A graduate of SKEMA Business School (Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Nice Sophia-Antipolis), he began his career in the management of cultural companies and, in particular, at the CNIPAL where he developed a professional training center, allowing young artists access to the French and international opera scenes.

At the same time, he became involved in the associative field, where he was in charge of the structuring and responsibility of the Marseille International Opera Competition, then of the Musiques dans les Vignes Festival (Haut Vaucluse).

In Bordeaux, in parallel to his functions as Administrative and Financial Manager of Aquitaine Culture, he works with job seekers and artists in the context of training courses at INSTEP and collaborates with ICART where he provides interventions in “Management and management of cultural enterprises” for Bachelor, Master and MBA degrees. Finally, he puts his dual expertise in culture and continuing education at the service of the artistic structures of the New Aquitaine, particularly with the Consulting Agency and Consulting Two on a Bench.

Anecdotally, but nevertheless important, Manuel Sebastian has been made Knight of the Côtes du Marmandais, whose excellence he never misses an opportunity to defend!