Our Team
Marie-Anne Souloumiac
Founder
Marie-Anne is a development and communications specialist with a French, Dutch, and Chinese background. She previously served as the China coordinator for the Dutch Design Fashion Architecture government program and as the general manager of Perfect Crossovers, a Paris-Beijing communications agency for the cultural and arts sector.
She actively contributes to cultural events as a curator, moderator, and speaker and is a board member of the Royal Asian Art Society in the Netherlands.
Parvinder Marwaha
Cultural Strategist
Parvinder is a cultural worker, strategist, curator, educator and writer working across architecture, design, climate, faith, food and water. Parvinder has especially worked in Europe, South Asia and the UK. She is interested in innovative and authentic ways of supporting dialogue, collaboration and making knowledge accessible to different communities at risk of cultural, climate and heritage challenges. Parvinder’s work is influenced by her Sikhi values of equality, service to community, compassion, social and environmental justice.
Laurence Souloumiac
Partner
Laurence has over 20 years of experience in developing strategic partnerships and fundraising. She started her career promoting French craftsmanship and creativity internationally. She has traveled across the globe to develop and advocate for innovative social projects in Asia and Africa. Returning to Paris in 2015, she contributed to the internationalization of France’s most prestigious academic institution, Sciences Po, as Director for Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. In 2019, she joined the Centre du Luxe et de la Création as director to promote exemplary and sustainable practices.
Vivian Song
China Associate
Vivian combines her specialisms: research journalism, urban studies and ethnography to create meaningful content and activate social change. She facilitated numerous creative collaborations between institutions, corporations and policy makers in China and beyond. Vivian has contributed to highly successful campaigns for clients such as TEDxShanghai, Beijing Design Week, CAFA, Open Heart Design Alliance and Broad Group. Based between Beijing and New York, she is also an advisor to AMO’s Countryside, The Future, a global research project which premiered at the Guggenheim Museum.
Izzy Wu Ramos
Project Manager
Izzy is a transdisciplinary artist and double BA student at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Willem de Kooning academy in The Netherlands.
She is working on the production and management of diverse creative programmes in the Netherlands and abroad.
Huifang Liu
Communications and Development officer
Huifang has obtained her MA in communication, media, and creative industries at Science Po Paris and BA in journalism and French at Wuhan University.
Formerly, she has worked for the Festival Croisements for the French consulate in China, organizing events ranging from music festivals to photography exhibitions and academic conferences. She later served as a consultant for the development of derivative products for Musée d’Orsay and has further extended her research skills while working as cultural foresight planner at Pernod Ricard HQ. Passionate about the intersection of culture and arts, she has also nurtured a growing interest in urbanism and architecture design.
