Julien-Loïc GarinFounder and CEO, Le Cercle Ltd and Culture Plus Asia

Born in France, Julien-Loïc Garin came to Hong Kong in 2011 to join Le French May Arts festival in Hong Kong as the CEO, bridging French and Hong Kong cultures through over 120 events organised every year, including major exhibitions of Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, the treasures from the Louvre Museum, or performances by Zingaro, Bordeaux Opera Ballet, Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France, etc.

In 2017, he launched Lumières Hong Kong, the city’s first light festival, dedicated to promoting Hong Kong’s art, culture and heritage to the general public.

Since 2019, Julien-Loïc Garin is the CEO of Le Cercle, a consulting and project lead company in the cultural field he founded, dedicated to support institutions, brands and corporates in the vision and implementation of cultural strategies and arts-related events between Europe and Asia.

In 2021, he founded the online platform cultureplus.asia, an initiative to make culture accessible to all thanks to a comprehensive calendar of the events and exhibitions happening in Hong Kong.

Julien-Loïc Garin is currently the Executive Director of the Fondation de France in Asia. He is also leading the development of the Hong Kong based Foundation for Art and Culture, a connecting ecosystem of institutions and programmes, fostering exchanges and dialogues between Europe, China, and the other international cultural scenes.

Julien-Loïc Garin is the President of the Creative Industries Committee and a member of the Executive Committee of the French Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He is an honouree of the Tatler Asia “Generation T” 2018, and of the 2018 Prestige Magazine “40 under 40”.