From 2002 to 2004, he served as chief of staff for the French Minister of Culture Jean-Jacques Aillagon, and afterwards worked in France’s Finance Ministry.

After Aillagon's tenure,[4] Cerutti took a role in the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, serving as head of the executive office for consumerism and competition from 2008 until 2011.

[5] Cerutti was named president-director of Sotheby's France in September 2007,[5] after being recommended to the auction house by Jean-Jacques Aillagon.

In 2017, he oversaw the sale of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi at Christie's New York for $450.3 million,[4][10]  breaking the price record for artwork sold at auction.

[1] He has been chairman of non-profit organizations in the cultural field, including the Accentus Chamber Choir (2007–2012), the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles (2009–2010) and the Institute pour le Financement du Cinéma et des Industries Culturelles (2010–2016).

Cerutti is the author of La politique culturelle, un enjeu du XXIème siècle, 20 propositions, published in October 2016.