Our team
PRESIDENCY / MANAGEMENT
Eva Nguyen Binh
President
Hugues Ghenassia-de Ferran
Executive Vice President
Karima Mostefaoui
Assistant
Amélie Essissima
Assistant
Agathe Basquin
Head of Advice and Strategy
SECRETARY GENERAL
Thomas Hannebique
Secretary General
COOPERATION, DIALOGUE AND SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT
Sophie Renaud
Director
Francky Blandeau
Deputy Director
Latifa Bnouzalim
Assistant
DEBATE AND CITIZENSHIP DIVISION
Vincent Mano
Head of Division
Anne Brouard
Project Manager
Zara Fournier
Cheffe de projet Enjeux de société
Baptiste Gaich
Project Manager Safir
Marion Picard
Project Manager
Vincent Raynaud
Project Manager Safir
EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIPS DIVISION
Anaïs Fontanel
Head of Division
Thierry Danna
Project Manager
Marie Lesage
Project Manager
Gabrielle Vignal
Project Manager
CULTURE AND SOLIDARITY PARTNERSHIPS DIVISION
Valérie Lesbros
Head of Division
Manon Barbe
Chargée de projet ICC/FAEC
Jimmy Berthé
Project Manager
Léa Ghamlouche
Project Manager Accès Culture
Solène Leblanc-Maridor
Project Manager
Pauline Rolland
Chargée de projet TANBOU
Perrine Thibault
Project Manager
Mantchini Traoré
Project Manager
Angélique Yehouessi
Project manager Educational resources
LOCAL AUTHORITY PARTNERSHIPS DIVISION
Claire Magnac
Head of Division
Anne-Kristell Diraison
Project Manager
Justine Marcienne
Project Manager
Anne-Laure Rouxel
Project Manager
ARTISTIC CREATION AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT
Chloé Samaniego
Directrice
Marie-Cécile Burnichon
Deputy Director
Justine Vergier
Chargée de projet ICC
Veronica Fogliato
Assistant
CINEMA AND SERIES DIVISION
Marion Thévenot
Head of Division
Aurore Auguste
Project Manager
Léa Baron
Chargée de mission Cinémathèque Afrique
Claude Brenez
Project Manager Distribution and audience renewal
Marine Gaillard
Project Manager Distribution Europe / Africa / Near and Middle East
Lucie Guérin
Project Manager European Film factory
Lucie Hage
Assistante projet "Aide aux cinémas du monde", en apprentissage
Nicolas Rebeschini
Project Manager European film Festival
DIGITAL AND AUDIOVISUAL CREATION DIVISION
Olivier Delpoux
Head of Division
Hannah Bellicha
Project Manager
Nadia Bouissehak
Chargée de projet création numérique et audiovisuelle
Hannah Loué
Project Manager
BOOKS AND PUBLISHING DIVISION
Valentine Gigaudaut
Head of Division
Marie-Charlotte Baoudour
Project Manager
Anne du Parquet
Project Manager
Géraldine Prévot
Project Manager
Hanna Barral
Chargée de projet livre et édition
VISUAL ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND FASHION DIVISION
Laura Davy
Head of Division
Adeline Blanchard
Head of Visual Arts
Laure Choquer
Project Manager Design and fashion
Monica Lebrao Sendra
Head of Architecture, Town planning and Landscape
Sophie Robnard
Head of Photography / Image
MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS DIVISION
Gaëlle Massicot Bitty
Head of Division
Mathilde Bezard
Project Manager Classical and Contemporary Music
Catherine Faudry
Project Manager Performing Arts / Dance
Oscar Finjean
Project Manager Music, Jazz
Léa Marot
Chargée de project spectacle vivant / théâtre
Vanessa Silvy
Project Manager Performing Arts / Circus, Street Art, Puppetry
SUPPORT FOR THE FRENCH CULTURAL NETWORK WORLDWIDE DEPARTMENT
Stéphane Ré
Director
Frédéric Jagu
Deputy Director
Lise Delmestre Ahoyo
Assistant
Régine Dietrich
Cheffe de projet FAEC
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATION DIVISION
Maud Grimaud
Head of Division
Paul Abela
Project Manager
Selma Kheder
Project Manager
TRAINING AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Thomas Simoes
Responsable de pôle
Marie Barbuscia
Project Manager
Adèle Calzada
Project Manager
Elsa Chiche
Project Manager
Laurène Gibert
Project Manager
Paul Lalloz
Project Manager
Audrey Level
Chargée de projet formation
FRENCH LANGUAGE AND MULTILINGUALISM DIVISION
Aurore Jarlang
Head of Division
Florine Chatillon
Chargée de projet francophonie
Founé Diawara
Project Manager
Julie Fournier
Project Manager Digital technologies
Martin Lafitte
Project Manager
Frédérique Willaume
Project Manager Educational cooperation
ONLINE PRESENCE AND DIGITAL EXPERTISE DIVISION
Candy Collardeau
Head of Division
Christine Amtmann
Project Manager
Margaux Bottier
Chargée de projet Culturethèque
Lika Chkartishvili
Project Manager
Emmanuelle Deprats
Chargée de projets culturels
MOBILITIES AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT
Agnès Alfandari
Director
Anne-Sophie Braud
Deputy Director
Angèle Gaignard
Assistant
PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY DIVISION
Émilie Pianta-Essadi
Head of Division
Gabrielle Béroff-Gallard
Project Manager
Louis Chauvin
Project Manager
Victor Mallet
Project Manager
Mina Ramos
Chargée de projet mobilité FAEC
Ariane Salas
Project Manager
RESIDENCIES DIVISION
Chloé Fricout
Head of Division
Lucie Brechette
Project Manager
Julie Diebolt
Cheffe de projet Résidences
Julie Ferrif
Project manager
Glenda Laporte
Project Manager
FRENCH PRESENCE IN INTERNATIONAL EVENTS DIVISION
Alice Casado
Head of Division
Nathalie Streiff
Project manager
Capucine Tauran
Chargée de production
Lucille Vivier-Calicat
Production Manager
SEASONS AND HIGHLIGHTS DIVISION
Charlotte Billy
Head of Division
Valentine Bottaro
Coordinatrice générale
EVENT PRODUCTION
Flora Boillot
Project manager Visual Arts
Amandine Canistro
Project manager for Performing Arts
Sophie Leclerc
Events Project Manager
Ivane Payen
Chargée de projet
Charlotte Rivoirard
Project manager for Economy, Innovation, Digital, Tourism, Gastronomy
SAISON FRANCE BRÉSIL 2025
Anne Louyot
Commissaire générale saison France Brésil 2025
COMMUNICATION AND SPONSORSHIP DEPARTMENT
Jean-Philippe Rousse
Director
Nadia Aghaï
Assistant
Fleurance Layme
Cheffe de projet communication FAEC
COMMUNICATION
Toufik El Madiouni
Communication officer (Seasons)
Laura Bailly
Communication Officer
Maëlle Buhon
Chargée de communication en alternance
Romain Chatillon
Editorial project manager
Margot Durand
Chargée de communication
Maya Mattelart
Communication Officer
Néguine Mohsseni
Press Attaché
Jean-Christophe Olier
Editorial project manager
Marina Périllat
Communication officer (Seasons)
Sarah Reglat
Chargée des médias sociaux
SPONSORSHIP
Paloma Garcia
Head of Division
Pia-Camila Testa
Head of Division
GENERAL SECRETARY
Thomas Hannebique
Secretary General
HUMAN RELATIONS AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT DEPARTMENT
Mathilde Remontet
Director
DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RELATIONS
Mélanie Laurent
Project Manager
Catherine Mabihan
Assistant
Hélène Maza
Project Manager
Cécile Vanechop
Responsable paie et projets RH transversaux
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
Frédéric Catusse
Chief Technical Assistant
Issam Mansouri
Courier, driver, general assistant
Laurent Petit
Technical Assistant
INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
Ludivine Beaunome
Internal Communications Manager
FINANCIAL, LEGAL AND IT DEPARTMENT
Xavier Mabeka-Luccioni
Director
BUDGET DIVISION
Anne-Marie Perrineau
Head of Division
Elsa Abou Ghazalé
Coordinatrice générale budgétaire
Wajdi Dabbabi
Project Manager
Touty Diop-Buloba
Project Manager (Cinema)
Pascale Lallier
Project Manager (Performing Arts)
Caroline Lanneau
Project Manager (French Language / Books)
Michel Libourel
Missions, operations
Florence Miagoux
Project Manager
Béatrice Richard
Project Manager (Visual Arts, architecture / Communications / Regional authorities)
Ramy Thaminy
Chargé de mission budgétaire, en apprentissage
LEGAL DIVISION, AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS
Marc de Geyer
Responsable de pôle
Marie-Sygne Budan
Project Manager
Adama Fofana
Project Manager
Marie Grundler
Chargée de projet marchés publics
Cédric Kossi
Project Manager
Fiona Nsiala Mandard
Project Manager
Maria Quiniou
Project Manager
Sylvie Riou
Project Manager
Assi Venance
Project Manager
IT
Marc Zoritch
Head of Division
Nicolas Peccoud
Project Manager
Michaël Guillet
Computer technician
EVALUATION
Cécile Peyronnet
Head of Division
Valérie Thfoin
Project Manager
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Martial Soucaze-Guillous
Accounting Officer
Anabela de Jesus
General Coordinator
GENERAL ACCOUNTING
Alain Maillot
Accountant
INVOICING
Guillaume Baral
Accountant
This organisation chart shows the number of staff on permanent, fixed-term and fixed-term contracts at the Institut français.