Claire Durand-Ruel

Patron and Corail Artefact strategy and development director

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A lawyer by training, Claire Durand-Ruel participated for twenty years in steering coordination between the French political and industrial authorities, in the context of the sale of large capital goods in North America and the Middle East. As a collector, Claire now pursues her activity in the discovery and promotion of the young French contemporary art scene through her ATTITUDE platform which, depending on the projects she supports, ensures overall design, coherent discourse, ethics and financial support.

Colas Amblard

President of the Corail Artefact endowment fund
 

Doctor of law and specialist in business law, Colas Amblard is a partner lawyer at NPS CONSULTING. Lecturer in charge of lectures at the University Jean Moulin Lyon III, in particular within the Master 2 Law and taxation of the art market, he also teaches at the School of Lawyers and Notaries of Lyon. Colas Amblard is a member of the Scientific Committees of ADDES and of the National Council of CRESS. Author of numerous publications related to the creation, optimization and restructuring of non-profit organizations, he is the President of the Institut ISBL, a 1901 Law Association which promotes associative entrepreneurship as a force for social transformation.

François Bordry

Vice-president of the Corail Artefact endowment fund

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A graduate in Classics and Law, a graduate of Sciences Po, François Bordry began his career as a European civil servant: he headed the European Parliament's Information Office in Paris before being appointed Director at the Directorate-General for Information . He was Simone Veil's press secretary during her tenure as President of the European Parliament. He was a regional advisor for the Center Region, where he chaired, in particular, the committee on major infrastructure, transport and the economy. He chaired the Center’s Regional Contemporary Art Fund, as well as the Regional Museum Acquisition Fund (FRAM). Since 2018, he has chaired the Biennale de Lyon (Dance Biennial and Contemporary Art Biennial).

Philippe Thoorens

Treasurer of the Corail Artefact endowment fund
 

A fighter pilot by training, Philippe Thoorens served in various squadrons as well as in the Patrouille de France and then as an exchange officer in the United Kingdom. After twenty years in the Air Force, Philippe joined Thales as an export sales engineer and project manager.
He also contributed to various projects in Bangui in the Central African Republic at the Alliance Française where he was in charge of artistic and educational projects and also at the association of friends of the Boganda Museum.

Martine Bordry

Member of the Corail Artefact Endowment Fund Office
 

After obtaining a master's degree in Classical Letters and a DEA in French literature at Paris-X Nanterre University, Martine BORDRY has long taught French literature, but also Latin and Greek, in Paris, Versailles then at the French lycée in Luxembourg. . 
She has a good knowledge, in particular, of old authors as well as of French literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Finally, Martine BORDRY is a lover of all art forms (archeology, medieval art, modern and contemporary art) and a collector.

Elisabeth Caravella

Artistic collaborator for Corail Artefact
 

Élisabeth Caravella is an artist and filmmaker who graduated from the European School of Image, Decorative Arts in Paris and from Le Fresnoy, Studio National. His work, exhibited in France and abroad, is at the border between contemporary art and cinema. 
She produces video installations as well as experimental fictional films inspired by cybernetics and new technologies. Since 2018, his work Howto has participated in the traveling exhibition Computer Grrrls initiated by the HMKV in Dortmund and the Gaité Lyrique in Paris.