from the University of Sydney in Australia.
She began her career managing large-scale temporary and touring exhibitions. Having worked for the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Library and the British Museum, she worked as a studio manager for the Paris-based contemporary artist Tarek Atoui and then as a project manager for the scenographer Sylvain Roca.
As a member of ICOM (the International Council of Museums), she has developed a vast network of colleagues and contacts in international museums and galleries.
Mary joined Manifesto Expo in early 2022 and works to develop touring exhibitions and digital projects.

A graduate of Sciences Po Paris' Urban School (Master's in Territorial and Urban Strategies) and the University of British Columbia (Bachelor of Arts in Geography, Vancouver, Canada), Marianne joined Manifesto's teams in September 2022, at the intersection of urban and cultural policy issues.
Sensitive to urban and territorial challenges, citizen participation dynamics, and ecological and democratic transitions, Marianne diversified her early professional experiences (Auxilia Conseil, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Conservatoire du Littoral, etc.) and conducted several research projects (Institut CDC pour la Recherche, Environmental Science & Policy).
In 2018, Marianne created her first short film at the Centre Culturel Les Etoiles de Sidi Moumen in Casablanca, Morocco – it received the Audience Award at the 16 kilómetros International Film Festival in Madrid. She further developed this interest in Vancouver and Paris by producing various reports (podcasts and documentaries), volunteering for the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), and interning as a production assistant at Sister Productions.
Today, Marianne is deeply involved in the production and dissemination of emerging creations in dance and theater, and she is particularly engaged in the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Avignon OFF festival.

For the past ten years, Valentine has been working with a wide range of cultural players in France and abroad.
From 2013 to 2016, she was responsible for the artistic programming of the Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes programs and their residency in Montreuil. Her career then took her to work with several institutions and galleries in France, Cuba and the United States, before joining the Leridon Collection in 2018 as Collection, Acquisitions and Loans Manager, a position she holds until 2021.

At the same time, she leads curatorial projects and is actively involved in the associative sector. In 2023, she co-founded ADAP - Arts Déco Alumni Paris, and since 2021, she has been in charge of seeking partnerships and financial support for Contemporaines.

Committed to sustainable culture, she explores new production models as delegated producer within the artistic structure COAL (2023-2024). In September 2024, she joins Manifesto as artistic project manager.

A graduate of Arts Décoratifs de Paris and ICART in Cultural Management, she also trained in preventive conservation at the École du Louvre.

After a classe préparatoire in literature, Assetou Tirera graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in modern languages from the Sorbonne, during which she spent a year studying in Munich.
Her interest in the visual arts then led her to the University of Paris 8 - Vincennes-Saint-Denis; she graduated with a Master’s degree in politics and cultural project management.
Assetou joined Manifesto as Project Manager in 2020 and organized the professional training course “Art and the City”, together with the Centre Pompidou’s Professional School. Since then, she has coordinated projects combining strategy and urban planning, including the artistic direction of the Olympic and Paralympic Village and the heritage and cultural redevelopment of sites as part of the Reinventing Heritage program. She contributed to an overview of production in the visual arts sector for the French Ministry of Culture (2022).

After completing a literary preparatory course, Milena obtained a degree in aesthetics at La Sorbonne-Panthéon, followed by a Master's degree in the history of modern and contemporary art at the University of Edinburgh, where she wrote a dissertation on the Yugoslav feminist avant-garde. She also holds a Master 2 in Exhibition Science and Techniques from Sorbonne-Panthéon, specialising in the emerging art scene. As part of this, she co-produced the exhibition Contre-Soirées, a group show in partnership with the CNAP at the Galerie Michel Journiac and in the Césure space. At the same time, Milena worked for the start-up Snapkey, where she took part in the inauguration of the Snap'gallery project, an initiative aimed at democratising art for the general public by transforming vacant spaces into cultural venues. She continued her career at the Pernod Ricard Foundation as a mediator before joining Manifesto Studio as a production assistant.

Fanny Amélie Paoli graduated from Sorbonne University in Paris with a double Master’s degree in Contemporary Art Project Management and Performing Arts. She has played a key role in various ambitious projects, including the public program for the reopening of the Collection Lambert in Avignon, ORLAN’s solo exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, and the programming at CENTQUATRE-PARIS, which featured artist residencies, performances, and exhibitions such as the Foire Foraine d’Art Contemporain—an interactive art exhibition with commissioned pieces by renowned artists such as Leandro Erlich, Julio Le Parc, Fabrice Hyber, Loris Gréaud, Julien Salaud, etc. Fanny Amélie is also involved in the coordination of the programming of BIENALSUR — the international biennial from South America, organized by the National University of Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires. BIENALSUR spans across 28 countries, showcasing the work of over 700 artists and 64 curators. Through these experiences, she has honed her expertise in the general coordination of multidisciplinary art projects, exhibition production, curatorial research, cultural programming, and the development of innovative artistic formats. Beyond her professional engagements, she conducts research on new exhibition models and strategies to enhance public engagement with art, drawing from an extensive year-long journey where she visited over 100 art institutions across 10 countries. In 2025, she joins the Manifesto Middle East team as a Projects Coordinator.

Adrien Felix is a graduate of the École Française de Comptabilité (EFC). He began his career with the Etam Group as an accountant for their Swiss and German subsidiaries, as well as the Centrale Achats Investint in Belgium. During this time, he furthered his expertise by completing additional accounting training with EFC. At Manifesto, as well as for POUSH, he is responsible for accounts receivable, accounts payable, and tax accounting.

Juline initially trained in the performing arts before shifting her focus to model-making and prototyping, where she developed a sensitive and practical approach to forms, materials, and fabrication methods.

She subsequently worked within architecture firms, design studios, and model-making workshops, contributing to the design and production of projects across various scales. These experiences fueled her interest in creative processes—the constant back-and-forth between idea and execution—and the ways in which tools influence final forms.

At the Makerlab of the JAD (Jardin des métiers d’Art et du Design), she now supports creators in their technical explorations, particularly regarding digital fabrication tools. She serves as both a technical resource and a collaborative partner during the research, testing, and prototyping phases.

Alongside this role, she designs and leads workshops and practical sessions based on a "pedagogy of making": learning through handling, experimenting, and observing.

Her approach emphasizes collective dynamics, collaboration, and shifts in perspective, establishing the Makerlab as a hub for resources, learning, and exploration for a diverse range of audiences.

Following two years of literary preparatory classes at Lycée Henri IV, Clara continued her studies at Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye with a Master’s in Local Public Policy, before specializing in Cultural Policy at Sciences Po Paris.
She wrote a research thesis on contemporary developments in cultural action at the local level, focusing on the links between politics and culture, as well as the emerging challenges of cultural initiatives in changing environments.
Deeply committed to culture as a lever for individual and regional development, she has gained extensive experience in project management and cultural engineering. This expertise was built through her work at the ANCT (National Agency for Territorial Cohesion) and subsequently at a consulting firm, where she advised local authorities and public institutions.
She joined Manifesto in January 2026 as a Project Assistant in Cultural Engineering.

Claire Schürmann joined Manifesto Expo in early 2026 as Exhibition Project Manager, following her Master’s in Exhibition Theory and Practice at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. She previously studied Art History at the Institut d’Études Supérieures des Arts (IESA) in Paris.
Claire has gained diverse professional experience across the cultural sector, working with galleries and artist studios, as well as renowned auction houses such as Christie’s and Sotheby’s. At Manifesto Expo, she contributes to the development of international exhibition projects and calls for tender, with a specialized focus on the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland).
Beyond project management, Claire is actively engaged in academic discourse regarding provenance and cultural heritage. In September 2025, she presented her research on the Emil Bührle Collection during a provenance research colloquium at the University of Zurich, co-organized by the Kunsthaus Zürich. Through these varied experiences, she has built a vibrant network of curators, designers, and artists that she continues to grow and nurture.

Graduate Architect of Dar Al-Hekma University, Khayal imagines creative concepts and innovative solutions in urban planning and human-centric architecture.
For Manifesto Middle East, Khayal worked at the AlUla Artist Residency exhibition in 2022-2023, coordinating the ushers, guiding the team and the dismantling of the project. Khayal has been also actively involved in strategy building and development for the MOC Residency.
Khayal also served as the coordinator for the RCU Aesthetics of AlUla project in 2024-2025, which aimed to capture the essence of AlUla's aesthetics through multiple mediums - including a book, film production, and a toolkit. She led the overall research and production process, ensuring high-quality outcomes across all parts of the project.
As part of her responsabilities, Khayal provides assistance to Manifesto MIddle East un various art production projects in Riyadh. Her role includes project coordination and development, as well as serving as an artist liaison.

Ranem Abduljabbar is an Architectural Engineer who graduated from Prince Sultan University in Riyadh. With a strong interest in urban strategy and sustainability, she has developed her expertise through
various academic and professional experiences, including publishing research on Affordable Housing Strategy as a Pillar of Sustainability: The Case of Al Jaradiyah, Riyadh, which was presented at the International Conference on Sustainability: Development and Innovations.
She has led and supported the full project cycle across cultural and public events. She managed a major art exhibition in Abu Dhabi, taking full responsibility for project planning, logistics, execution, and on-site operations.
Passionate about building sustainable and inclusive urban futures, Ranem continues to explore the intersection of built environments, policy, and design thinking. She brings a research-driven mindset and a collaborative approach to her work, with a focus on delivering meaningful and contextually grounded
results.

Yvannoé Kruger is a curator trained at the University of the Arts London at LCC and Central Saint Martins who likes to find bridges between different fields of art, passing through science, gastronomy and craft. After starting out in fiction and documentary filmmaking, he became involved with artists and joined Jean de Loisy's artistic programming team at the Palais de Tokyo from 2011 to 2015, where he organized a number of performances, festivals, concerts and installations. He regularly curates over thirty exhibitions (POUSH, Monnaie de Paris, 19M, Nuit Blanche, Art Paris, Pavillon Vendôme, Art Genève). Yvannoé Kruger is regularly invited to participate in conferences or juries (Beaux Art de Paris, La Sorbonne, Ministry of Culture, Penninghen, Sciences Po, SGP etc...). He is also the director of POUSH.
At Manifesto, he has shaped the thinking behind artistic programs and commissions for various projects, including the artwork created by Ivan Argote for the Sciences Po Paris campus, Cecilia Granara for the façade of the POUSH building in Clichy and Paul Créange for the Génération building in Saint-Denis. He also worked with the artists during the first artists’ residency in AlUla, Saudi Arabia. Since the launch of the artists’ workshop at L’Orfèvrerie, he has overseen the artistic direction of POUSH, creating exhibitions in situ and elsewhere, most notably at the Monnaie de Paris and as part of the VIP Parcours Privé at the International Contemporary Art Fair in Paris (2021).

Graduated with an MA in History of Art, Guillaume is a PRINCE 2 practitioner and has held significant roles in various prestigious London museums. From 2002 to 2012, he co-ordinated and delivered the successful implementation of the cutting-edge Victoria & Albert Museum’s contemporary programme of events, exhibitions, interventions and commissions. He led teams and oversaw all aspects of the project while collaborating with artists, designers, and architects. In 2012, Guillaume joined the British Museum as a consulting partner on the high-profile Zayed National Museum project, for the UAE, acting as an advisor and expert in business planning, design, museography, educational and curatorial programming, and acquisitions.
From 2018 to 2021, at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Guillaume became a senior member of the management team to oversee the major transformation of the institution. He was responsible for the design, fit-out and interpretation of new permanent galleries and the teaching/research facilities. More recently, he also led the "Reimagining the British Museum" project aimed at revolutionizing the presentation and interpretation of the British Museum's permanent galleries.

Clarissa Pelino is an Italian urban planner specialized in heritage sites and cultural planning. She studied Urban Planning, Political Science and Geography at SciencesPo Paris and UCLA. In 2015 and 2016, in Mumbai, she worked for the heritage architecture firm Abha Narain Lambah Associates on several rehabilitation projects, while conducting independent research on local heritage policies. Her research on Art Deco and industrial buildings has been published. At Manifesto, between 2017 and 2022, she managed several complex urban and heritage projects, for both public and private clients, such as the reopening of the Citadelle Miollis in Ajaccio, the program of permanent artworks inside the future Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, or consulting within the ministerial program “Réinventer le patrimoine” (Reinventing Heritage). She is now an independent consultant, collaborating with several structures, including the urbz collective on the link between participatory urban planning and visual arts, and Manifesto on urban and heritage projects. She was selected to participate in the first European Heritage Youth Residency in 2023. Since 2018, she teaches the course “Art and Culture in Urban Development” at Université Paris VIII.

As an architect and program designer, Yves Dessuant worked with François Lombard (program designer for the Centre Pompidou) on a wide range of cultural projects while working for the company P.A.S. Having founded his own company PROGRAMME in 1990, he provides assistance for contracting authorities (determining their objectives and architectural requirements) and contractors (ensuring that these requirements are understood and met). He has worked in France and fifteen other countries on projects including Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains in Tourcoing, Expo 2004 in Le Bourget, the French pavilions at Expo 2008 in Zaragoza and Expo 2010 in Shanghai, the Media Zone in Abu Dhabi, the École Supérieure des Arts Visuels in Marrakesh and numerous tertiary, industrial and cultural operations for the Richemont Group.
Yves was President of the Institut de la Programmation en Architecture et en Aménagement from 1998 to 2004.
He has worked with Manifesto on many projects, including Les Lumières Pleyel and the Saint-Denis Pleyel station, for which he created the programs and oversaw all architectural studies, the Giacometti Foundation, La Collective in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul area in Paris, the Société Générale Morroco Foundation and more.

After obtaining a Master of Research in art history with a specialization in contemporary art from the Ecole du Louvre, Marilou Thiébault began freelancing in various fields: coordinating exhibitions, residencies and publications, curating, writing, and supporting artists. She has worked with La maison rouge, Palais de Tokyo, the studios of Neïl Beloufa and Laura Lamiel, Paraguay Press, Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Lafayette Anticipations, Fonds de dotation Emerige, and Fonds de dotation Interconstruction. After her residency at Poush in Clichy (2020-2022), she collaborated with Manifesto on the exhibition The First Meal (2021). As part of the AlUla Artist Residency (2022), she participated in the exhibition Palimpsest of Time (2023) with Bashar al-Idreesi. Simultaneously, she has carried out a research project on artist Guy de Cointet, leading to the publication of Guy de Cointet: Théâtre Complet (Paraguay, 2017, with François Piron and Hugues Decointet) and Guy de Cointet, une nouvelle vie (Paraguay, to be published in 2024).

After being in charge of publishing for the FIAC and Paris Photo, Virginie Jacquet joined Galerie Laurent Godin when it opened in 2006, where she supervised the production of exhibitions and fairs and of a collection of artists' books launched with the publisher Onestarpress. She then worked with Semiose gallery and with curator and gallery owner André Magnin. In 2012, she was a project manager for the Maison Européenne de la Photographie. She then moved to Mexico City and collaborated with OMR Galeria, where she created the temporary art bookshop Project Space.
From 2016 to 2019, she directed la galerie du jour agnès b and the bookstore of the same name, where she organized numerous exhibitions, including those of Bernard Plossu & Mark Cohen, Harmony Korine, Claire Chesnier, Malik Sidibé, and the important retrospective dedicated to Jacques Henri Lartigue with Martine d'Astier. Within the bookshop, she set up a rich program of artistic projects and cultural events. She has also expressed her interest in books through the realization of catalogs and artist monographs (Piero Gilardi, Abdelkader Benchamma, Frédéric Bruly-Bouabré). In parallel, alongside artists such as Abdelkader Benchamma, Marie Taillefer or Mohamed Bourouissa, she has contributed to the development and production of exhibition projects. For the past ten years, she has collaborated with
various American galleries such as Paula Cooper, M+B Los Angeles, and Yossi Millo during the FIAC and Paris Photo. Finally, she regularly collaborates with printer and art editor Michael Woolworth for exhibitions of artists' multiples in his Parisian studio.
With twenty years of experience on the international contemporary art scene and a keen understanding of the needs of artists, Virginie Jacquet joined the Manifesto team in 2021 to introduce personalized support for artists, especially POUSH residents.

Having graduated from GREMAQ, an institute specializing in mathematical and quantitative economics, Laurent’s career began in the economic research department of Crédit Lyonnais. After traveling the world, he began his career in the cultural industry in Brussels. He produced Le Nain Rouge (1997 Cannes Film Festival) before becoming the director of the Marseille International Film Festival. The designer agnès b. then appointed him as the artistic director of her brand in Japan. For three years, he produced and created a large number of events and exhibitions combining art, film, music and literature.
Married to the Japanese actress Shinobu Terajima (who received a Silver Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival), Laurent founded La Boîte in 2007, a Tokyo-based creative studio which creates emotional and cultural experiences for the brands with which it works. He appointed Manifesto to produce a major scenographic project for a Parisian fine jewelry brand (2022).

Though Dominique Pianon-Gergam was trained as an economist and sociologist, project management has been the common thread of her experience of more than 30 years in territorial development at the Caisse des Dépôts. This diversity in her background and encounters, combined with her lifelong personal interests, led her to specialize in culture and heritage: for nearly 10 years, she created and developed this sector within the investment department of the Caisse des Dépôts, supporting projects for the development of uses and activities within remarkable heritage sites, both public and private. In 2019, the very high level of complexity observed in the development of these
projects has inspired her to initiate and set up a dedicated engineering fund, called “Réinventer le patrimoine” (Reinventing Heritage), decided by the Inter-ministerial Committee for Tourism, in partnership with Atout France, the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion and the Ministry of Culture. Dominique Pianon-Gergam trained for a year in the practices of collective intelligence and co-design, as part of a course at the University of Cergy-Pontoise. In 2023, she created the firm Triple Sens, which aims to support ongoing projects through the construction of shared perspectives based on the three meanings of the word “sens”: direction, meaning, and sensations. With Manifesto, Dominique Pianon works on projects for the transformation and activation of heritage.

Having graduated with a degree in art history and archeology, Laurence Chesneau-Dupin worked as a cultural heritage curator, managing museums in Flers and Cognac, where she oversaw the creation of the Musée des Arts du Cognac. After working as Director of Cultural Affairs, she joined the City of Bordeaux as part of the team working on the Cité du Vin, before moving to the Fondation pour la Culture et les Civilisations du Vin that manages this cultural center. In particular, she managed the venue’s cultural projects and oversaw interpretive planning.
As a member of ICOM (the International Council of Museums), she is interested in issues surrounding contemporary museography and seeks to adopt a multidisciplinary approach that combines scientific requirements, a sensory experience and the pleasure of learning.
She has worked as a freelance consultant since 2019 and works regularly with Manifesto on museum and heritage projects, such as the Eiffel Tower site.

Fanny Bannet studied at France’s elite communications school CELSA and ESCP Europe Business School and started her career as a communications consultant. She then moved into artistic production, working for Centquatre and the Opéra National de Paris, before focusing on patron relationships for the Monumenta/Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Grand Palais (2011). Passionate about dance, she then joined Sadler’s Wells Theater in London, where she organized the international tours of the company’s dance shows from New York to Sydney, from Beijing to Moscow and from Taipei to Beirut. She produced the acclaimed farewell show of ballet star Sylvie Guillem, called Life in Progress. She attended the first annual session of the Advanced Cultural Studies cycle, organized by the French Ministry (2019-2020) and co-authored a report on the transformation of derelict buildings. She is particularly keen to share her work with a variety of audiences and taught cultural urban development at the University of Paris 8 - Saint-Denis. From 2015 to 2023, she worked for Manifesto to develop and manage various projects for public and private clients, including artistic commissions, strategic studies and cultural programs with a strong regional impact. She is now President of the Manifesto alumni.